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Posted: 11/23/2001 11:55:31 AM EDT
| I found one for $800, is that a good deal? |
DO NOT buy a Century Garand, they are poorly made and have severe quality control problems. Its more like a shoulder activated pipe bomb. |
| I just saw one of the new Springfields at a gunshow today. The stock was perfect and everything else was absolutely pristine. (it was "new") The quality of the wood was the same as found on the M1A's. I did notice however that the receiver was most definitely Danish (crown marking). The dealer wanted $999.00 for it. There were a lot of battle-weary M1's at the show going for about the same price or more, so after looking at all of these then coming across the Springfield, the "newness" was striking. (but they wanted a grrrand for it!) |
| Springfield Armory inc. M-1's are made with cast receivers(also used but exc. to like new G.I. parts and a Boyds stock) just like the M-1A's. Why buy cast for $800.00+ when you can get genuine G.I. from the CMP for $519.00. Not knocking anyone, we all buy what we want. I just can't see the justification for the price. The only thing worse is reparking a G.I and putting Boyds wood on it then charging over $1,000.00 for it, ala Fulton(rip off)Armory and Mil(nice pine box)tech. |
The first short run of new Garands are being introduced with Beretta (IIRC) recievers, the local shop got one in. SA will be using their own recievers on everything after that, they will also be offering the Garand in a .308. SA is also geing to be reproducing the M1 Carbine, I don't have any info on those yet. |
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| I bought a Blue Sky for $400. sent it to Orion 7 in New York, they installed all new springs, checked and gauged, Re parkerized, installed a new USGI Springfield barrel and a new stock for $700, total $1100 for a basically new all Springfield GI Garand. I know good re-imports are not easy to find but if you find a good one this is a good way to go IMHO. |
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I would have to agree with the idea of ordering a CMP Garand and simply getting it refinished. At least you would have a genuine article, not some rehash with a cast receiver, plus it would be one less being sent to the smelter. I have an H&R made in 1957, and I would not trade it for any new M1. John |
What he said! |
Bought a Blue Sky import for $325 had a fellow board member re-finish the wood and re-park to like new condition for significantly less than what named outfits are charging. Also just bought a nice USGI non-import marked barrel which I'm going to have him install, and presto a "non-import" Garand 
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These aren't a "rehash" with a SA,inc. cast receiver. These are a "rehash" with a Beretta receiver Seriously, these aren't the same rifles that SA,inc. was putting out before. Those were the CAST receiver/USGI parts guns. Not bad, but the receiver wasn't the greatest. This was back in the days of DCM, when you could only get one USGI Garand in a lifetime, so demand was there. The current crop (at least the one I saw at the show here in VA) was a Beretta receiver (as good as they can get) with Danish markings and USGI parts. The barrel was a SA 65. It had been refinished to match. Nothing looked overly high-mileage, and it would be a great way to get a Beretta Garand. The stock was new repo. All in all it was a nice Garand, probably not outrageously priced either. The real test is when SA,inc comes out with their receiver. Hopefully it will be better than the Century junk. It's difficult to beat the CMP way of getting a Garand. That is the best deal going, but you aren't going to get anything that looked like the Beretta example I saw from SA,inc. from the CMP. While I would rather have USGI, and have it finished however I wanted, these Berettas are a good deal for someone who wants a VERY nice Garand right out of the box. Ross |
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