Today, 1 March my son fired the expert grade M1. As he was zeroing it, the windage was 0, the elevation needed three additional clicks up. Then, three shots; two in the 10 ring one in the nine. I joined the Army in 1956 so I trained with the Garand and it was my weapon in Korea.
Picked up my special rack grade 2 months ago in the North store. I couldn’t be happier with it. It has a WW2 receiver and very little pitting. The new stock was very dry, but 3 coats of boiled linseed oil and it looks great. I shot it last weekend and got it sighted in at 100 yards. This is a great piece of history and fun to shoot.
You hit the jackpot for a shooter Buddy. I have 4 of the Service Grade rifles, all WWll builds with 2 rearsenaled in the '50's. Great shooters but one has well worn wood, another has some frosting above the wood line and so on, just what you would expect from a war horse. Yours is great, none have matching serial numbers even when new, all Garands were designed to allow any parts to be used in any gun from any manufacturer and even when being built if Winchester was getting short on trigger groups IHC might send them some, SA might send barrels to H&R and so on. You have a great rifle and with the new barrel it should be a great shooter.
I bought a Service grade. Got it last week. I received a Springfield 3,754,000ish serial number. New stock and barrel. My receiver is in great shape. Man, I felt like a new private again, just this time I was a private in 1943.
Nice rifle especially with the new barrel and stock. In a shooter not a collector. But I got very lucky. I purchased two M1 rifles in the early eighties a private sale near Fort Benning were I was stationed. I served thirty years in the United States Army almost twenty in the Ranger Regiment I retired in 2010. The M1s are Springfields and original barrels they are basically new. I don't think they ever left the States. They are not imports. I purchased quite a few milsurp rifles cheap and in great condition long story but they were giving them away back then. I found out at the range the treasure I had a couple of the old timers looked at them and told me I had brand new M1 rifles. Also not to fire them anymore I was offered a lot of money for them but I won't sell. I also have a M1A, KAR98K Mauser a M1902,and a M1903A3. I reload for seven calibers five rifle and two pistol calibers and been saving ammo for years. When I saw things going south I had two big buys. Rifle ammo shotgun Ammo. I have plenty. Also a group of us share and have plns. I live in New York State so I don't have AR platforms because of the way they have to be configured or registered. I switched to Ruger Mini thirty and Mini 14 They along with the M1A all have DNA from the M1 rifle. Enjoy your rifle
I have a Danish rack return. Looks like the stock was used as a boat oar. I bought the same stock on your gun, very happy with it. Keep working with the oil. It will really soak it in. My barrel is an original 1943, pretty worn. I can get about 4+-MOA at 100 with it. That’s about as good as my mid 50’s eyes will allow, so I’m rolling with it. CMP rocks!
Racks for the shooter are the best deals out there. Back over the summer when there was a backup on service grades I was asked if I wanted to switch my order to 2 racks. Lucked out a late 42 and a mid 45 springfield. 97% of the pitting was on the receiver legs. Just a little up by were the receiver meets the rear handguard. Just decided to change out the trigger groups on both to correct ones that were reparked. Both essentially new rifles.
When you store them open the trigger guard as that is the pressure point that for a tight and will make your M1 shoot tighter groups you do not want that part of the stock to have a gap . My dad did basic with the M1 as he and I still enjoy shooting them
For 35 years I had every opportunity to pick up a Service grade, but never did even though in 1995 they were only $250. What stopped me was the marksmanship activity requirement, which ironically I have covered three different ways now. As of the end of 2021 your choices are new stock Expert grade SA or IHC for $1000 (now $1150 as of early 2022) or just recently in late 2022 a few beat up Rack grades. I think the days of decent Service grades ended right around the beginning of the pandemic in early to mid 2020, right when I could have snagged one. They recently put up some WRA Experts for $1350, but unless they get more the only way to get a Service grade with the history you’re talking about is to get one on the private market. As long as it shoots well and has an original receiver and other parts I can live with the new stock. Mine was made in Jan 1944, right in time for the D-Day invasion, and the receiver and other parts are in great shape. Thanks for sharing. Except for some slight pitting and what looks like a minor overall reduction in metal condition, you have the same rifle I bought last year for $1000.
