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Manoa-Fisherman
I have had an M-1 for decades that I have not looked at for a while. I am going to hold on to it, but was thinking that I may want to list it on a seperate insurance rider and was wondering if there was anything different about it to make it worth the effort.

The Garand is a Springfield Armory with a six digit serial number starting with 250,xxx. My earlier research showed that it was a 1941 manufacture date preceding the US entry in to WWII. It looks to be in excellent shape and the barrel looks barely used and the other parts are also in excellent shape as well. The black paint on the lower front of the gas port area is not worn or rubbed off like many others I have seen.

I remember the barrel is marked 1944, so it was speculated that this was an arsenal refinished rifle that came back during the war and was mothballed at the end of the war. It may have been a DCM rifle, but I have no paper work to that effect. The rear sight adjustment knobs are the regular ones and not the original "T-bar" of the original/earlier WWII models.

Any comments or thoughts on the value of this rifle will be appreciated.
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  • mark christian
    Based on the level of information provided: $500-$600 depending on the amount of wear to the barrel. Six digit receivers that predate Pearl Harbor do bring a small premium as does a WWII dated barrel, if it is in nice shape.
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  • Manoa-Fisherman
    I guess Garands aren't too valuable any more. My International Harvester with a LMR barrel isn't worth as much as friends told me, as well.
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  • nmyers
    CMP has sold a huge quantity of "shooter" M1 rifles in the last 20 years, so the demand for them has been satified. Also, lots of buyers don't understand the difference between "rack grade", "field grade", & "service grade", so prices may actually be out of line with true condition.

    However, demand for "collector grade" rifles continues to be strong. If your IHC is all original, it will bring a good price.

    Neal
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  • wpage
    Could be worth more pics and details would help establish baseline price.
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  • Manoa-Fisherman
    When I got my IHC Garand from DCM, it was nearly 20 years ago. Back then they didn't have any grading. It came boxed, sealed in plastic and encased in comoline. After cleaning it up, I showed it to my friend who is a Garand collector and said it was essentially "new" to him and it did not look as it ever been issued. We shot a few clips to make sure it functioned ok and I put it away after cleaning it.
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  • mark christian
    Without detailed information and photos and based on the extremely limited information that you gave us; which was nothing more than a serial number, a barrel date and the fact that it has the late type rear sight, it is virtually impossible to give you any kind of serious value estimate beyond what a CMP rifle would sell for...$500-$600.

    The more you tell us, the more that we can tell you.
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  • jimthompson502002
    Depends upon how much of it is "original", how much is World War II, gauge readings on the barrel, and so on.

    Borrow one of the industrial histories, say Duff's, check out the part numbers in detail.

    Mixmasters are often most profitably broken down to parts and sold piecemeal, especially if you have a non-matching World War II barrel, which if in suitable condition, could be worth several hundred dollars all by itself.

    A flush-nut short pinion rear sight assembly is ALSO worth several hundred dollars.

    And so on.

    But there's no quick, easy answer.
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