86000 Grands going up for sale.

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12 May 2018, 16:24

p dog shooter

86000 Grands going up for sale.

I wonder if they well be as over priced as the 1911's

http://www.freerepublic.com/fo...f-chat/3654513/posts

The military of the Philippines had warehouses full of vintage M1 rifles. Getting them back to the U.S. was an epic struggle.

The Garand Collector’s Association, which has been helping the Civilian Marksmanship Program inventory and classify a literal shipload of repatriated M1s, produced the above video chronicling the return to the states of some 86,000 Garands loaned to the Philippines over the years. Fighting poor storage, threats of critters and hazardous materials, the CMP invested millions in cleaning the guns, packing and sending them via truck, train and ship back to Alabama.

13 May 2018, 01:58

GeorgeS

I doubt it. They aren't concealable (no folding stock), they don't accept detachable magazines, they are wood-stocked, and haven't been stigmatized by the anti-gunners (yet).

George

28 May 2018, 08:57

NormanConquest

Everyone should have at least one of what George S. Patton described as the greatest battlefield weapon ever designed.

31 May 2018, 05:25

Grizzly Adams

Seeing as they are CMP, not likely to benefit us. Otherwise we could trade for some cheap SKS.

Grizz

Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal. John E Pfeiffer, The Emergence of Man

Those who can't skin, can hold a leg. Abraham Lincoln

Only one war at a time. Abe Again.

31 May 2018, 20:19

Lamar

make it some Norinco m-14's and you got a deal.

02 June 2018, 04:00

dpcd

The info I have is that they are in poor condition due to being stored in 100% humidity for many years.

19 September 2018, 20:30

Pa.Frank

quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
The info I have is that they are in poor condition due to being stored in 100% humidity for many years.

I seriously doubt that. Please share your source.

similar comments were made about Korean garands.. the good ones came in thru the CPM, the junk came in via Blue Sky and others.

20 September 2018, 19:25

craigster

quote:
Originally posted by Pa.Frank:
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
The info I have is that they are in poor condition due to being stored in 100% humidity for many years.

I seriously doubt that. Please share your source.

similar comments were made about Korean garands.. the good ones came in thru the CPM, the junk came in via Blue Sky and others.

I must have lucked out. I bought a Blue Sky in the late 80s, think I paid $350 (+/-). It's not junk.