Just got me one of those IHC Field Grades in the mail a few weeks ago! I actually just got it cleaned up and shot it yesterday. Shooting an M1 Garand is a religious experience :-)
I was about 10 in '66 and had only shot .22s. A Nebraska rancher handed me a rifle and said try this. Took a shot at a fence post a couple hundred yards away. Good God ! A dust cloud appeared near the post simultaneously with the report. Amazed at the power. Years later I realized he handed me an M1 Garand.
Head out to the local range, many AR style rifles no one bats an eye. Take the out the Garand and usually get some lookyloos. She loves the attention :)
I carried one in ROTC, JR. when I was in high school. The rifle was inoperable, I think the firing pin was removed. We had drill twice a week, and I believe it weighed 10.5 pound s unloaded. The ROTC, Jr. was mandatory sophomores and above. You had to pass it to graduate. This was a public high school in Massachusetts. Try doing that today.
Great story. I attended a military high school. We also marched with the M-1 rifle. Every spring we all went to a nearby National Guard facility that had a 200 yd. range and fired for record. The M-1 was a great battle rifle that made a great contribution to our country's success in WW II and the Korean Conflict.
@@JamesBond-uz2dm What years ? I got to shoot some air rifles at 6th grade Camp .. Graduated in 1979 .. Now finally almost 40 years later my High School has a Trap shooting Team.. I was in 4-H Trap shooting for a year or two..
One of those Garands is probably the one I used doing drills in ROTC. My school (University of st La Salle formerly La Salle College-Bacolod) had an armory and as an Officer i had access to our armory. We had more than 650 M1’s, a few crates of Thompsons, maybe a hundred or so M-14’s, M-1 Carbine and a couple of AA guns, mounted. This was back in 1985-1989, at the height of a Communist insurgency. Still going on now.
according to my great uncle you could buy these at sears all of them sitting in a trash barrel standing upright back in the 50s and 60s for like 10 or 20 bucks.
@@macbolan9374 Because they go directly to the CAFGU or to any lucky ROTC program as a Dewat. Don't expect the Government to give citizens in here guns...
Nik Drown I bought one from a gun store in 1988... The action and barrel were UNFIRED Springfield armory... The stock looked like it was dragged behind a Jeep for 4 years. He wanted $275... I talked him down to $225. My uncle sanded the stock down gently and true oiled it a bunch of coats. Try and find that deal today.🤣 And yes I still have it.👍
BillMcGirr that’s awesome! Pretty sure that’s about the time the previous owner acquired mine. He paid around the same for it too. I got offered $18hun for it. I said absolutely not! That piece is one I’ve wanted since I was a kid and I inherited from my father in law who never shot it until I talked him into it one xmas gathering. He knew I had a lot of love for it and wanted me to have it after his passing. No amount of $ is gettin that from me!
John Schenck there’s something special knowing that they probably seen action and could have been in some of the most notorious battles of the war. They are definitely a work of art really! Having one that’s close to true is rare and even most that get these CMP won’t get close. Even after WW2 they came back and would get interchanged and then going to Korea they went through the same thing.
@@nikdrown Mine is not all original, has a 1960'ish barrel. Wood is original and it looks like many of the other parts are too. trigger group has been gone through though and doesn't look original - but I'm not an M1 expert by any means. I sure do enjoy it though and love the thwack it makes on the 300 yd plate at our local rifle range.
Kind of like my dad in a way. He was in the Korean War conflict but was in the state side and never got sent over, and my dad bragged about these guns and the 30 Carbine.
My father was also a part of Patton's division 5th Infantry received a bronze star in the Ardennes forest with his M1 Garand!! Looking to get one myself.
This reminded me of my grand father and grand uncle when they immigrated from mexico back in the 40's. My grand father went to work in the fields because there were shortage of hands in food production at the time, and my grand uncle enlisted and went out to fight and surely carried an M1.🇺🇸
Man I would love to have a M1 Garand. My father was a US Marine and he used to tell me so many stories about his M1 Garand. Garand thumb ((ouch)) you know what I’m talking about. My dad was 100% all US Marine and he loved his M1. If I had one of these beautiful rifles I wouldn’t even fire it. I would hang it on the wall over his funeral flag! I miss my Dad so much. He and my mom closed-adopted my in 1969 and they loved me and raised me right. I visited his grave site today and maybe that’s what made me search M1 Garand tonight? It’s just what I remember about him the most. My dad was just an awesome loving, caring and strong man. I’ve looked for these guns in gun shops and they just cost so much which is why I never got one but that’s going to change.
Good story and I'm thankful for your Dad's service. Keep looking and eventually one will show up. I was lucky enough to get one at a Myrtle Beach SC gun show about 3 years ago. It was on a table with another one and a WW2 Enfield (British). I wanted the Springfield and the Enfield but only got the M1. My mistake was I circled the show, went to the parking lot to leave, and my wife told me to go back in and get them anyway. The Enfield was gone when I went back in.
Get one from the CMP! They're about $800 shipped. You have to jump through a few hoops but it's worth it....I got a nice Springfield that was used by a marine at the Battle for Okinawa. And YES, you need to fire it, you need to take it apart and clean it, you need to use it like it was meant to be used!
I just sent in the paperwork for one of these yesterday, and I sure as heck didn't think there was any great problem dealing with the wonderful Folks at CMP. Seems to me that they pretty much been over backwards to make sure that I got all the right paperwork in the mail and everything I needed to them. Thank you folks at CMP.
Ive been there twice. Absolutely loved it. Bought one the first time, two the next. I would buy a dozen if I could. The M1 Garand might just be my favorite piece of machinery ever built.
Jerry is a regular guy and funny as hell. He has every right to have an ego the size of the Empire State Bldg but if you met him in the grocery store you would have no clue he is a living legend. Thanks for that Jerry.
I was a fireman in Portland OR back in 1988 when we went to inspect a gun store on NE 150th and Sandy Blvd. One thing really unique about this small shop was that they had dug a tunnel shooting lane into the back field. We were looking around and their was a picture of 1000 yd open sight championship. I don't remember the date or place of where this picture was taken. As we were admiring the picture the owner of the store came up and said that was him in the picture and he won it. He then went back and brought up his M-1 that he won the contest with. He said their was over 100 things had been done to the rifle to make it shoot better. I wasn't into guns and shooting back then but I am now. I will always remember that.
I signed up for notifications for I.R.S. auctions decades ago, but all I ever saw listed was junk (rusty file cabinets, etc.). Then, I was at a car dealership buying parts one day, and I overheard a conversation. Someone had a connection in a local Sheriff's office, I believe, and they were telling someone else that, whenever something good was coming up in the Sheriff's auctions, like an offshore racing boat, he would be the only one notified, and likely be the only bidder. Probably the same reason I was only getting notified of "junk" I.R.S. auctions. What a scam...
I think it's more about the preservation of the history than its ruination. The rifles history is retained regardless. For me it's kind of like owning a classic car, I don't want some rust bucket sitting in my driveway, regardless of whether or not i drive it, because it "looks like it has stories to tell." It deserves to be restored *because* it's a part of history and I want it to last. Just my two cents.