I can attest they are staving for oil. I put a few coats of real milk pure tung oil with some light sanding to get rid of the whiskers between coats and it really brought out the wood. Started with a 50/50 of tung oil to mineral spirits, then 75/25, and eventually 100/0 tung oil. Then lightly oil once a year to maintain. Lots of good info on the CMP forums for treating the stocks. My special was really hard to loads clips in, and still pretty tight after 100-120 rounds fired. Guessing the new parekerizing needs to wear a bit. Also, the op-rod will bind on the 3-4 round of a clip periodically. I think the tab is a bit worn and can cause the rod to cant and bind in its track. Great guns, but they are still old actions with the all the wear that comes with them.
My Rack Grade CMP Special didnt look as nice as yours. The charging handle was a nice brown rust color. Pretty heavy pitting on the receiver at the wood line (as advertised). The magazine floor plate was starting to get a rust colored brown as well. Bought a can of Duracoat "Dura-park", sprayed the charging handle, the trigger housing (but not the trigger group) and the front gas block. Looks great now. The dura-park dark grey pretty closely resembles the parkerization on the receiver and the barrel bands.
Oh man that definitely sounds like a good deal of extra work to do. I was thankful that mine was in pretty decent condition. It is always a small gamble or toss up when ordering form the CMP.
Oh yeah great to shoot! Looks very nice. I can't get over the prices for sight unseen but i bought all my garands at the Aniston store picking each. Now i have garands I don't want to wear out. Seems like shooters are more fun. I lucked into alot of great finds and miss those days.
I got one way back in 1986. Springfield 5336838 from Anniston Alabama. It had a horizontal crack in the buttstock that I never fixed. It shot okay and in spite of the crack I shot rifle flares with it. The one I have now came from Korea, has a 3.2 million serial number and the machined trigger guard and shoots much tighter groups than the CMP Garand did.
Received mine from CMP second week of April special Rack grade love it wanted a shooter new stock new barrel. Looks like yours receiver is first part of June 1943 with site lock well pleased now comes the Linseed Oil looks a little Dry.
I think you got lucky. The CMP website states "WILL have heavy pitting above the woodline." I'm really on the fence between one of these special racks and a service grade.
Thats well worth it for $650. I bought a field grade for the same price back in June 2020 and it doesn't look near as good as that gun but still a nice piece. Great video, addresses the concerns of what it could potentially be like..
Love all things M1 Garand. I received a special grade from CMP and it also had a new CMP stock. I didn't really like the "dry" look of the stock so I put just 2 coats of boiled linseed oil over it and it looks much nicer. The wood looks much "richer" in color.
My wife ordered me a CMP special back in 2011 as a anniversary gift. It has the new stock, barrel, everything else was re-parkerized. I up about 15 coats of hand rubbed tung oil on the stock and it's Beautiful! It shoots incredible for a 1940s gun. Afterwards I ordered 10 cans of HXP for it. I'm down to 4 now. With the price of ammo it's been relegated to a Special occasion shooter. I have a Schuster adjustable gas plug for it but haven't got around to installing it yet.
Love it mate! I bought 10 clips for 60 euros, a day ago! Why? to keep it in mind what am I saving for. Question where did you get yours? LooKs realy realy nice! Love it!
Great video. I've been wondering what the rack grade specials look like. If I could get one as good as yours I would love to get one. I have a service and 2 field grades. Thanks for the vid.
