Posted: 7/24/2010 10:12:44 PM EDT
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My birthday is next Saturday and the wife finally got around to asking what I would REALLY like. I told her and she asked what is something else I would like.
With that in mind, if you had the choice of getting a M1 Garand in Service Grade from CMP as a birthday present, which of the two currently available options would you choose and why? It looks like SA and HR are the current options. |
and really, either are worthy!
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This is a not so sneaky way to get GMW to wish you happy birthday.  Not worried about the bd wishes. It's just another day that has me exactly one day older than I was the previous day. What is it that you REALLY wanted that she didn't like?
The M1 Garand. It was when I raised my eyebrow in a devilish way when asked what my second shoice would be that she agreed to the garand.  The fact I spent over 7 Franklins on her bd presents a few months ago probably had something to do with it as well.
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Spanky brings up the point I was going to make. To me the attaction of the Garand is it's roll in WW2. The HRs were built post WW2 while the SA were all (IIRC) produced during the war. So if you want a WW2 vet, you need to go with the SA. There was some that where produced in the 50s... The last WWII S/N for SA was 3888081 (Aug 1945) Springfield Armory post WWII 1952 – 1954 sn#4,200,001 to 4,399,999 Aug. 1952 sn#5,000,000 to 5,000,500 1954 – 1955 sn#5,278,246 to 5,488,246 1955 – 1957 sn#5,793,848 to 6,099,905 |