Wood and Steel

[Morgan338LM]

Anyone else a bit obsessively passionate about the old US ironhorse rifles? I'm a proud owner of two M14's and I really only dream about buying a Garand, 1903A3, M1 Carbine, 30/40, etc.... I might need to get checked out, it's getting to be a real distraction

[argonstrom]

Same here, man. That Garand in the Classifieds is killing me.

[Irving]

I know where a great looking M1 Carbine is for sale, but I can't afford it yet. I never really wanted one until I actually got to hold it.

[Scanker19]

The CMP is my Crack.

I just wish the first one was free. I've been thinking of another Garand.

To me nothing is better that a nice wood stock with the faint smell of linseed oil.

[Scanker19]

P.S. best place (if you don't want the hassle of CMP requirements) the CMP forum has a market place like us, and most of the guys there sell at just over cost from the CMP.

The gun stores just love to mark up the prices as soon as some one says Garand.

[CrufflerSteve]

The Model 1917 is an overlooked one. (You can call it a P17 to a collector to piss him off.) I have a great looking one. Heck, Sgt. York had one.

Steve

[StagLefty]

I love the old military rifles. The only current one I own is a Smith Corona 1903A3.
I also have an old German bolt action shotgun from I believe WWII. I wish I'd picked up a Garand when I was working,had a few good deals slip away.

[Bailey Guns]

It's almost as if I can hear those old guns whispering. I've got a nice CMP Garand even though it's a Korean War vintage gun. Absolutely a work of art. It just makes everything feel right holding on to a piece of history like that.

I can only imagine what it took for a guy to carry one of those things, all day, every day, under the worst conditions imaginable. It's hard to know if you could measure up to the guys that did that.

And I agree about the 1917...I like it far more than the 03.

[Bailey Guns]

Anyone else a bit obsessively passionate about the old US ironhorse rifles? I'm a proud owner of two M14's and I really only dream about buying a Garand, 1903A3, M1 Carbine, 30/40, etc.... I might need to get checked out, it's getting to be a real distraction

Nope...nothing out of the ordinary here. You're quite normal. If you didn't feel that way, there might be some problems.

[BlasterBob]

Took my basic training at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas back in 1955. You can just imagine my excitement when I was issued my first M1 Garand. Now, that was some battle rifle and I really loved it although it did have a tendency to shove me around a bit. I do have one now and consider it to be about the favorite of all the guns that I have. No, I never did get an M1 thumb as I was very cautious after seeing one fellow GI get his thumb severely battered by the bolt. OUCH!