Thank you very much! I knew it was going to be a toss up what condition the receiver would be in. But I decided to go with it because the primary purpose would be a good shooting Garand. And I made out pretty well with condition of it. I’d like to pick up a service and field grade down the road like what you have.
it shot great! Very pleased with it. Haven't had any chance to try and get groupings due to ammo being so scarce. Honestly i haven't been shoot much since this whole thing and it makes me sad :(
That will make a fine shooter, and in my opinion still a decent collector, put some boiled linseed oil or tung oil on that stock cause it looks pretty dry, might take three or four coats it will bring out the colors in that stock it’s gonna make a pretty stock.
So how does it shoot? I'm wavering between one of these and a service grade for my first Garand. I've seen videos where people got a service grade and they put on a brand new CMP stock, which makes it pointless (to me) to get a service grade instead of a special. Thanks for your vid.
I just bought an IHC service grade cmp M1 off of GunBroker...not likely but that would be ironic that I’m watching this video and it was the exact one they offered you
It took me almost 4 months to get mine. But that is because i submitted my paperwork right as they reopened after being shut down due to covid. So they were severely backlogged. Normal turnaround is about 1 month
@@sconniejohn after you sent the paper work in did they send you a confirmation email? I sent my paperwork in 2 weeks ago and haven't gotten an email. Normal?
I bought a RM1SPECIALFIELD (it had a new stock and a new barrel) a couple of years ago. The stock was dry (easily fixed) and a new barrel. Once I got it dialed in, it is a certified tax-driver! It some pitting on the receiver (it is dated 1953) but nothing major.
M1 garan from the Philippines 🇵🇭 Have traces of Chinese blood 🩸. During the battle of yultong the Philippine army kills 7,000 Chinese troops in one day one night only they used m1 .
Might try CMP one of these days. Their overly bureaucratic process is a turn off. But when I saw their board is comprised of Democrats it made more sense.
It’s really pretty easy. Join a club if your not already in one and get paperwork notarized. They ship to your door. So instead of a trip to an ffl and transfer fee you just make one trip to notary and the money you save on ffl transfer you spend joining a club. I bought mine pre rona and turnaround time from paperwork to having it hand was 10 days.
Today, 1 March my son fired the expert grade M1. As he was zeroing it, the windage was 0, the elevation needed three additional clicks up. Then, three shots; two in the 10 ring one in the nine. I joined the Army in 1956 so I trained with the Garand and it was my weapon in Korea.
Picked up my special rack grade 2 months ago in the North store. I couldn’t be happier with it. It has a WW2 receiver and very little pitting. The new stock was very dry, but 3 coats of boiled linseed oil and it looks great. I shot it last weekend and got it sighted in at 100 yards. This is a great piece of history and fun to shoot.
Special Rack rifles are sporadically available at the CMP stores. For an outstanding shooter, they are the best value. I love mine.
You hit the jackpot for a shooter Buddy. I have 4 of the Service Grade rifles, all WWll builds with 2 rearsenaled in the '50's. Great shooters but one has well worn wood, another has some frosting above the wood line and so on, just what you would expect from a war horse. Yours is great, none have matching serial numbers even when new, all Garands were designed to allow any parts to be used in any gun from any manufacturer and even when being built if Winchester was getting short on trigger groups IHC might send them some, SA might send barrels to H&R and so on. You have a great rifle and with the new barrel it should be a great shooter.
I bought a Service grade. Got it last week. I received a Springfield 3,754,000ish serial number. New stock and barrel. My receiver is in great shape. Man, I felt like a new private again, just this time I was a private in 1943.
Hope you're having a great time with your rifle. What an honor to have such a piece of history.