@Ojibwa62 x You are right that you can't walk in and make a purchase like a gun store. That is because CMP isn't a gun store, it's a marksmanship program. In 1949 (if memory serves me) the program was established. The purpose was to train up riflemen and refine their skills through organized activities and clubs. Heck, even public schools had competitive rifle teams, and a few survive today. But the "hoops" you complain are less invasive than the 4473 you fill out at a gun shop, if you go that route. You go through 'hoops' to get a CCW, a driver's license, a Passport and you will go through a crapload of hoops for the Real ID to get the star on your driver's license. To meet the CMP standards in the easiest way is simple. All you need to do is join the Garand Collectors Association ($20) a year, and check the tic box to have your info sent to CMP and the cryteria is met: that's it. That alone beats the expense of an expensive club, especially if you live far away from one. The rest of the process is no different than a gun shop, except that you don't have to fill out a 4473, yet CMP meets all the ATFE regulations any gun shop must meet. The biggest difference between the gun shop and CMP is you can order a Garand or any other rifle, etc. from them and have it delivered to your doorstep. Try that with a gun store or any other online vendor...it won't happen. If you go to CMP, you can select the rifle and leave with it. One caveat is that if the ATFEs Instant Check system is down it may have to be shipped to you, the same delay as a gun shop or at a gun show. And the shop or store will not ship it to you and where some states may allow it under there laws you will be charged for shipping whereas CMP doesn't. One additional perk with CMP is they give you a voucher for a full day at their Class A range that is valid for a full year. And you don't have to shoot only your Garand, you can shoot any rifle. Its doubtful a gun shop has that perk. So much for the whining about "hoops", buy one or not. I just wanted to bring the facts to the table so others aren't misled by spurious misinformation.
Because hoarders buy them up and charge guys out the butt for them . 80 , 000 in one lot but guys try to tell you that the cost so much because they are rare .
LOL, I am in the Advanced Maintenance Class and just went on the tour yesterday. Saw everything that was in the vid. Picked up an extra Garand and 1903 at the store as well. CMP is good people.
I was part of the Citizens Army Program in the PHL decades ago and the cadets were taught to disassemble/assemble the M16, M-14 and the M-1 Garand rifles. I am guessing these are the batch that was returned to the US. Cool video, Mr. Miculek!
Should send hong kong freedom fighters more modern weapons for cheaper prices. Sell the $800 garand and buy PSA $350 AR-15s with optional third pin holes to ventilate charlie.
The USA dosent care about us, They scold us, and obama was leader of the usual suspects, liberals scold us, VFA stop because USA never really helps, tgey want to use us. Next time China might let loyal friends Keep guns Usa is busy hating friends, and sanctions, China busy business....
After the Korean war, you could go into a Kleins Sport store and they had wall to wall M1 rifles. you could buy one for 80 dollars but I was a kid and they would not sell to youngsters. Kleins was also the store that sold the Italian Carbine to Lee Harvey Oswald.
@@GeneralAlex4 Yes, he bought it from Klein's by mail order, they cost about 20 dollars. that's why Klein's sports stores disappeared.? That was an amazing place to visit a candy store for people that liked guns.
Awesome place and better people. Was a unit armorer in the Army for a few units and had only a small clue as to what to look for off the rack. A got a quick class from one of the employees and was fortunate to pick out an awesome shooting CMP special. My July 1940 SA is a nail driver off the bench and easily a 1-2 moa with PPU ammo which is way above the norm. From what I was told at the store 5 MOA is typical when all things are near perfect. p.s. if you go to the store, hand bump the rifles in the rack and when you get one that's not saying a word, take to the armorer there and have them break it down for you for a quick T.I. They will tell you the skinny on what you picked out of the rack. That is what I did. Gun was locked down stock to bolt and the T.I. proved that it was a keeper.
Yes your country sold you out...! Look at what happened to Germany when that happened...An many more countrys to..Look it up it is a long list... UK is a socialist country now an that my friend is a very scary thing...!
steve shoemaker Hi Steve you are right, this world plague of leftwing socialism has slowly crept into the west over 20 years, even your great country has the rabid lefties knocking on your door and i am glad that the shooting community is making a stand but if you look at Brexit in the UK it has exposed the very remoaner class of politicians who have allowed this Leftwing socialism to thrive over here, Brexit have opened peoples eyes to the rotten core of politics in the UK and we are about to show these traitors what we really think of them in the general election 12th December. hopefully it will be a turning point in the fight against leftwing socialism and one day i can shoot a Garand on a UK range.
Went to this store with my brother in August. The 2 1/2 hour drive wasn't bad and the entire experience was great, highly recommend those who can to go. My M1 is easily my favorite gun to shoot now!
Didn’t even give a Smith and Wesson plug(other than the cap), and even mentioned at least 2 competitive companies. That’s what is so great about you Jerry and what makes me want more M and P’s!
Hmmm,seems to me if the rifles are for the civilian marksmanship program all the rifles were lent to a foreign government and then accepted back by our government then all the rifles should be sold as they are received to the public. The public/ taxpayers should have first pick of the rifles no auctions involved. Sure the money goes back to the program but picking "special rifles" to be sold for thousands that a regular citizen couldn't possibly afford is wrong! I've been to the cmp in camp Perry and had a great experience but ALL the rifles no matter what grade issued or not were on the racks for purchase by everyone and anyone!
I live in Ohio so Camp Perry is not worlds away. Did you have a specific kind in mind to buy or did you just pick the nicest/reasonably priced one you could find? My big brother really wants one.
@@nicholaspatton5590 it takes time to pick one. You'll want to borrow their guages to check the barrel. Mine is like a 1-1/2 almost a 2. That's about what you want. Any more than 2 and it's considered shot out. They range in price too. It's a good time but plan on spending several hours looking
I am the proud owner of a 50's vintage International Harvester M1 Garand I had qualified to purchase through my local Waco CMP program. The M1 rifle, " the greatest battle implement ever devised", was delivered to my office address by the Federal Post Office ironically on the day the Clinton Assault weapon ban went into effect on Sept 13, 1994. I enjoyed that for a long while. Won a local M1 match with it. There isn't much in this world that eight rounds of .30-06 M-1 ball ammo won't take care of.
I had an M1 issued to me at ft Leonard wood back in 1961 at basic training, I could field strip it blindfolded and reassemble it . I was rewarded for being the best shot in the battalion. This weapons battle sight zero was zero and zero. I was asked by best friends to use it on the record range. The only problem I had was the gas jet had to be kept clean or she would kick the crap out of me.
Making me drool Jerry. The one rifle that I wish i could own just for the sake of owning one. Truly a want item over a need rifle, but man to be set up behind one is like nothing else in my opinion
I just got mine from the CMP last May, early June. My roommate ordered one too. He got a mostly correct field grade HRA. It has a SA op rod and hammer, but the gun is mostly original. I found, years ago in a bargain bin an M1C scope base and mount. When I ordered my M1 I wanted a field grade to make a good representation of an original M1c. The application says no choice on gun or manufacture or special requests. When I sent the the application in, in the Notes section I wrote that I had an original mount and wanted to make a good representative of an M1C that was for my personal collection (as I can't afford an original) and would not be for resale and I promised. Here's how cool the CMP in Alabama is.... I got a Field grade Springfield Armory M1 almost all correct, the bold it a WRA and the Op rod is HRA, everything else is matching. The barrel is dated 8-44 and the receiver is a 30629XX. It's a little under the serial number range (depending on research it's 3,000,000 3,100,000 or 3,200,000 to 3,800,000). I can't help but to think they tried to help me out best they could with the Philippine return guns they had. Maybe coincidence but I'd like to think that's how cool they were.
