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Posted: 3/25/2013 11:03:08 AM EDT
| I was planning to order a Garand from CMP. Which are more desirable as a shooter the Springfields or H&Rs? It is my understanding most of the Springfields have seen more action than the H&Rs, but I was unsure if there is a real quality difference. Thank you. |
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Never heard of issues among manufacturers making one more accurate than another. More of condition of parts that make up each rifle. If you look for a CMP service grade from any brand i.e. Winchester, Springfiled, H&R, etc. you will have a fine shooting weapon. Then you can take a step up with national match rifles, but hold onto you wallet. Barrel condition would be my 1st priority. Lots of info in books and web to satisfy most M1 addictions.
Good Luck. |
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Never heard of issues among manufacturers making one more accurate than another. More of condition of parts that make up each rifle. If you look for a CMP service grade from any brand i.e. Winchester, Springfiled, H&R, etc. you will have a fine shooting weapon. Then you can take a step up with national match rifles, but hold onto you wallet. Barrel condition would be my 1st priority. Lots of info in books and web to satisfy most M1 addictions. Good Luck. Yep. Condition is going to be dictated by Grade, not brand. I got Springfield just because I like the name better than H&R (HRA?). Get the grade that will do what you want (probably service grade). They aren't taking orders for Springfield right now, so H&R is your only choice in that category. |
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They are all made to military specifications - so there shouldn't be much variety in quality at all. In fact, anything short of a correct/collector grade rifle is really going to be a mixmaster based on having been rebuilt at an arsenal at least once. For example, my first is an HRA in a Springfield stock, but with HRA barrel (original) and op-rod. It has a WRA bolt in it, but most of the other small parts are HRA.
I picked up my first one (at the South Store) and left with an HRA, just because I was looking for a shooter, and the one I found was the best of the service grades at that minute. About 3 minutes later, another cart came out with one I would have preferred, but I didn't want it bad enough to buy two that day. My second is on order, and will also be an HRA, only because I don't want my two boys to argue in the future over who gets which brand. Really, that is the only science behind it. That said - I am a shooter, not a collector - so the idea of correct/collector grade stuff to me only means I would have less ammo to shoot. One of the benefits of the HRAs is that they are all post-WW2 rifles. In my experience, you are more likely to get an original barrel on an HRA than on other brands, but that could be wrong. Now, the downside is that there is no such thing as a WW2-era HRA, if that history is important to you. -shooter |
| As a shooter, you've already gotten the right answer that grade trumps brand all day long. My International Harvester Garand was my first from the DCM back in the day, and its nothing special to me above the rest since it shoots the same as my others, but some collectors eat them up. |
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