M1 Garands?

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Originally Posted by Skip

That's good to know. I thought the only stocks CMP sold was the Boyd in walnut.

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Here you go.

https://estore.thecmp.org/Catalog/Item/082M

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Originally Posted by wctriumph

Here you go.

https://estore.thecmp.org/Catalog/Item/082M

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That's exactly what I have on my '43 and I was told it's a Boyds. I could have been given bad info. I was told the CMP contracts with Boyds, has them dipped one in RLO, and stamped with the CMP mark.

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Originally Posted by Skip

That's exactly what I have on my '43 and I was told it's a Boyds. I could have been given bad info. I was told the CMP contracts with Boyds, has them dipped one in RLO, and stamped with the CMP mark.

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I don't know who makes them for the CMP but they are not the overmold fat stocks that you buy from Boyd's. The one I bought was exactly the same spec' as the original I replaced and smaller than the Boyd's all around.

Been looking for an IHC Garand for years. Sentimental reasons.

I have an FN49. Fun but it's not the same. A friend took his first elk with a Garand and that kinda stuck with me.

A .308 Garand would be a hoot but still a fan of 30.06.

Looking for an M1 carbine just for fun. Reloading dies are cheap.

I bought a Boyd's set, ended up selling it unused. It was just too fat for my tastes. Feller that bought it was building a target rifle and wanted exactly that - a fat, heavy stock.

Wish I could remember who I got my new stock from. They're rumored to be made by Boyd's, but to this company's specs, which are WWII dimensions and a lot slimmer than the Boyd's or CMP stocks. I ended up shaving off just a bit more, for my own taste. It's really bitchin' now!

Look here: http://www.wenig.com

I don't see a Garand page but they do make them, give them a call.
Light years nicer than Boyds

I loaned my M1 book to a friend so I need some help decoding these barrel markings for a M1 Rifle. I would say Springfield but other than that I don't know. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by wctriumph

I loaned my M1 book to a friend so I need some help decoding these barrel markings for a M1 Rifle. I would say Springfield but other than that I don't know. Thanks.

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Yes, SA refers to the Springfield Armory, 3 66 refers to the date of manufacture, so it was re barreled in the Viet Nam era. It could be a brand new, unused barrel.

A lot of Garands were armory rebuilt and put into storage in the early to mid 1960's as the US entered the Viet Nam War. My Garands are Korean War era rifles re barreled and re parkerized, marked SA dated 1963 & 1965. Like new.

Cartouches on the stocks and other parts markings may show that they came from different armories. My first Garand, an H&R from the DCM in 1983 cost me $97.50 mailed direct from the Dept. of the Army in Anniston. It has a Rock Island Arsenal stock which I refinished and slimmed the grip but preserved the cartouches. It was my high power target rifle for two decades. For a long time it was my only high power rifle and it has taken several deer, elk and pronghorn. It's still a superb shooter.

Agree it is a Springfield barrel from 1966. There was still some limited production of M1s in the mid 1960s primarily National Match rifles with the last authorized serial number about 6,099,900.
I am curious what the serial number (approximately) is on the rifle.

The SN is from 1943, Springfield. I bought the rifle almost 40 years ago for $135, it has Blue Sky on the barrel. I was told by the gun shop manager that it had been imported from South Korea. The stock was pretty bad so I replaced it with the CMP stock w/ metal for $149 some 15 - 16 years ago.

Thanks for the information you guys, I appreciate it.