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Posted: 10/23/2007 7:04:54 PM EDT
| IIRC someone on here posted their CMP trophy- they recieved their M1 packed in grease, etc from the CMP, and the rifle was unnissued... am i correct or did i just dream this up? |
20K... thats crazy. i would probably pay 2K if given the chance, but never 20K ! people with too much money out there... |
The collectabilty in them has little to do with the rifle itself as M1's are plentiful and most are in pretty good shape. More to do with it being an undisturbed snapshot of a bygone era of American history, manufacturing and smal arms design.. They are untouched by time and have skipped generations and decades. We are talking about rifles that were built and last handled directly by human hands long since dead in factories long since demolished. There are very few virgin M1 rifles in existance, most in museums or exclusive collections. Although the were over 6 million of them built they represent our nation at a time when we were at our prime in terms of "hands on" tool and die machining. So an unissued NIW M1 rifle is the living representation of that era. A time traveler if you will. $20k for post war HRA's is nothing. Imagine what a WWII rifle in the wrapper unissued would sell for!!! Especially a Winchester. i would put it in the six figure range.. |
Well said |
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The CMP had photos of one of them on the auction site. I saw a pair of CMP new in the wrap M1's last year at the Reno show. They were still in the wrapper--Orest said they only open it enough to verify the serial numbers. The NIW Garands from the CMP are late production rifles kept in those brown moisture inhibiting bags; no cosmolene or grease. Maybe you were thinking of that minty Service Grade I picked out of the racks at Camp Perry in August. 
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