The thing I don't like about the CMP is that I can't afford to be a member of a firearm club and that makes me unable to purchase one of these M1's. I'm an American Citizen and a law abiding firearm owner but I can only purchase one of these rifles at a higher price from someone eligible to purchase from the CMP.
Love those guns have one of each 30/40 krag factory carbine was my great grandfathers but my son and his wife are having a baby next month that will be 6 generations that gun has gone through my M1Is Korean War era according to the serial # Springfield keep shooting 👍
The Filipinos used the M1Garand were very heavily used in combat either at home in the Philippines or in Korea in their Combat Brigades during the Korean War. In fact the first M1 Garand used in combat were issued to some companies in the US 31st Infantry, Philippine Scout Infantry, and to the Philippine Scout Cavalry for testing and evaluation before WWII broke out and used these rifles to fight the Japanese invasion. These rifles saw heavy use during the many countless counterinsurgency operations and battles all over the Philippines for decades.
Probably a skin cancer like a basal cell that got aggressive or a burn. I don't think he would think its 'cool'. I spent a life time asking people how they lost fingers, hands, legs, and various other body parts before putting them to sleep for surgery. . Most of the stories were of stupid careless behavior on their or another persons part. And the gift keeps giving because if you survive the error you get to repeat the story for the rest of your life when some one asks.
@@JayKayKay7 well put, I personally don't ask anyone about their scars. Most dont like having them pointed out, and people who like to tell their "scar story" will usually do so unprompted. Whether you want to hear it or not often times. And I've yet to meet anyone who's lost a limb or digit that was happy that its gone.
When I was stationed at Little Rock Air Force base in 1981 there was a K-Mart offbase with dozens of M-1's on sale right out on the floor. They had a long steel cable with a lock on either end strung through the trigger guards. Wish I bought twenty of them. I think they were going for $250, can't remember except for the price was dirt cheap.
Can't put these on the market to fast, because the selling price would drop. That's why these have been sitting, to keep the price up so the working man can not afford one.
You can thank Bill Clinton for that, and NOT the CMP. The Dems were hoping that after they created the CMP, it would fail. When it was the DCM, under the Dept of the Army, prior to 1997, you got one rifle, and one rifle only, for life. The DCM did not worry about budget. CMP is a different story. It survives SOLELY through rifle sales and donations. Of course the alternative is regular gun shops, which sell the M1 at a huge mark up. North of 2 grand is not uncommon. The CMP has to pay employees. The DCM had soldiers assigned to the program, doing the majority of the work, at soldier pay. With DCM, a rifle was sent out from the closest US Arsenal, with an available DCM weapon, right to your door. With CMP, the rifles are done at one location, in Anniston, which also supplies the Camp Perry CMP store. The prices for CMP M1's are a bargain, compared to the gun store supply chain. Believe me, I hear what you are saying, but the blame is with Bill Clinton, and the Dems, not the CMP.
What's the problem? Bought 2 on my way to Disney last year, easy peasy, just have you're paperwork and you can walk in and walk right back out with one.
There direct sales page is hard to find. They don't have a direct link on the main page to simply browse inventory. All they have is an auction page. But their direct sales is not obvious.
The largest hurdle for most people is the marksmanship/clubbing membership requirement. Just join the Garand Collectors Assoc for $25 a year and it fulfills that requirement. Otherwise, no more difficult than a 4473
Thank you, Jerry, for everything you do. Ben said, "Are you an enthusiast???" Are you trying to tell me that the guy named Ben didn't know Jerry Miculek? If that were really true, I wish that Jerry would have had a lot more fun with him. Here's a bonus story. calnikont.com/extrastuff/the4552zulugun.html
Its amazing to know US companies bought those back. I know they left the huge surplus of these in the Philippines after the war. Glad they able to buy em back. ROTC practice guns were still garands 10 years ago before i know what i was holding.
LOVE IT! Got my second M1 Garand in 308w from the CMP early the year! It's such a fun shooter. New 308w barrel, 2017 production stock. Op-Rod was destroyed inside of 20 shots and the CMP mailed me a replacement no charge. STACK THE CREEDMOOR AMMO DEEP! The Creedmoor match ammo on their discount is cheaper than just buying Lapua brass to handload! (Creedmoor is a local company. Lapua Scenars & Lapua brass. Shoots as well as FGMM, but at 200-250fps higher velocity.) Grab a box or two of en-bloc clips. Theirs run fine & are at a good price. Grab some old slings also. Toss in a Schuster adjustable gas plug and you're good to go!
@Starks ya CMP in person is like $540 to 5,000 depending on what it is. The great condition c/d model snipers are always 3-5k. Mostly they're $540-1,400 depending on grade, maker & if it's matching. The vast najority of those are $780-1,100. the one i bought last year is my second; I think I paid $1,100 for it out the door. new Criterion308w barrel, 308w plastic block in the mag. 2017 manufactured american walnut stock (looks fantastic). (OpRod broke so they replaced it with an old donor part their cost). 200 rounds of Creedmoor (it's local company and high quality. I took their plant tour!) match ammo 167gr Lapua Scenar in Lapua LRP 308w brass. (The BRASS is worth more than the CMP charges you for the AMMO!) box of 25 clips 2 old GI slings Was a fantastic deal for a shooter. Wasn't looking for a wall gun. I've never loaded it for accuracy and it has a crazy long throat/jump into the lands. Using match ammo I handload for my Styer Scout, it's a 2-3moa gun (so better than average military rifle). Handloads getting to the right distance from the lands might shrink it to 1.5-2moa I'd guess.
I am going to get hate for saying this and would love to own one however, the market has the value way too high. Yes it is a historical firearm but their's too many out there for the price.
"Too many out there" lol if you drop the price watch how quickly they'll go. You must not understand economics for non renewable products very well lol. Look at the diamond industry: there is always plenty in stock there, but why drop the price when you know the demand will always be there? Supply and demand! If something can be sold for high value of the course of time you'd be stupid to drop the price!
@@FrostyAlbatross yeah I get it. Like anything in the market. If you are a fool who wants to waste your money on over inflated product, then go for it. Plenty of replicas and other historical firearms at fair market price for me.
My grandfather fought in WW2 in North Africa and Italy Campaign in 5th Army under General Mark Clark. I don’t have the money but I hope one day to own an M1 like he Carried as an Infantryman. He is one of my hero’s!!! Godbless you for keeping his sacrifice and history going for WW2 and Our 2nd ammendment.🙏😇🤘😎🤘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Elix Tido no chance, def an act. I knew vaguely of Jerry before ever owning or even knowing anything about guns. Prob saw some pre-RUclips video of him blasting 759 clays in one take.
