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Posted: 1/21/2007 6:03:05 PM EDT
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I am thinking about my first Garand purchase and have a couple questions Looking them over and having lurked around here for a bit I have seen some nice examples from the greek field grades for $425 I'm looking for a shooter and not so much a colector rifle would you all sugest the field grade or maybe go for a rack grade with or without wood and look to rebarrel Also I have heard some say you can request a certain things should a request a higher s/n for hopes of a better barrel or does that not really have a berring thanks |
(a) Start with a field grade. When that comes order a rack grade. When that comes order a Woodless Dane. (b) Order a CMP stock set. (c) Repeat steps a and b as necessary. |
In my experience, a higher SN will have a better finish and less wear. These are the Greek returns from around spring of 1955. Barrel wear varies and is something you can ask for IE: "if it came down to choosing a great stock or great barrel, I'd choose a better barrel as I want to shoot the rifle" The CMP WANTS shooters. Ask for one and tell them why and you will probably be rewarded. The stock will be fine anyway. ARDog |
| i went the opposite route... i bought a woodless rack and took it straight to the smith for a re-barrell. I'm not sure if I would reccomend this approach by way of mail order though. I had the luxury of picking out the nicest one I could find in person at the store and went with that. I got a 6 digit with almost all SA parts. |
Performance wise, there is no difference that I can see. The Greek cordite has a funky smell. The Greek ammo comes in en-bloc clips, the Lake City doesn't. The last batch of Lake City I got was de-linked MG ammo and was covered with a sticky substance, possibly cosmolene. Whatever it is, it does not effect the performance of the ammo. The best thing to do is buy both so that you will have an ample supply of clips. 
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Finding a Rack or Field Grade Winnie? Not likely, in fact, I would say they don't have any Rack or Field Grade Winnies at all. As for the ammo, I have seven cans of the Greek in bandoliers on enblock clips, one can of Greek in 20 round boxes, and four cans of LC in 20 round boxes. I shot one inch groups with the LC in my Savage 110FP. At the time, I did not have the Greek in 20 round boxes, but some say it is more accurate than the LC. Now that I have the Greek in 20 round boxes, I want to see how accurate it is in my Savage, but I don't know when that will be. BTW, the Greek is NON-corrosive. |
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