Post by Stump Buster on Dec 28, 2019 22:04:21 GMT -5
Getting more and more excited about this one...
I bid on and won an auction last week for a 1945 SA Garand (https://auctions.thegunrunner.com/lo...-mfg-1945-wwii). Although it's not a CMP purchase, the description and photo's looked good (The serial number shows it actually being an October 1941 Springfield), so I rolled the dice and am hoping when it arrives I end up with a really nice shooter. Since it's a pre-Pearl Harbor rifle, it likely saw some action. There's a real good chance the rear sight, barrel and bolt have been replaced during an arsenal re-build or two, but I won't be sure about anything else until it arrives. If this battle rifle could only talk.
Thinking I may cerakote it in blue camo, put it in a folding plastic stock and add a scout scope rail so I can mount a cheap imported red dot sight on it.
Just kidding, and you now have my written permission to slap me silly of I ever did anything like that to a piece of American history like this. If anything, I'd send it off to DGR for an inspection and re-finish, but the more I look at the auction photos, the more I'm leaning to keep it as it is.
I'll post pics when I have it in-hand.
Have a safe and Happy New Year!
Stump
I bid on and won an auction last week for a 1945 SA Garand (https://auctions.thegunrunner.com/lo...-mfg-1945-wwii). Although it's not a CMP purchase, the description and photo's looked good (The serial number shows it actually being an October 1941 Springfield), so I rolled the dice and am hoping when it arrives I end up with a really nice shooter. Since it's a pre-Pearl Harbor rifle, it likely saw some action. There's a real good chance the rear sight, barrel and bolt have been replaced during an arsenal re-build or two, but I won't be sure about anything else until it arrives. If this battle rifle could only talk.
Thinking I may cerakote it in blue camo, put it in a folding plastic stock and add a scout scope rail so I can mount a cheap imported red dot sight on it.
Just kidding, and you now have my written permission to slap me silly of I ever did anything like that to a piece of American history like this. If anything, I'd send it off to DGR for an inspection and re-finish, but the more I look at the auction photos, the more I'm leaning to keep it as it is.
I'll post pics when I have it in-hand.
Have a safe and Happy New Year!
Stump
I'm 6'-4" with LONG arms, so the added buttpad made a huge difference in shooting comfort/fit. I've never gauged it, but an M2 FMJ bullet will show between 3/16" and 1/4" between the muzzle and the case mouth, so I think it's likely low on the ME scale too. 
