Has anybody seen the new M1Garands that Springfield armory are making with the Italian made recievers?If so, is the qaulity as good as the original springfields?
Thanks Jeff Myhre

Jeff,

The Italian recievers are top notch, in my opinion. As good or better than some of the U.S. made receivers. If Springfield Armory put it together they will stand behind it.

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I have been wanting a Garand for a long time. I checked their home page but didn't see anything about the M1. Does anyone know what these will sell for and when they will be available?

Shawn

I talked with Springfield Armory several weeks ago and asked that question. They said that they would be producing some rifles after the first of the year. Sorry, can't tell you what the price is, they were not sure at the time either.

Any kind of Garand is hard to find right now. Things went nuts for Battle Rifles after 9/11 and many of the distributors are having trouble keeping anything in stock. Century Arms can't keep up with the demand either.

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Surely we must all hang together, for separately we will all surely hang.

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I had one put together using a "kit" on an original Springfield receiver I got my hands on about a year ago. We black parkerized it and put one of those Boyd's stocks on it. The guy really did a good job. It shoots 2" groups. What a lovely rifle. It will be interesting to see the Springfield price. I read that they were going to put together 10,000 only.

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to learn how to get your very own, 100% USGI Garand for $500. These are service grade rifles direct from the United States Government.

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FYI - the $400 Danish Garand I purchased went to a smith for tuning. New Barnett .308 barrel + new Boyd stock + $400 Garand + smith's labor = $900 Garand that shoots 1 1/4 groups with Fed Match. With open GI sights...

Scott

[This message has been edited by Scott Thornley (edited 12-01-2001).]

I bought my Garand from the DCM for $165.

Yep - the good old days. I qualified for one back then too, but was shooting smallbore and never sent off for one.

Yet another "if only..."

Scott