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Posted: 7/22/2007 7:50:29 PM EDT
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CMP came through for me. God Bless 'em. I ordered an M1 around late March (?) and on 22 May received an "We regret that we will not be able to fill the order that you submitted" e-mail. Some of you will remember my thread of great disappointment in this very forum. Anyway, I kept the order active, and this week was blessed to receive a rack grade Greek.  I'm a total M1 neophyte (newbie), so any comments, observations, info, opinions, pointers, and so on (on the rifle or on resources for learning) are welcomed! ************** UPDATE ************** I took my "rack grade" CMP Garand to the Hampton, VA gun show this past weekend, and had Gus Fisher (Gus's Garands) give it a once-over. He adjusted the tension on the rear sight adjustment knobs, and actually replaced the windage knob with one that worked better. While checking the trigger group, he felt the hammer spring should be replaced, and did so. He thought the op rod spring might not have too much life left, so we replaced that too. He thought the stock (USGI) was better than many rack grade stocks and fit well, and thought the op rod, gas cylinder, and other stuff checked looked good. He had checked everything but the barrel condition, and said something to the effect of "well, it must be the bore condition that knowed this down to rack grade, because everything else is pretty nice." So then he checks the bore... TE 3.6, ME 1.5. He was surprised. "This should be a service grade rifle. You should be very pleased." I am. I also picked up some Greek M2 Ball ammo at the show. (I've got to update my gun club membership letter with the CMP so I can order some ammo.) ************************************ On to the pictures...  Barrel marking:        A little Google with the SN tells me the born-on date is November 1943:   Bolt marking:   These pics are "fresh out of the box." I haven't had it out of the stock yet. I know I have lots to learn, including how to check the condition of the bore. |
Good catch -- I hadn't noticed that. Yeah, I'd better get busy buying ammo.  Thanks for the input everyone. |
If it was round it would be a Winchester cylinder. |
Gotcha. Thanks. |
Congrats! Now take it apart and clean all that cosmoline (sp?) off and reassemble! I bought my first one at the CMP in '04 and the guys I was with wanted me to shoot it in the match the next day. I just put it together for the first time, never shot it and they wanted me to leave the rifle I borrowed and practiced with to compete with an unproven rifle. I used the one I practiced with and beat both of them!  Maybe that's why they wanted me to use the new one!  I have some info I can get together. I can photocopy and mail to you if you want. Not much but may be useful. Just IM me. I just put it in a storage unit - it might take a few days to get together. (It's packed kinda tight!) |
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Update in first post!
Well called, guys! |
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