Its just a Joke , they came up with . Every time I watch one of Jerrys videos I realize how great this Man is. I can never pronounce his last name though , so in my mind I always think , ' Jerry Makes you Look '.
I recall Obama stopping the return to the USA, taxPayers that bought them, of the thousands of Garands that were stored in South Korea. Did that marvelous deal ever finally receive required approval? .....Or did they first require shipping to the Philippines?
I believe that these are the same rifles that BHO banned from being brought back into this country by executive order and President Trump reversed the order. More good work Mr. President.
You guys gotta do the best possible to deal with the jewish driven blacks because they have every intention of wiping you out. Rhodesia and Germany all over again.
@@fixyourmind There is no getting out of most of these countries now. It's dig in and fight. And people must support each other and try to mitigate the damage that the communist jews are doing with the spread of their ideology and hate.
I love the fact that these great weapons are being bought by Americans! I was lucky to get mine back in the CMP days, a H&R right out of the Army armory. A beautiful example that will be pasted down to the young folks in the family.
I won a DCM rifle competition at,Ft. Rucker in 1988 (with a folding stock AKMS I might add) and won a 1943 dated Garand from the Anniston Army Depot, with a 5 shot test target. Beautiful thing...
It's not too hard to do. I joined the Garand Collectors Club, filled out the paperwork and mailed a check... In about 6 weeks they mailed the rifle to my house ! Awesome piece of shootable history. You won't be sorry.
I would love to buy something from the CMP but they make it so much work. You have to do things like show proof that you've participated in at least 2 shooting events just to get on the list to be allowed to attempt to purchase a firearm from them.
Q: "Are you an enthusiast Jerry?"
A: "Meh, I dabble a little..."
He said "very much so" lol...
Ya i laughed also. Its only jerry.
LMAO at that question.
Like asking Tiger Woods whats his handicap.
that’s a whole lotta *P I N G*
Nice
Ping and kaching
That's the sound from Call of Duty!
*FIRE ALL AT ONCE WITH ONE ROUND LOADED!!!*
@@lehonwhale8070 Wedge the end of a matchstick over the hammer spring, and you can fire all 8 at once....
Just got me one of those IHC Field Grades in the mail a few weeks ago! I actually just got it cleaned up and shot it yesterday. Shooting an M1 Garand is a religious experience :-)
RebelSapper never had the joy. Send me yours I’ll try it out 😉
I love that! M1 Garand rifles rock dude! :-)
I was about 10 in '66 and had only shot .22s. A Nebraska rancher handed me a rifle and said try this. Took a shot at a fence post a couple hundred yards away. Good God ! A dust cloud appeared near the post simultaneously with the report. Amazed at the power. Years later I realized he handed me an M1 Garand.
Head out to the local range, many AR style rifles no one bats an eye. Take the out the Garand and usually get some lookyloos. She loves the attention :)
Tell me if it doesn't make every one else on the line stop and turn their head when it goes boom for the first time ;). I know...
I shot a Garand for record on a 200 yard range every year in high school starting in the 8th grade. Garands are still great rifles.
Damn right
Elisha Miley Well Sometimes the Germans, and their space magic wins out.
I carried one in ROTC, JR. when I was in high school. The rifle was inoperable, I think the firing pin was removed. We had drill twice a week, and I believe it weighed 10.5 pound s unloaded. The ROTC, Jr. was mandatory sophomores and above. You had to pass it to graduate. This was a public high school in Massachusetts. Try doing that today.
Great story. I attended a military high school. We also marched with the M-1 rifle. Every spring we all went to a nearby National Guard facility that had a 200 yd. range and fired for record. The M-1 was a great battle rifle that made a great contribution to our country's success in WW II and the Korean Conflict.
@@JamesBond-uz2dm What years ? I got to shoot some air rifles at 6th grade Camp .. Graduated in 1979 .. Now finally almost 40 years later my High School has a Trap shooting Team.. I was in 4-H Trap shooting for a year or two..
I'm glad these rifles are back home!!
just like meeting old friends
Who is buying one? Seems like a lot of paperwork.
@@wannabecarguy I want one, maybe ten,
Obama and Clinton went out of their way to destroy them. Better hope Trump doesn't do any thing to try to destroy any of these.
@@LegalTyranny Yeah, they were also the best thing for the gun companies. Sold more guns then, then now.
Wow!!! The M-1 Garand was the first rifle my father let me shoot....I was hooked after that!
CMP Worker "Are you an enthusiast Jerry?"
You might say so.
thelastjohnwayne I worked with this guy at dominos 10 years ago!
Yeah lol it was scripted
@@hunterwarren5349 Maybe, maybe not....only the people who worked there that day know for sure.
@@G56AG But I do tho
What an amazing place. Like Kid in a Candy Store full of iconic and historical pieces.
One of those Garands is probably the one I used doing drills in ROTC. My school (University of st La Salle formerly La Salle College-Bacolod) had an armory and as an Officer i had access to our armory. We had more than 650 M1’s, a few crates of Thompsons, maybe a hundred or so M-14’s, M-1 Carbine and a couple of AA guns, mounted. This was back in 1985-1989, at the height of a Communist insurgency. Still going on now.
.... An insurgency? Years away from the dissolution of the su? Highly doubt it
according to my great uncle you could buy these at sears all of them sitting in a trash barrel standing upright back in the 50s and 60s for like 10 or 20 bucks.
Yeah. And somehow the cost of storing them put their current price at around 1500 up.
He was talking about surplus Mausers
Memo: Attention, all employees: When cameras are rolling be sure to fire up every power tool at your station.
best repellant when being bothered by visitors
Helps the boss think you're busy
Well they have to look busy!!! ;-) lol
something with lots of sparks!
There's something about the M-1 that when you get one in your hands you can feel history running through it.
you can also feel the money running out of your wallet.
Glad to see these beauties comin' home, now to get them dispersed out into the public, so they could never be easily taken and scrapped en masse.
Like Bill Clinton did to the m-14s
@Zachary Thomas True, unfortunately.
From the Philippines?!?! In unfired condition!?!?! Why the heck didnt the Government offer it to us here!?!?!?
@@macbolan9374 Because they go directly to the CAFGU or to any lucky ROTC program as a Dewat. Don't expect the Government to give citizens in here guns...
I got a M1 Garand in the first 2mill from 43. Matched SA reciever and barrel and stock. I am proud to be its custodian
Nik Drown
I bought one from a gun store in 1988...
The action and barrel were UNFIRED Springfield armory...
The stock looked like it was dragged behind a Jeep for 4 years.
He wanted $275... I talked him down to $225.
My uncle sanded the stock down gently and true oiled it a bunch of coats.
Try and find that deal today.🤣
And yes I still have it.👍
I also have a '43 SA 1.3M serial# range ! So cool
BillMcGirr that’s awesome! Pretty sure that’s about the time the previous owner acquired mine. He paid around the same for it too. I got offered $18hun for it. I said absolutely not! That piece is one I’ve wanted since I was a kid and I inherited from my father in law who never shot it until I talked him into it one xmas gathering. He knew I had a lot of love for it and wanted me to have it after his passing. No amount of $ is gettin that from me!
