Garand Question
I recently aquired a CMP H&R Garand, and had the good fortune to get one with almost all HRA parts. The only non HRA part I find is an SA op rod. Drawing number on op rod is 6535382 SA. My first thought was to find an HRA op rod to make everything match, but then someone on another website mentioned that some of the early H&R's were issued with SA op rods. Any input and suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I bought a CMP Garand about 15 years ago and was wondering if anyone could provide me with some info and maybe a value for it. I have seldom shot it, but admire and respect its history. It has a Winchester Receiver with a serial number of 1276XXX Thanks. 0 -
You purchased your M1 from the DCM about the same time that I received my own Garand. Back in those days you were allowed only one M1 per life time and you seldom ever saw a DCM M1 for sale unless the owner had died or was in a dire finacial situation. Of course the old 1 rifle limit has disappeared along with the old DCM. The CMP is now allowing the purchase of up to 8 M1's per year so these rifles are not rare anymore.
Last year a person could actually order a Winchester M1 from the CMP for $575. As of this time there is a two year backorder for Winchester rifles and no more orders are being accepted. The Winchester rifles will always be desirable simply because they have the Winchester name. Just how much your rifle may be worth has a lot to do with how many Winchester parts it still has- particularly the barrel and stock. Just a plain Winchester receiver M1 will retail for around $800- more if it still has the Winchester parts I mentioned. To get top dollar for any older DCM rifle you need to have the original shipping box and US Army release papers. Your rifle was produced in around December, 1942 so it does have plenty of history behind it...and it should still soldier on for another half century.
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Thanks for the info Mark!! I no longer have the box, but still have the invoice. I'll never sell the gun, but am glad to learn a little more about it. 0 -
The loss of the box is not that big of a deal, but hang onto that shipping invoice and keep it in a safe place. Some time down the road the supply of M1's being released from Uncle Sam will end- it will be a long while- but it will happen. Those release papers prove that your rifle was once government property, the real thing form a Army arsenal, not a commercial rifle or an import. It will take many years but these DCM/CMP rifles will be worth a big premium at some point in time. Imagine the value of a Colt .45 SAA which was purchased surplus from the Army at the turn of the century and still has its sales papers with it...A Colt collectors dream!
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