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Posted: 10/27/2012 9:30:01 AM EDT
I have a DCM M1 Garand that I purchased from DCM for $350.00 in 1993. I still have the papers on it. What if any difference is there going to be between it and the CMP Garands? 
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depends on what crate your "new" one is pulled out of
bigger chance today of getting a greek returned rifle as opposed to one that never left the states and in the future it looks like you might get a turkish return as well a good amount of service grades are also coming with new manufacture walnut instead of usgi wood, too |
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DCM you got whatever they had which could have been anything from a original WW2 correct to a mint in the wrapper arsenal rebuild to a rifle that looked like it was dragged behind a jeep. I got a DCM at the very end 1996/7 and The rifle I got would probably grade by CMP as a RG but it was a H&R atleast.Two other local guys who got ones about the same time didn't get very nice ones either...
The CMP today they grade for condition but they also tear down and build up Garands from parts so the rifle you get could be as it came out of the military supply system or something put together by a CMP armorer from a pile of Misc parts.. A early DCM will bring a slight premium dep on condition, I think CMP's tinkering takes some history out of the gun.. 
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| You seem to have a much better chance of getting a late build SA or H&R rifle now than during DCM. It would seem that the Greeks and others had a choice of what rifles to get, or the US wanted to send the most reliable weapons, and the vast majority seem to have been the newest rifles, which makes sense. Back in the 80s - 90s a H&R was not common, about as uncommon as a IHC. It is harder to find a original finish, original barrel WW2 rifle from CMP now, although for a while they were around at the CMP stores. |
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