John Schenck there’s something special knowing that they probably seen action and could have been in some of the most notorious battles of the war. They are definitely a work of art really! Having one that’s close to true is rare and even most that get these CMP won’t get close. Even after WW2 they came back and would get interchanged and then going to Korea they went through the same thing.
@@nikdrown Mine is not all original, has a 1960'ish barrel. Wood is original and it looks like many of the other parts are too. trigger group has been gone through though and doesn't look original - but I'm not an M1 expert by any means. I sure do enjoy it though and love the thwack it makes on the 300 yd plate at our local rifle range.
My Dad was in Pattons army in WWII. Sure would like to get one of these. He bragged about these guns.
Kind of like my dad in a way. He was in the Korean War conflict but was in the state side and never got sent over, and my dad bragged about these guns and the 30 Carbine.
My father was also a part of Patton's division 5th Infantry received a bronze star in the Ardennes forest with his M1 Garand!! Looking to get one myself.
Now that would be a reason to buy one.
Did your dad tell you that Patton said we defeated the wrong enemy before he was assassinated by the jews in the soviet NKVD?
My uncle was with Patton also in north Africa.
This reminded me of my grand father and grand uncle when they immigrated from mexico back in the 40's. My grand father went to work in the fields because there were shortage of hands in food production at the time, and my grand uncle enlisted and went out to fight and surely carried an M1.🇺🇸
Man I would love to have a M1 Garand. My father was a US Marine and he used to tell me so many stories about his M1 Garand. Garand thumb ((ouch)) you know what I’m talking about. My dad was 100% all US Marine and he loved his M1.
If I had one of these beautiful rifles I wouldn’t even fire it. I would hang it on the wall over his funeral flag! I miss my Dad so much. He and my mom closed-adopted my in 1969 and they loved me and raised me right. I visited his grave site today and maybe that’s what made me search M1 Garand tonight? It’s just what I remember about him the most. My dad was just an awesome loving, caring and strong man.
I’ve looked for these guns in gun shops and they just cost so much which is why I never got one but that’s going to change.
Good story and I'm thankful for your Dad's service. Keep looking and eventually one will show up. I was lucky enough to get one at a Myrtle Beach SC gun show about 3 years ago. It was on a table with another one and a WW2 Enfield (British). I wanted the Springfield and the Enfield but only got the M1. My mistake was I circled the show, went to the parking lot to leave, and my wife told me to go back in and get them anyway. The Enfield was gone when I went back in.
Get one from the CMP! They're about $800 shipped. You have to jump through a few hoops but it's worth it....I got a nice Springfield that was used by a marine at the Battle for Okinawa. And YES, you need to fire it, you need to take it apart and clean it, you need to use it like it was meant to be used!
I just sent in the paperwork for one of these yesterday, and I sure as heck didn't think there was any great problem dealing with the wonderful Folks at CMP. Seems to me that they pretty much been over backwards to make sure that I got all the right paperwork in the mail and everything I needed to them. Thank you folks at CMP.
Did you get your rifle yet, and if so, how was it?
0:49 "Are you an enthusiast, Jerry?" 😂🤣😂Jerry, the cameraman made you look like a journalist!
Maybe they thought he was from CNN, trying to do a "gun control" hit-piece! : )
Ive been there twice. Absolutely loved it. Bought one the first time, two the next. I would buy a dozen if I could. The M1 Garand might just be my favorite piece of machinery ever built.
Jerry is a regular guy and funny as hell. He has every right to have an ego the size of the Empire State Bldg but if you met him in the grocery store you would have no clue he is a living legend. Thanks for that Jerry.
I was a fireman in Portland OR back in 1988 when we went to inspect a gun store on NE 150th and Sandy Blvd. One thing really unique about this small shop was that they had dug a tunnel shooting lane into the back field. We were looking around and their was a picture of 1000 yd open sight championship. I don't remember the date or place of where this picture was taken. As we were admiring the picture the owner of the store came up and said that was him in the picture and he won it. He then went back and brought up his M-1 that he won the contest with. He said their was over 100 things had been done to the rifle to make it shoot better. I wasn't into guns and shooting back then but I am now. I will always remember that.
Hey Jerry I love your videos you inspire me and you are my role model I love your videos
You KNOW the flawless one(s) will go to someone special in the CMP....
I signed up for notifications for I.R.S. auctions decades ago, but all I ever saw listed was junk (rusty file cabinets, etc.). Then, I was at a car dealership buying parts one day, and I overheard a conversation. Someone had a connection in a local Sheriff's office, I believe, and they were telling someone else that, whenever something good was coming up in the Sheriff's auctions, like an offshore racing boat, he would be the only one notified, and likely be the only bidder.
Probably the same reason I was only getting notified of "junk" I.R.S. auctions.
What a scam...
Jerry: Hi I'm Jerry
Worker: Hi Jerry, Are you an enthusiast Jerry?
Jerry: You haven't been on RUclips lately have you?
Yea you could say he's an enthusiast...
I just about fell out when he asked Jerry that! Something about a bear and the woods came to mind. ;-)
The gunsmith’s humor is awesome. I guess people didn’t pick up on it.
William Gates I used to work w him at dominos 10 or so years ago. That's his sense of humor lol.
Oh yeah, I remember the old M-1 Thumb! I was in one of the last Basic Training Company's that qualified with the M-1, 1963. Great Memories!
Amazing that there are still essentially new in box garands out there...
I'm glad they made it home from the Philippines.
As long as the bore is in decent shape I would rather have a beat up one that looks like it has stories to tell.
Exactly they’re ruining the history
And that m1 statue like seriously they could be sold for parts not left to rust away
alanjrkaminski maybe so but I still think it’s disrespectful and could be parted out
I think it's more about the preservation of the history than its ruination. The rifles history is retained regardless. For me it's kind of like owning a classic car, I don't want some rust bucket sitting in my driveway, regardless of whether or not i drive it, because it "looks like it has stories to tell." It deserves to be restored *because* it's a part of history and I want it to last. Just my two cents.
Agree
Yeah 80,000 today but go on the CMP website tomorrow
“All Grades Out of Stock”
What you need to do is go to the CMP store in Ala. They are there, but go when they open at 8AM or your choices will be limited.
@Ojibwa62 x You are right that you can't walk in and make a purchase like a gun store. That is because CMP isn't a gun store, it's a marksmanship program. In 1949 (if memory serves me) the program was established. The purpose was to train up riflemen and refine their skills through organized activities and clubs. Heck, even public schools had competitive rifle teams, and a few survive today. But the "hoops" you complain are less invasive than the 4473 you fill out at a gun shop, if you go that route. You go through 'hoops' to get a CCW, a driver's license, a Passport and you will go through a crapload of hoops for the Real ID to get the star on your driver's license. To meet the CMP standards in the easiest way is simple. All you need to do is join the Garand Collectors Association ($20) a year, and check the tic box to have your info sent to CMP and the cryteria is met: that's it. That alone beats the expense of an expensive club, especially if you live far away from one. The rest of the process is no different than a gun shop, except that you don't have to fill out a 4473, yet CMP meets all the ATFE regulations any gun shop must meet. The biggest difference between the gun shop and CMP is you can order a Garand or any other rifle, etc. from them and have it delivered to your doorstep. Try that with a gun store or any other online vendor...it won't happen. If you go to CMP, you can select the rifle and leave with it. One caveat is that if the ATFEs Instant Check system is down it may have to be shipped to you, the same delay as a gun shop or at a gun show. And the shop or store will not ship it to you and where some states may allow it under there laws you will be charged for shipping whereas CMP doesn't. One additional perk with CMP is they give you a voucher for a full day at their Class A range that is valid for a full year. And you don't have to shoot only your Garand, you can shoot any rifle. Its doubtful a gun shop has that perk.
