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Posted: 7/5/2008 5:57:26 PM EDT
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Today I fell in love I was in my local shop today and a regular was dropping off some guns to put on consignment, one of them was a drop dead goregous Springfield Armory Garand, numbers matching, beatiful wood and looks to be unshot. The gun is what I would call museum quality. I didn't look at the serial number (and wouldn't know what to look for if I did) but what would this gun be worth? I might be able to get pics on Monday depending on if I get the chance to drop back by. Any idea on value, the guy is asking $1200 which is a little much IMO but it is a beatiful gun. |
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Get the SN# and post it. That will solve the mil/comm. production question. 6 million or less, heel stamped is military. 7mill and up, as well as side stamped, commercial. A mint condition, "unfired" Garand goes for several grand. A really nicely refinished Garand goes for around 1K and up. |
Obviously I'm a Garand newb, so maybe I looked at it wrong or maybe someone etched the numbers on to it? |
well, where were the numbers printed? Normal places to see numbers are the receiver heel (the SN), on the receiver on the right side under the wood line towards the front (drawing number for the receiver), on the oprod where the charging handle connects to the rod (drawing number for the rod) on the barrel under the oprod (drawing number, date, and other info about the barrel), on the left side of the trigger housing (drawing number for the trigger housing), on either the face or right side of the hammer (drawing number for the hammer). On some (but not all) rifles, you may find a drawing number on the underside of the trigger guard, near the slot where the safety passes through (drawing number for the trigger guard) and you may also find either a drawing number, or some other marking on the right side of the safety. Numbers may be hand etched with an electropencil on the receiver leg, which would indicate some sort of arsenal rebuild. In the above description, all "right/left, front/rear" references are with the rifle assembled, held upright with the muzzle pointed away from the viewer. |
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