I finally went to the CMP to pick out a Garand! NOW WITH MORE PICTURES!!!!!!!!
So I finally did it! I went to the CMP and now own a HRA Garand. So I have been wanting to go for sometime now, and today was the day. I got a SG mostly matching HRA from 1955. The only thing that is...
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Great buy, I am sure you picked a good one! That is exactly what I would have bought. A late year H&R with a GI stock. Do they ship it to you, or can you take it home. I know they add sales tax if...
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congrats - if i were to grab a late model M1 that would be my choice as well , do post photos and tell us how she does at the range
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Period correct trigger group for that era does not have a ring behind the trigger. So yours is post WWII period correct as it should be, but maybe not manufacturer or lot# correct. I assume that the...
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I got my M1 carbine from the CMP south store had a great time there. Congrats on the new old rifle.
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I had it shipped, 10% tax was going to be $62, shipping was $24.95. As for everything else since I still need to get on a plane to get home so I had everything else shipped. The people at CMP are...
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BW did send me numerous photos, but some were grainy (phone?) and all needed resizing.This one was good, and I resized it for here. I will let him post the others when he can. Bet he is doing this...
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Thanks a lot M14man! Those pictures I sent I took on my phone, and the light was pretty poor. I will post more when I get home.
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Great Picture!!! So why did you get in it? LOL You were probably like a kid in a candy store. Enjoy your new toy. Range Time!
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Darn strait it was like a kid in a candy store. Kid-mom tells kid only one piece. Me-wife said only one rifle. Kid-asks for one more piece of candy. Me-ask for one more rifle. Mom-tells kid better be...
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OKay well, I am trying to get all the bugs worked out with this post. Give me a few to get it posted correct, or you can see the pictures in my images.
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Okay, Finally got it posted correctly.
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NICE AGAIN! From what I learned from Louie, the shorter bayonet which is what you have, is Vietnam era and the longer one is WWII.
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he has a later version bayonet - M5 or M5A1 , its korean vintage to VN , post WWII , the 10" M1 , 10" M1905E1 cutdown , were the short ones used in WWII later in the war , the longer M1905s were as...
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After all that, NOW you finally qualify as a true American! You own a nice Colt 45 and now the M1Garand! Sorry, I couldn't hold that back any longer.
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In the last picture of your rifle...the bullet is put in from the other end. It is very hard to load the gun as you pictured. I also believe it is facing the wrong direction. Since as you well know,...
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M14man wrote:In the last picture of your rifle...the bullet is put in from the other end. It is very hard to load the gun as you pictured. I also believe it is facing the wrong direction. Since as you...
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I'm still looking for mine...I must be close to finding it on mine...I looked in all the obvious places..
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