So much for the whining about "hoops", buy one or not. I just wanted to bring the facts to the table so others aren't misled by spurious misinformation.
Because hoarders buy them up and charge guys out the butt for them . 80 , 000 in one lot but guys try to tell you that the cost so much because they are rare .
@@justa.american8303 Great information!👍
When the gunsmith asked if Jerry was an enthusiast and he just said, "yes I am." Jerry, you tickle me pink sometimes.
Well I have to go shoot mine now, to the backyard woohoo
Have a great thanksgiving everybody
Cheers
“Get some”. Love that ! ✔️👍🇺🇸
LOL, I am in the Advanced Maintenance Class and just went on the tour yesterday. Saw everything that was in the vid. Picked up an extra Garand and 1903 at the store as well. CMP is good people.
Showing this to my wife in a few minutes, along with the other things on my Christmas list. 😁
I was part of the Citizens Army Program in the PHL decades ago and the cadets were taught to disassemble/assemble the M16, M-14 and the M-1 Garand rifles. I am guessing these are the batch that was returned to the US. Cool video, Mr. Miculek!
Should ship them to Hong Kong fredom fighters stick it to charlie
Should send hong kong freedom fighters more modern weapons for cheaper prices. Sell the $800 garand and buy PSA $350 AR-15s with optional third pin holes to ventilate charlie.
@@m249machinegun2 this is wholesome.
Us Canadians might need them soon too
Go on then dickhead, get to work. Since you seem to think you know the answers.
@@kurdaitcha5806 you little rascal whats gotten into you?? 😛
What I like most about this video...
The guys keep working & Nobody asks them to stop for filming.
_GETTIN THINGS DONE_
Sure would be nice if we can get some of those back in the Philippines.
PNP needs to find and fix 'the usual suspects' in Mindanao.
The USA dosent care about us,
They scold us, and obama was leader of the usual suspects, liberals scold us,
VFA stop because USA never really helps, tgey want to use us.
Next time China might let loyal friends Keep guns
Usa is busy hating friends, and sanctions, China busy business....
I got an M1 from the CMP about five years ago. It's great fun to shoot.
After the Korean war, you could go into a Kleins Sport store and they had wall to wall M1 rifles. you could buy one for 80 dollars but I was a kid and they would not sell to youngsters. Kleins was also the store that sold the Italian Carbine to Lee Harvey Oswald.
I thought Lee ordered it out of a catalog ??? That's why the ATF said you can't order guns anymore.
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@@GeneralAlex4 Yes, he bought it from Klein's by mail order, they cost about 20 dollars. that's why Klein's sports stores disappeared.? That was an amazing place to visit a candy store for people that liked guns.
my M- 1 Garand was bought in a pawn shop in 1969 for $65.00,,all numbers match and it shoots very acurately at 100 yards!!still have it!!!
I have a post Korea Springfield Armory model that was rebuilt by Letterkenny Army Depot.
Awesome place and better people. Was a unit armorer in the Army for a few units and had only a small clue as to what to look for off the rack. A got a quick class from one of the employees and was fortunate to pick out an awesome shooting CMP special. My July 1940 SA is a nail driver off the bench and easily a 1-2 moa with PPU ammo which is way above the norm. From what I was told at the store 5 MOA is typical when all things are near perfect.
p.s. if you go to the store, hand bump the rifles in the rack and when you get one that's not saying a word, take to the armorer there and have them break it down for you for a quick T.I. They will tell you the skinny on what you picked out of the rack. That is what I did. Gun was locked down stock to bolt and the T.I. proved that it was a keeper.
I didn't know that even existed 20 minutes away from me
man get in your car and GO
@@tabcreedence6553 trust that I will be. Very soon.
The range is awesome. I’m in northeast Alabama. I’ve been a couple of times to do the steel challenge. Go check it out. You won’t be disappointed!
Talladega Marksmanship Park is one of the nicest and best equipped gun ranges in the World.
@@supertruckertom definitely gonna be checking them out.
Sweet! Thanks for sharing!
Something in the UK we can only dream about. Great gun to shoot years ago when they were legal.
Yes your country sold you out...! Look at what happened to Germany when that happened...An many more countrys to..Look it up it is a long list... UK is a socialist country now an that my friend is a very scary thing...!
steve shoemaker Hi Steve you are right, this world plague of leftwing socialism has slowly crept into the west over 20 years, even your great country has the rabid lefties knocking on your door and i am glad that the shooting community is making a stand but if you look at Brexit in the UK it has exposed the very remoaner class of politicians who have allowed this Leftwing socialism to thrive over here, Brexit have opened peoples eyes to the rotten core of politics in the UK and we are about to show these traitors what we really think of them in the general election 12th December. hopefully it will be a turning point in the fight against leftwing socialism and one day i can shoot a Garand on a UK range.
@@chrisabraham8793 Yes the left is a bunch of do gooders so thay think...l hope every thing comes out good for your Country...Thanks..!
There are a lot of guns in the UK. Take them back by force. It is your right, not theirs. Shoot any who oppose you. That's how it's done.
@@rayward9265 Yes l agree...!
Went to this store with my brother in August. The 2 1/2 hour drive wasn't bad and the entire experience was great, highly recommend those who can to go. My M1 is easily my favorite gun to shoot now!
To paraphrase General George Patton,..."My tanks didn't win WW II in Europe, the M-1 Garand and the men that used them did."
Yanks won nothing bro. Turned up 2 years late after the Russians had already smashed the Wermacht and RAF smashed the Luftwaffe.
dan lugo bruh atomic bomb
@@Yoduh-on4lv Slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent civilians,men women and children, very brave
dan lugo it wasn’t us that started the fight moron
dan,...It was said by Gen. Patton. He was there, you weren't, so he likely knew better than you.
Didn’t even give a Smith and Wesson plug(other than the cap), and even mentioned at least 2 competitive companies. That’s what is so great about you Jerry and what makes me want more M and P’s!
Hmmm,seems to me if the rifles are for the civilian marksmanship program all the rifles were lent to a foreign government and then accepted back by our government then all the rifles should be sold as they are received to the public. The public/ taxpayers should have first pick of the rifles no auctions involved. Sure the money goes back to the program but picking "special rifles" to be sold for thousands that a regular citizen couldn't possibly afford is wrong! I've been to the cmp in camp Perry and had a great experience but ALL the rifles no matter what grade issued or not were on the racks for purchase by everyone and anyone!
I live in Ohio so Camp Perry is not worlds away. Did you have a specific kind in mind to buy or did you just pick the nicest/reasonably priced one you could find? My big brother really wants one.
