Ravenwood - 04/06/04 07:15 AM
I belong to a Civilian Marksmanship Program affiliated gun club, and have apparently fulfilled all the requirements to make a CMP purchase. I've got my eye on a service grade M1 Garand, but just haven't gotten around to making the commitment yet. I'm a little leary of spending $500+ on a rifle, site unseen. I'm confident that they are a great deal, but it's still a pretty big chunk of change. Especially since I just shelled out almost $600 cash for the M1 Carbine, 1000 rounds of ammo, and some new cleaning accessories. To top it all off, my taxes are due next week and my dad's birthday is coming up. Decisions, decisions...
Speaking of which, here is a picture of the .30 caliber M1-Carbine I bought last week.
UPDATE: AUGH! Now a buddy of mine tells me he's flying in from California next month and wants me to "come see the baby". I had already signed up for a once a year gun clinic down at Quantico that weekend. Decisions.. decisions.
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Steve, the only thing I can tell you is that I've seen three examples of the $500 DCM Garands and they were all quite nice. The wood needed refinishing, and they were hardly NIB condition, but they all shot fairly well.
Posted by: Kevin Baker at April 6, 2004 10:12 AMMy CMP Garand is a pleasure to shoot. Yeah, the wood needed a bit of work, but it was a pleasure to make the ol' warrior prettier than it ever was in its previous life.
Don't overlook the CMP's M1903s ("Springfield" bolties) which are sweeeeet shooters. I have both an '03A1 and an '03A3, one straight stock and one curved stock. Did I mention they were sweet?
Dang! Now I have to wait until daylight to go to the range and give 'em all some exercise.
What? Okay, lil' Carbine, I'll take you, too.
I hope thats not A universal carbine !!!
Posted by: jh at May 7, 2004 10:15 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
