FINALLY RECEIVED! So Begins The Longest Wait: CMP Garands

[Kerplow]

Does this mean the CMP has already gone through the Philippines returns?

I have no clue. All I know is their website shows field grade H&R and Springfields available for $650.

[oc16]

I placed an order on July 6 with priority mail. I sent CMP a Facebook message a month later and told me they were behind about 2 months. According to CMP forums people are getting their guns on average 4 months in.

[kris smith]

[Kerplow]

So more likely I’ll be getting it sometime in January.

[DennisCA]

So I FINALLY placed an order for two field grade Garands. The mail went out today. Website says up to 14 weeks for delivery, so hopefully it makes for a nice Christmas present!


Wish me luck!

Good luck, hopefully it comes sooner!

(And I thought a 10-day wait was long)

[Dieppe42]

"Longest wait?.....SH*T the DCM process took TWO YEARS!

[emcon5]

"Longest wait?.....SH*T the DCM process took TWO YEARS!

They had really sped up by the time I got mine, only took 9 months.

And you only got one rifle. Ever.

Now get off my lawn you punk kids.

[Horton37]

A rifle well worth the wait! I got a service grade back in 2019 and it's been one of my favorite C&Rs to have.

Not sure if I got lucky or this is true, but I had read somewhere that if you leave a sticky note in your letter, they will try to honor it. In mine I asked for good barrel quality and preferably lower serial number (WW2-era production); they sent me one with a nearly perfect barrel (although re-barrelled in the 50's) and 1942 production date so I consider that a win!

As for dates, hopefully this gives you an idea based off my experience (though I'm not sure how much their processing times have changed over the last 2 years):

1/17/19 - Order Placed in Mail
1/24/19 - Check Deposited by CMP
1/31/19 - Confirmation Email Received by CMP
2/04/19 - Shipment Confirmation Received
2/05/19 - Rifle Received

So all in all it took about 2.5 weeks for the CMP to process everything and get my rifle over to me.

[socom2shooter]

To the above question about them being out of the Philippine returns, I dont know. I will say I got a 6 digit SA with a danish VAR barrel, which would be consistent with a danish return, but i have no way of actually proving that. Unfortunately pretty much every cmp rifle i reveive in the last two years has had new wood instead of usgi wood.

[IronsightsRifleman]

Congratulations on your order! They are great rifles.

[musketjon]

They had really sped up by the time I got mine, only took 9 months.

And you only got one rifle. Ever.

Now get off my lawn you punk kids.

Mine took 12 months but it only cost $94.30 so well worth the wait. I got mine in '82. May '45 SA. 12-65 SA barrel.
RRAD rebuilt 7-66. It still had the paper straw in the barrel.

[Nra-Life-Member]

Neighbor ordered a Service Grade end of March. Arrived end of Sept (last week). So this was about 6 months.

[saki302]

Shuff's parkerizing will rebarrel a stripped garand about as cheap as humanly possible if you can wait 3 months.
Provided it came with a serviceable ww2 barrel, I would not rebarrel a garand unless it was thrashed beyond repair.

I rebarreled one I've had for 1/4 century after realizing the chamber was.. wide. Brass could not be reused after firing once... didn't bother me when I didn't reload, bothers me now.

Shuff's did that one- it's probably my best shooting Garand now.

[Danodog]

I am still waiting two 18 months and counting for my Shiloh Sharps. Haha. I ordered a M-1 Garand in .308 from the CMP and I think it was about 2 months at the time. Seemed a lot longer!

[socal m1 shooter]

So I FINALLY placed an order for two field grade Garands. The mail went out today.

Reminds me of ordering cigars: