Help ID'ing an M1 Garand...Added outdoor shots
Is this gun worth $700. I am Garand illiterate, but I know this isnt a garand stock, no cartouches and very nicely finished walnut. Anything else you can tell me about it? If you need more photos just ask. Thanks, Todd
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It looks like some pretty nice wood....fajan (spelling?) makes some nice stocks and it could be one of those. If you can get pics of it out in the sunlight it might do very well on the auction side. Springfield reciever, bolt, and barrel...there are a lot of guys that will want to know about the trigger group. I think it may be worth as much as $900 if you can get nice pictures of the stock. I have always liked these rifles. 0 -
Based on the serial number, the receiver was made during the late Korean War era. The barrel may well be original, although the bolt dates to around 1943. I can't see enough of the stock to be sure, but it might be a USGI stock that was sanded. Most commercial stocks are made by Boyd, & they tend to be slightly over-size, especially at the butt plate (which yours is not).
If you can return it after test firing, that would make me feel better about it. The least you want to do it check the bore carefully, looking for corrosion, wear, or bulging. You want to check the bore for muzzle wear; a single round of USGI M2 ball inserted point first into the muzzle makes a decent "poor man's" muzzle wear gauge. You should see at least 1/8" of copper jacket sticking out.
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quote:Originally posted by nmyers
Based on the serial number, the receiver was made during the late Korean War era. The barrel may well be original, although the bolt dates to around 1943. I can't see enough of the stock to be sure, but it might be a USGI stock that was sanded. Most commercial stocks are made by Boyd, & they tend to be slightly over-size, especially at the butt plate (which yours is not).
If you can return it after test firing, that would make me feel better about it. The least you want to do it check the bore carefully, looking for corrosion, wear, or bulging. You want to check the bore for muzzle wear; a single round of USGI M2 ball inserted point first into the muzzle makes a decent "poor man's" muzzle wear gauge. You should see at least 1/8" of copper jacket sticking out.
Neal
Does muzzle wear equal throat wear? In other words if muzzle is good, should the throat? barrel is crisp with no rust or pitting. Looks well taken care of.0 -
NO throught wear is inside of the chamber and the mw is the end of the barrel.If the barrel looks good and the MW is good buy for 700 and run home quick. 0 -
That is some *VERY* nice lookin wood on that... 0 -
Post war rifle. The barrel is correct as there are countless Springfield M1s in the 5.8 million range with barrels dated from early to mid 1955. The stock set looks great and it would cost you about $150 to find that wood with the metal if you had to go out and buy it. The major parts that we can see are all from WWII and the nice wood makes this rifle pleasing to the eye. Until the barrel has been gauged there is no real way of knowing it's level of wear and since this M1s is for the shooter and not the collector barrel wear means everything. 0
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