@@nicholaspatton5590 it takes time to pick one. You'll want to borrow their guages to check the barrel. Mine is like a 1-1/2 almost a 2. That's about what you want. Any more than 2 and it's considered shot out. They range in price too. It's a good time but plan on spending several hours looking
If you go to the CMP website and fill out a form, you can buy one for 600
ALL government surplus is AUCTIONED OFF (or buried in a hole in the ground)
@@dzak455 yes you can
I am the proud owner of a 50's vintage International Harvester M1 Garand I had qualified to purchase through my local Waco CMP program. The M1 rifle, " the greatest battle implement ever devised", was delivered to my office address by the Federal Post Office ironically on the day the Clinton Assault weapon ban went into effect on Sept 13, 1994. I enjoyed that for a long while. Won a local M1 match with it. There isn't much in this world that eight rounds of .30-06 M-1 ball ammo won't take care of.
I had an M1 issued to me at ft Leonard wood back in 1961 at basic training, I could field strip it blindfolded and reassemble it . I was rewarded for being the best shot in the battalion. This weapons battle sight zero was zero and zero. I was asked by best friends to use it on the record range. The only problem I had was the gas jet had to be kept clean or she would kick the crap out of me.
M-1Garand, the best service rifle of WW2! Thanks Jerry! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Free to the first 80,000 Republican Patriots! 😃👍
sarah can we do voter fraud too? I got 90 relatives that want to be a part of the giveaway
PATRIOTS
Making me drool Jerry. The one rifle that I wish i could own just for the sake of owning one. Truly a want item over a need rifle, but man to be set up behind one is like nothing else in my opinion
I don't think Ben really knows who Jerry is. Hey Ben, this is Jerry who loves guns and shoots pretty good too.
Indy Custom Made: maybe he’s too busy or teasing him. Everybody knows Jerry’s an amateur 🤣👊🏼🇺🇸
What a amazing facility! You'all are doing great work.
All screaming "love me, load me, just don't leave me"
I just got mine from the CMP last May, early June. My roommate ordered one too. He got a mostly correct field grade HRA. It has a SA op rod and hammer, but the gun is mostly original.
I found, years ago in a bargain bin an M1C scope base and mount. When I ordered my M1 I wanted a field grade to make a good representation of an original M1c. The application says no choice on gun or manufacture or special requests. When I sent the the application in, in the Notes section I wrote that I had an original mount and wanted to make a good representative of an M1C that was for my personal collection (as I can't afford an original) and would not be for resale and I promised.
Here's how cool the CMP in Alabama is.... I got a Field grade Springfield Armory M1 almost all correct, the bold it a WRA and the Op rod is HRA, everything else is matching. The barrel is dated 8-44 and the receiver is a 30629XX. It's a little under the serial number range (depending on research it's 3,000,000 3,100,000 or 3,200,000 to 3,800,000). I can't help but to think they tried to help me out best they could with the Philippine return guns they had. Maybe coincidence but I'd like to think that's how cool they were.
The thing I don't like about the CMP is that I can't afford to be a member of a firearm club and that makes me unable to purchase one of these M1's. I'm an American Citizen and a law abiding firearm owner but I can only purchase one of these rifles at a higher price from someone eligible to purchase from the CMP.
Got my membership by being in the Army.
Join GSSF. Glock shooting. Only costs $ 35 I think. What I used to get my lovely Grarand.
My late Mother In Law worked at the Springfield Armory during the war. She gave us some M1 blueprints that we still have.
That's awesome.
@@johnanttila5847 I believe that she dipped the wood stock pieces in some type of solution so that it would dull the woods finish.
Love those guns have one of each 30/40 krag factory carbine was my great grandfathers but my son and his wife are having a baby next month that will be 6 generations that gun has gone through my M1Is Korean War era according to the serial # Springfield keep shooting 👍
The Filipinos used the M1Garand were very heavily used in combat either at home in the Philippines or in Korea in their Combat Brigades during the Korean War. In fact the first M1 Garand used in combat were issued to some companies in the US 31st Infantry, Philippine Scout Infantry, and to the Philippine Scout Cavalry for testing and evaluation before WWII broke out and used these rifles to fight the Japanese invasion. These rifles saw heavy use during the many countless counterinsurgency operations and battles all over the Philippines for decades.
🦃 HAPPY THANKSGIVING JERRY🥧
Your friend in OREGON 🤠
Awesome Jerry 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you the Vermonter
I just signed up for the M-1 advanced maintenance class last week. Hope I get picked 🤞
In 1965 my uncle, an NRA member, got an M1 carbine from the DCM for $20. He also got a .30-40 Krag for my father for $5.60.
Whoa dude at 3:15 probably has a cool story about what happened to his ear
RatherBeFishing probably breach explosion
Diabetes
Probably a skin cancer like a basal cell that got aggressive or a burn. I don't think he would think its 'cool'. I spent a life time asking people how they lost fingers, hands, legs, and various other body parts before putting them to sleep for surgery. . Most of the stories were of stupid careless behavior on their or another persons part. And the gift keeps giving because if you survive the error you get to repeat the story for the rest of your life when some one asks.
@@JayKayKay7 well put, I personally don't ask anyone about their scars. Most dont like having them pointed out, and people who like to tell their "scar story" will usually do so unprompted. Whether you want to hear it or not often times. And I've yet to meet anyone who's lost a limb or digit that was happy that its gone.
Yes he fought Mike Tyson years ago...
I love my CMP M1 Garand. This is a great program
I need one now
When I was stationed at Little Rock Air Force base in 1981 there was a K-Mart offbase with dozens
of M-1's on sale right out on the floor. They had a long steel cable with a lock on either end strung through
the trigger guards. Wish I bought twenty of them. I think they were going for $250, can't remember except for the price was dirt cheap.
Can't put these on the market to fast, because the selling price would drop. That's why these have been sitting, to keep the price up so the working man can not afford one.
They make you jump through a ton of hoops just to be allowed to attempt to buy one too.
You can thank Bill Clinton for that, and NOT the CMP. The Dems were hoping that after they created the CMP, it would fail. When it was the DCM, under the Dept of the Army, prior to 1997, you got one rifle, and one rifle only, for life. The DCM did not worry about budget. CMP is a different story. It survives SOLELY through rifle sales and donations. Of course the alternative is regular gun shops, which sell the M1 at a huge mark up. North of 2 grand is not uncommon. The CMP has to pay employees. The DCM had soldiers assigned to the program, doing the majority of the work, at soldier pay. With DCM, a rifle was sent out from the closest US Arsenal, with an available DCM weapon, right to your door. With CMP, the rifles are done at one location, in Anniston, which also supplies the Camp Perry CMP store. The prices for CMP M1's are a bargain, compared to the gun store supply chain. Believe me, I hear what you are saying, but the blame is with Bill Clinton, and the Dems, not the CMP.
remembering my Citizen Military Training we used this riffles, we have to carry around all day at Fort Bonifacio
If only it wasn't such a pain in the ass to actually get one out of the CMP.
Not a problem join the bike
What's the problem? Bought 2 on my way to Disney last year, easy peasy, just have you're paperwork and you can walk in and walk right back out with one.
There direct sales page is hard to find. They don't have a direct link on the main page to simply browse inventory. All they have is an auction page. But their direct sales is not obvious.
