Not a problem. They’re not for everyone. I hope to get a Garand this year along a few other firearms I’m hunting for. Then save up for the anti-tank rifle that I’d love to get it.
Pick your poison.
Any M1 Garand Owners on Here
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Not a problem. They’re not for everyone. I hope to get a Garand this year along a few other firearms I’m hunting for. Then save up for the anti-tank rifle that I’d love to get it.
Pick your poison.
I’m gonna derail a little since you sent me to the safe......
Here’s my oldest Springfield, 50-70 Trapdoor and the almost as valuable bayonets and ram rod.
Reference rounds- 50-70, 30-06 &5.56
It’s tough to complete a full collection of all our martial arms, you have to know your limits.
Krags are on my list next....
Here’s my oldest Springfield, 50-70 Trapdoor and the almost as valuable bayonets and ram rod.
Reference rounds- 50-70, 30-06 &5.56
It’s tough to complete a full collection of all our martial arms, you have to know your limits.
Krags are on my list next....
That thing is gorgeous! I wasn’t aware that trapdoors went as high as 50-70. What would be the estimated value of that weapon? I know it’ll be more than average since you have the accessories to go with it.
Pick your poison.
The effort to reuse the millions of muskets started with the larger calibers, .58 rim fire being the first trapdoor.
That cartridge was a failure and the trapdoor design refined to use the easier to extract and more powerful 50-70.
They only were in service from 1866-1873 when they adopted the .45-70.
That caliber hung around in the various trapdoors seen at the little big horn in their desirable carbine configuration until the Krag was adopted in 1892.
All dates are from recollection...
Mine is an 1870 model with 12,000 built but they don’t have an awesome value, maybe a couple thousand?
All the support equipment and cartridge boxes would be the real valuable stuff.
Sorry for the derailment
Oh then I got the father to the Mosin the Berdan II, mine is the least produced out of the three Russian arsenals that being a Sestroyesk outside NE of St Petersburg. Sestroyesk was abandoned and stripped and the machinery sent to Tula and Izhevsk during the close of WWI and the Russian Revolution in late 1918. Mine was made in 1884
But the neat thing is it was modified with sling holes for a M1895 Mannlicher straight pull Rifle of the Austrian Hungry.
But the neat thing is it was modified with sling holes for a M1895 Mannlicher straight pull Rifle of the Austrian Hungry.
Noted. My history on them isn’t great. I was aware of the 45-70 variant, but not that they were bigger models. Which thinking about it now knowing they used leftover muskets, and how bigger those calibers can be that they used, it’s an error on my part.
Pick your poison.
Very nice. I find myself watching the YouTube channel C&Rsenal a lot. They are covering the majority of WW1 era weapons, though they do have some videos about weapons spanning back well into the 19th century. They have a very well in depth video (1:42 mins) on the Mosin Nagant
I don’t have anything that old yet. Oldest member of my arsenal is a Swiss 1911, predecessor to the K31.
Pick your poison.
**** yeah ! I have shot so many weapons ....and this one ....just satisfies above the rest ! Just the history and the nostalgia ....the looks, the power, the sound ......friggen orgasmic. The one I have is a Korean war era. All matching parts with match competition barrel. I will never sell it !
Philippine return, likely in bad shape. CMP started with a Korean era Springfield receiver and swapped on a .308/7.62 Criterion barrel, and Boyd's stock. Because zero ****s are given at this point I made a few changes too. Swapped the plastic CMP spacer block for one from Beretta, added a scout rail and a scout scope along with a cheek riser to match. Looking forward to seeing how this compares to the 30-06 Springfield I picked up as well.
Philippine return, likely in bad shape. CMP started with a Korean era Springfield receiver and swapped on a .308/7.62 Criterion barrel, and Boyd's stock. Because zero ****s are given at this point I made a few changes too. Swapped the plastic CMP spacer block for one from Beretta, added a scout rail and a scout scope along with a cheek riser to match. Looking forward to seeing how this compares to the 30-06 Springfield I picked up as well.
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The Garand purist in me is not comfortable with this. But I love what you have done with it. What a great scout rifle this is, I would take it over the M14 version in a minute. Nice work.
Mine is an H&R with a Springfield op rod and trigger assy. Aftermarket gas plug and also have the Boyd stock it came with but changed that out for original H&R furniture.
I had one. A Winchester-made one. At 15 I traded it for a Les Paul Custom guitar.
6 years later I had to sell the guitar to pay the rent.
Moral of the story: If you have a Garand, keep it!
6 years later I had to sell the guitar to pay the rent.
Moral of the story: If you have a Garand, keep it!
And you've got a Springfield, too? I hate you.Philippine return, likely in bad shape. CMP started with a Korean era Springfield receiver and swapped on a .308/7.62 Criterion barrel, and Boyd's stock. Because zero ****s are given at this point I made a few changes too. Swapped the plastic CMP spacer block for one from Beretta, added a scout rail and a scout scope along with a cheek riser to match. Looking forward to seeing how this compares to the 30-06 Springfield I picked up as well.
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Uncomfortable indeed, it's downright blasphemous if I may say so myself! But hear me out...
I never thought I'd have more interest beyond the AR platform in a rifle. I started paying more attention to history, got a kick out of reading "American Gun" and was infected with the sickness. The politics of the time, the players on the world stage and what each brought to the table, and what they fought with. I greatly respect the people that made things like the M1 Garand happen. How can you not love one with wartime storied provenance?
And I'm a total fan of the era's simplicity. Breaking one of these down couldn't be easier. So anything I do can be reverted with just a screwdriver and a hex wrench. In plain Jane format...
As beautiful as these stocks are (or can be if that's what you want) I don't mind adding rails as again, they are a simple bolt-on/off and the original or pretty aftermarket piece can be stored away. I really like the ingenuity, machine work, and functionality.
I have the same philosophy with a pair of M1 Carbine's I've done (an Inland and a Standard Products version). Fantastic pieces of machinery and a heck of a story from creation to current day. I can't get enough information on it. Those chosen for contracts to make them, the successes and failures, and how military establishments all over the world have used it in battle. There are some very well done books on them that are hard to take your eyes off of (War Baby!, etc). I'm addicted to technical data and I highly recommend these two books to anyone interested in learning more than what you'll typically find with even the best of internet searches.
I guess I'm just trying to say I like all of it from prototype to production to anything else related. Fantastic platforms they were.
One of the cooler aspects is that it doesn't matter what mixmaster variant you may be running as that was essentially what they were from inception. Contractors all had subcontractors but all met a given spec so most any combination thereof - worked. Sweet piece and nice ammo!
Crazy how in demand any of the Winchester Garands or Carbines are!
Both are Springfields and I'd gladly take in a Winchester if it had what I wanted. And any of the navy or out of country variants be they .308 or 30-06. They're all good!
I have a March 1942 Springfield. It'll be the last gun I ever sell. I love it and the history it represents.
On a side note my grandfather absolutely hated Garand's. He was 101st airborne, 327th Gliders. He said when he landed the first thing he would do was find a M-1 Carbine and leave the Garand. He said " You wouldn't like that damn rifle so much if you had to hike it across Europe".
On a side note my grandfather absolutely hated Garand's. He was 101st airborne, 327th Gliders. He said when he landed the first thing he would do was find a M-1 Carbine and leave the Garand. He said " You wouldn't like that damn rifle so much if you had to hike it across Europe".
Guess I need to pull Dad's out of the closet and figure out what I have. One is an M1 with Bayonet, and one is a Carbine. I know he bought them sometime in the 80's I think. Also have an AMT Automag III pistol that shoots the same cartridge in stainless steel. It's never been shot and has all original case and paperwork and such.
The carbine would be the one that shares the cartridge. If it has a folding stock it is a paratrooper model and is $$money.
The 30 cal Automag is a very interesting piece. This is $money too.
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