Nice rifle especially with the new barrel and stock. In a shooter not a collector. But I got very lucky. I purchased two M1 rifles in the early eighties a private sale near Fort Benning were I was stationed. I served thirty years in the United States Army almost twenty in the Ranger Regiment I retired in 2010. The M1s are Springfields and original barrels they are basically new. I don't think they ever left the States. They are not imports. I purchased quite a few milsurp rifles cheap and in great condition long story but they were giving them away back then. I found out at the range the treasure I had a couple of the old timers looked at them and told me I had brand new M1 rifles. Also not to fire them anymore I was offered a lot of money for them but I won't sell. I also have a M1A, KAR98K Mauser a M1902,and a M1903A3. I reload for seven calibers five rifle and two pistol calibers and been saving ammo for years. When I saw things going south I had two big buys. Rifle ammo shotgun Ammo. I have plenty. Also a group of us share and have plns. I live in New York State so I don't have AR platforms because of the way they have to be configured or registered. I switched to Ruger Mini thirty and Mini 14 They along with the M1A all have DNA from the M1 rifle. Enjoy your rifle
Awesome rifle! Thank you for sharing it!
I have a Danish rack return. Looks like the stock was used as a boat oar. I bought the same stock on your gun, very happy with it. Keep working with the oil. It will really soak it in. My barrel is an original 1943, pretty worn. I can get about 4+-MOA at 100 with it. That’s about as good as my mid 50’s eyes will allow, so I’m rolling with it. CMP rocks!
You have a beautiful gun there. For what you want - a shooter - I think you went the right route with the new barrel and stock - love that new walnut.
Racks for the shooter are the best deals out there. Back over the summer when there was a backup on service grades I was asked if I wanted to switch my order to 2 racks. Lucked out a late 42 and a mid 45 springfield. 97% of the pitting was on the receiver legs. Just a little up by were the receiver meets the rear handguard. Just decided to change out the trigger groups on both to correct ones that were reparked. Both essentially new rifles.
Gorgeous
I love mine. 5 from cmp..1 national match. Real rifles
When you store them open the trigger guard as that is the pressure point that for a tight and will make your M1 shoot tighter groups you do not want that part of the stock to have a gap . My dad did basic with the M1 as he and I still enjoy shooting them
For 35 years I had every opportunity to pick up a Service grade, but never did even though in 1995 they were only $250. What stopped me was the marksmanship activity requirement, which ironically I have covered three different ways now.
As of the end of 2021 your choices are new stock Expert grade SA or IHC for $1000 (now $1150 as of early 2022) or just recently in late 2022 a few beat up Rack grades. I think the days of decent Service grades ended right around the beginning of the pandemic in early to mid 2020, right when I could have snagged one. They recently put up some WRA Experts for $1350, but unless they get more the only way to get a Service grade with the history you’re talking about is to get one on the private market.
As long as it shoots well and has an original receiver and other parts I can live with the new stock. Mine was made in Jan 1944, right in time for the D-Day invasion, and the receiver and other parts are in great shape. Thanks for sharing. Except for some slight pitting and what looks like a minor overall reduction in metal condition, you have the same rifle I bought last year for $1000.
Very nice rifle mate. The stock looks pristine. Appears to be oak but not sure from here. Cheers 👍🦘🇦🇺
Those replacement stocks look really dry. I would put a few coats of Linseed or Danish oil on them. It will bring out the grain.
I can attest they are staving for oil. I put a few coats of real milk pure tung oil with some light sanding to get rid of the whiskers between coats and it really brought out the wood. Started with a 50/50 of tung oil to mineral spirits, then 75/25, and eventually 100/0 tung oil. Then lightly oil once a year to maintain. Lots of good info on the CMP forums for treating the stocks. My special was really hard to loads clips in, and still pretty tight after 100-120 rounds fired. Guessing the new parekerizing needs to wear a bit. Also, the op-rod will bind on the 3-4 round of a clip periodically. I think the tab is a bit worn and can cause the rod to cant and bind in its track.
Great guns, but they are still old actions with the all the wear that comes with them.
My Rack Grade CMP Special didnt look as nice as yours. The charging handle was a nice brown rust color. Pretty heavy pitting on the receiver at the wood line (as advertised). The magazine floor plate was starting to get a rust colored brown as well. Bought a can of Duracoat "Dura-park", sprayed the charging handle, the trigger housing (but not the trigger group) and the front gas block. Looks great now. The dura-park dark grey pretty closely resembles the parkerization on the receiver and the barrel bands.