If it was "easy"
The opportunistic weasels would not leave any for us.
The largest hurdle for most people is the marksmanship/clubbing membership requirement. Just join the Garand Collectors Assoc for $25 a year and it fulfills that requirement. Otherwise, no more difficult than a 4473
CMP thank y'all! Happy Thanksgiving Jerry and everyone at CMP
Thank you, Jerry, for everything you do. Ben said, "Are you an enthusiast???" Are you trying to tell me that the guy named Ben didn't know Jerry Miculek? If that were really true, I wish that Jerry would have had a lot more fun with him. Here's a bonus story.
calnikont.com/extrastuff/the4552zulugun.html
He could have been acting.
Its amazing to know US companies bought those back. I know they left the huge surplus of these in the Philippines after the war. Glad they able to buy em back. ROTC practice guns were still garands 10 years ago before i know what i was holding.
Jerry when is the next give away I’m ready to win
Wow absolutely amazing!!! History for sale in the most positive way. I drooled the whole video
Jerry, when are we going to do an episode together man!! I'm back on RUclips now !
Can you email my media guy John@miculek.com
Shoot a small engine running nitrous with nitromethane with a .50 cal rifle 🤣 lol I couldn't help but combine the best of both worlds🤷
LOVE IT! Got my second M1 Garand in 308w from the CMP early the year! It's such a fun shooter. New 308w barrel, 2017 production stock. Op-Rod was destroyed inside of 20 shots and the CMP mailed me a replacement no charge. STACK THE CREEDMOOR AMMO DEEP! The Creedmoor match ammo on their discount is cheaper than just buying Lapua brass to handload! (Creedmoor is a local company. Lapua Scenars & Lapua brass. Shoots as well as FGMM, but at 200-250fps higher velocity.) Grab a box or two of en-bloc clips. Theirs run fine & are at a good price. Grab some old slings also. Toss in a Schuster adjustable gas plug and you're good to go!
@Starks ya CMP in person is like $540 to 5,000 depending on what it is. The great condition c/d model snipers are always 3-5k. Mostly they're $540-1,400 depending on grade, maker & if it's matching. The vast najority of those are $780-1,100.
the one i bought last year is my second; I think I paid $1,100 for it out the door.
new Criterion308w barrel, 308w plastic block in the mag. 2017 manufactured american walnut stock (looks fantastic). (OpRod broke so they replaced it with an old donor part their cost).
200 rounds of Creedmoor (it's local company and high quality. I took their plant tour!) match ammo 167gr Lapua Scenar in Lapua LRP 308w brass. (The BRASS is worth more than the CMP charges you for the AMMO!)
box of 25 clips
2 old GI slings
Was a fantastic deal for a shooter. Wasn't looking for a wall gun. I've never loaded it for accuracy and it has a crazy long throat/jump into the lands. Using match ammo I handload for my Styer Scout, it's a 2-3moa gun (so better than average military rifle). Handloads getting to the right distance from the lands might shrink it to 1.5-2moa I'd guess.
I am going to get hate for saying this and would love to own one however, the market has the value way too high. Yes it is a historical firearm but their's too many out there for the price.
True that
Same
"Too many out there" lol if you drop the price watch how quickly they'll go. You must not understand economics for non renewable products very well lol.
Look at the diamond industry: there is always plenty in stock there, but why drop the price when you know the demand will always be there? Supply and demand! If something can be sold for high value of the course of time you'd be stupid to drop the price!
@@FrostyAlbatross yeah I get it. Like anything in the market. If you are a fool who wants to waste your money on over inflated product, then go for it. Plenty of replicas and other historical firearms at fair market price for me.
My grandfather fought in WW2 in North Africa and Italy Campaign in 5th Army under General Mark Clark. I don’t have the money but I hope one day to own an M1 like he Carried as an Infantryman. He is one of my hero’s!!! Godbless you for keeping his sacrifice and history going for WW2 and Our 2nd ammendment.🙏😇🤘😎🤘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Ah, he is the Chuck Norris of weapons
No, that's Ian from Forgotten Weapons, aka Gun Jesus.
I will say no
WoW! This is so close to my heart!... Hoping I can have one... soon!
The guy works there and other gun shops his whole life and he doesn't know Jerry Miculec?
Elix Tido no chance, def an act. I knew vaguely of Jerry before ever owning or even knowing anything about guns. Prob saw some pre-RUclips video of him blasting 759 clays in one take.
Its just a Joke , they came up with . Every time I watch one of Jerrys videos I realize how great this Man is.
I can never pronounce his last name though , so in my mind I always think ,
' Jerry Makes you Look '.
"Are you an enthusiast, Jerry?"
That's one way of putting it.
Any idea when we might see the South Korean surplus guns?
I can’t believe that guy didn’t know jerry🤔 hoping he was being sarcastic. LOVE YOU JERRY!!!!
I recall Obama stopping the return to the USA, taxPayers that bought them, of the thousands of Garands that were stored in South Korea. Did that marvelous deal ever finally receive required approval? .....Or did they first require shipping to the Philippines?
I believe that these are the same rifles that BHO banned from being brought back into this country by executive order and President Trump reversed the order. More good work Mr. President.
Steve C stupid piece of shit obama. Did so much damage to our country. So glad he and his stupid fake wife went away at last.
Send them to us here in South Africa, we need them.
You guys gotta do the best possible to deal with the jewish driven blacks because they have every intention of wiping you out. Rhodesia and Germany all over again.
@@LegalTyranny You're 100% right.
@@fixyourmind There is no getting out of most of these countries now. It's dig in and fight. And people must support each other and try to mitigate the damage that the communist jews are doing with the spread of their ideology and hate.
@@LegalTyrannypeople have a tendency to fight you when you treat them like trash
This place: *exists*
Fudds: *Heavy Breathing*
Garands though technically arent fudd guns.
I own 2 M-1's bought from CMP and I love them! What a great way to spend tax money, to support the 2nd Admin! God bless America.
"Wear from being in boxes."
Terrible, I know...
I love the fact that these great weapons are being bought by Americans! I was lucky to get mine back in the CMP days, a H&R right out of the Army armory. A beautiful example that will be pasted down to the young folks in the family.
Now if we could just get all of the M1 carbines from South Korea over here.
There would be carnage in the streets!
I won a DCM rifle competition at,Ft. Rucker in 1988 (with a folding stock AKMS I might add) and won a 1943 dated Garand from the Anniston Army Depot, with a 5 shot test target. Beautiful thing...
I would like to purchase one from the CMP.
It's not too hard to do. I joined the Garand Collectors Club, filled out the paperwork and mailed a check... In about 6 weeks they mailed the rifle to my house ! Awesome piece of shootable history. You won't be sorry.
@@wldtrky38 wow really? No FFL required?
@@ejsapayan2 They ran the info at CMP, and in MO at least, they can ship it directly to your house.
Yeah I live in MD :-/
@@panthersfan3168 NO GUNS FOR YOU !!
I would love to buy something from the CMP but they make it so much work. You have to do things like show proof that you've participated in at least 2 shooting events just to get on the list to be allowed to attempt to purchase a firearm from them.