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Offline Gantaliano Hoff

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« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2006, 01:57:21 PM »
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That's cool -- which club did you join to get that from CMP (I'm assuming from 'government armory' you mean Civilian Marksmanship)? I am looking to get my FFL 03 and join Garand Collectors and get myself one before they get too scarce.


I didn't need to join a club. I bought it through a friend, who's been a long time member of the CMP. I also got it within 30 days. Normally the waiting list is close to 90days because the CMP is getting fewer and fewer of them. But I got lucky. It also came in much better than average condition.

It cost me approx. 600. However, the value is going to go sky high in the next few years when springfield armory runs out.
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« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2006, 04:10:04 PM »
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXHGAXqFkz4

Here's a vid of my friend and I out shooting. He has an M1 as well...

Thats a really cool gun, was it hard to optain the WWII parts?


Very, very doubtful its completely WWII. The ask price of an all matching, non-rebarreled WWII M1 Garand is well into the thousands. The WWII garand shot a corrosive round through a non-chromed barrel. On top of that, besides many serving during the korean war, many of the rifles the CMP is selling currently were loaned to Greece. Thus, 99% have been rebarreled at some time. While you're far more likely to see a all original korean-era gun, they are pretty rare too. That being said, there is nothing wrong with a rifle thats been through the armory. Its a fine shooter a very neat piece of American history. I plan on picking up one of these through CMP sometime soon as well.

Oh, and yes the garand was the predecessor to the M14. The action is basically the same with a few upgrades. As for other differences, well, look 'em up.
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« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2006, 05:49:07 PM »
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Oh, and yes the garand was the predecessor to the M14.


And to the AK-47.  I always thought that was weird.
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« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2006, 06:16:48 PM »
To the AK?? I dont see that one, I always thought the STG-44 was the predecessor to the AK-47...
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« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2006, 06:19:27 PM »
I believe the AK-47's bolt and the method in which it locks up to the barrel is derived from the M1, they just reposition the oprod.
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« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2006, 06:28:22 PM »
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To the AK?? I dont see that one, I always thought the STG-44 was the predecessor to the AK-47...


The manufacturing method is similar to the Stg44.  The trigger, bolt/barrel interface, and rails that the "bolt carrier" moves on is derived from the Garand.
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« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2006, 08:26:14 PM »
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Oh, and yes the garand was the predecessor to the M14.


Ahh thankyou. That answered my question.
I just needed to know if they were "related."

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« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2006, 08:56:36 PM »
My rifle is a Rock Island Arsenal rebuild, one of the batch that they rebuilt immediately postwar ('47 dated barrel, RIA rebuild proof marks).   It has various manufacturer's parts (HRA trigger housing, early WRA op rod, etc.), so I suspect that it's been rebuilt since then.  Dec. '43 production receiver, SN 2251XXX.  Another neat feature is a gas piston cut, just below the front sight, which was of course modified to create a tighter fit around the barrel.  Muzzle wear= 1, Throat erosion= 2.5  

BUT IT'S AN M1, WHAT DO I CARE???!!!
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« Reply #23 on: October 06, 2006, 01:06:47 PM »
A guy at a gunshow was selling CMP M1's with WW2 barrels for $800.
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« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2006, 01:51:36 PM »
jealousy...
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