Oh man that definitely sounds like a good deal of extra work to do. I was thankful that mine was in pretty decent condition.
It is always a small gamble or toss up when ordering form the CMP.
That’s because this rifle is a *Special Rack Grade* - as noted in the title of the video and as mentioned in the video several times.
Beautiful rifle! Congrats. Waiting on mine can’t wait!!
You'll love it! what did you end up getting?
@@TexasSnek 1942 Springfield with a little H&R parts
I have a service and I am glad I got it when I did. It will be a gun I never get rid of, 43 manufacture with a SA 46 barrel and all original parts.
Oh yeah great to shoot! Looks very nice. I can't get over the prices for sight unseen but i bought all my garands at the Aniston store picking each. Now i have garands I don't want to wear out. Seems like shooters are more fun. I lucked into alot of great finds and miss those days.
I got one way back in 1986. Springfield 5336838 from Anniston Alabama. It had a horizontal crack in the buttstock that I never fixed. It shot okay and in spite of the crack I shot rifle flares with it. The one I have now came from Korea, has a 3.2 million serial number and the machined trigger guard and shoots much tighter groups than the CMP Garand did.
I can’t wait till I get my IHC, I heard they are more rare and highly collectible. I ordered mine from Royal Tiger in original condition.
Mines on the way should be here Monday! Where's the range video?
Received mine from CMP second week of April special Rack grade love it wanted a shooter new stock new barrel. Looks like yours receiver is first part of June 1943 with site lock well pleased now comes the Linseed Oil looks a little Dry.
I think you got lucky. The CMP website states "WILL have heavy pitting above the woodline." I'm really on the fence between one of these special racks and a service grade.
Definitely not wrong, I was very surprised at the low amount of pitting above the wood line
Thats well worth it for $650. I bought a field grade for the same price back in June 2020 and it doesn't look near as good as that gun but still a nice piece. Great video, addresses the concerns of what it could potentially be like..
Thank! Glad it was able to help you
Love all things M1 Garand. I received a special grade from CMP and it also had a new CMP stock. I didn't really like the "dry" look of the stock so I put just 2 coats of boiled linseed oil over it and it looks much nicer. The wood looks much "richer" in color.
I got service grade which is good from stock to finish. But I’d like to have an original stock.
My wife ordered me a CMP special back in 2011 as a anniversary gift. It has the new stock, barrel, everything else was re-parkerized. I up about 15 coats of hand rubbed tung oil on the stock and it's Beautiful! It shoots incredible for a 1940s gun. Afterwards I ordered 10 cans of HXP for it. I'm down to 4 now. With the price of ammo it's been relegated to a Special occasion shooter. I have a Schuster adjustable gas plug for it but haven't got around to installing it yet.
Your wife ordered you a Garand ? Dude your are the luckiest man ......
@@wolfsden3812 yes Sir... she surprised the hell out of me.
@@davemiller3027
Well she deserves an atta girllll
Thanks for the reply Dave
Very nice.
Love it mate! I bought 10 clips for 60 euros, a day ago! Why? to keep it in mind what am I saving for. Question where did you get yours? LooKs realy realy nice! Love it!
Do a follow-up! Please please How's your M1
Great video. I've been wondering what the rack grade specials look like. If I could get one as good as yours I would love to get one. I have a service and 2 field grades. Thanks for the vid.
Thank you very much!
I knew it was going to be a toss up what condition the receiver would be in. But I decided to go with it because the primary purpose would be a good shooting Garand. And I made out pretty well with condition of it. I’d like to pick up a service and field grade down the road like what you have.
@Robert Autry not the special rack grades they have new barrels
Very nice video
Thank you sir! don't do many but this wasn't bad and taught me a bunch
So how did it shoot for you? How accurate was it with that brand new barrel? What size groups did you get?
it shot great! Very pleased with it. Haven't had any chance to try and get groupings due to ammo being so scarce. Honestly i haven't been shoot much since this whole thing and it makes me sad :(
That looks like a bargain. I was debating ordering an "expert" grade. That seems to be all that's available now.
That will make a fine shooter, and in my opinion still a decent collector, put some boiled linseed oil or tung oil on that stock cause it looks pretty dry, might take three or four coats it will bring out the colors in that stock it’s gonna make a pretty stock.
Thanks for the second round that was good
So how does it shoot? I'm wavering between one of these and a service grade for my first Garand. I've seen videos where people got a service grade and they put on a brand new CMP stock, which makes it pointless (to me) to get a service grade instead of a special. Thanks for your vid.
You got a forged trigger assembly
Yours looks better than mine.
Those stocks are a deal breaker for me...will be a great shooter though I'm sure
Yeah i plan on picking up a second one at some point that's more period correct and a better story piece. but this one makes a great shooter for sure.
I just bought an IHC service grade cmp M1 off of GunBroker...not likely but that would be ironic that I’m watching this video and it was the exact one they offered you
How much was it.
They're selling them in that condition for $1300
At Gun Show.
Receiver may be Korean vintage but trigger grouping is a milled WWII
How can you find a cmp club to join.
Garand Collector's Assn. If you have a CHL that works as your marksmanship experience.
Why did you not say how much it cost???
Great rifle! Enjoy it, stock up on ammo. 👍🏻
Ammo is such a struggle :(
How long did it take to get rifle from order to receiving?
It took me almost 4 months to get mine. But that is because i submitted my paperwork right as they reopened after being shut down due to covid. So they were severely backlogged. Normal turnaround is about 1 month
@@TexasSnek Thanks sending my stuff in today.
@@madmike2170 I think mine took 4-5 weeks? It's due to show up monday.
@@sconniejohn That is what hoping for.
@@sconniejohn after you sent the paper work in did they send you a confirmation email? I sent my paperwork in 2 weeks ago and haven't gotten an email. Normal?
How much do you guys pay for it?
I paid $750 for my Special Rack.
I bought a RM1SPECIALFIELD (it had a new stock and a new barrel) a couple of years ago. The stock was dry (easily fixed) and a new barrel. Once I got it dialed in, it is a certified tax-driver! It some pitting on the receiver (it is dated 1953) but nothing major.
M1 garan from the Philippines 🇵🇭 Have traces of Chinese blood 🩸. During the battle of yultong the Philippine army kills 7,000 Chinese troops in one day one night only they used m1 .
I hope mine is from the Philippine returns. Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
The ping was the only bad thing about the grand it gave up your position.
That's a myth. If the muzzle blast and flash hadn't already given you away that little sound certainly wouldn't.
What if you wanted to conquer Europe
But god said *PING*
Thou shall always respect the PING
I'm not liking how people pronounce the rifle, is not an m-1 grand,
Might try CMP one of these days. Their overly bureaucratic process is a turn off. But when I saw their board is comprised of Democrats it made more sense.
You can still tell that this a WEAPON.
Damn right!
Bloke u don't need 2 bucko buckaroo
It’s a rifle, not a gun.
Nice gun but to much horse shit to buy one with cmp, rather buy from Fulton armory
It’s really pretty easy. Join a club if your not already in one and get paperwork notarized. They ship to your door. So instead of a trip to an ffl and transfer fee you just make one trip to notary and the money you save on ffl transfer you spend joining a club. I bought mine pre rona and turnaround time from paperwork to having it hand was 10 days.
It was actually very easy imo. but more work than your average gun purchase
$25 dollars to the Garand Collector's Assn. and the price of a notary and that's IT if you have a concealed handgun license.
Video games. 🤦♂️