Big 5 Garand

[grnt]

So, I stopped by Big 5 today and checked out an H&R M1 Garand that was on the rack. Poor condition. Rust on parts and receiver. Barrel was unique. Never seen some of the markings before. But worn. Listed price, a cool $799.00. Ouch!!!!! Would pay over $250.00 for this rifle.

Remember the Greek Rack Grades that CMP had? Way better condition than this one and cheaper.

[Seesm]

Welcome to what it may be from now on... There are only so many of those...

[socaldsal]

Oh yes, after reading post about Garands at Big 5 I went to go see for myself while visiting some retired folks I served with in Pasadena. ALL were in very poor condition, and I would not recommend anyone try shooting them. Broke my heart though, all those nice pieces of history just degraded in to crap condition. I'd buy them as wallhangers for $75 a pop. They need to slash a digit off the price so they can go to a collector's home.

[reidnez]

For $200 I might buy one to restore. For what they're asking, you could find one in reasonable condition on the private market. And of course from the CMP, you could get a gorgeous rifle for that price (or a very nice one for less), provided you're patient.

[jchen76@gmail.com]

Reminds me of when a few months back Big 5 had the $999 M1 Carbines that looked like they were just carried out of the jungle.

[5hundo]

Those really are garbage.

Their Carbines are nothing to write home about, either...

[Requiem]

There was one in a Nor Cal big 5 in a town called Petaluma that had a decent looking Garand... course it had cosmoline all over it. I think the price was in between 600 and 800 but I didnt see any rust.

[frigginchi]

You are probably better off getting a refurbished one from Atlantic Arms.

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/storeproduct544.aspx

[5hundo]

You are probably better off getting a refurbished one from Atlantic Arms.

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/storeproduct544.aspx

For $1000, why not get a CMP Special Grade rifle.

Or, for half that price, a service grade rifle with the new CMP production stock...

[Cato]

Why not just pick up a good M1 at a gunstore? Maybe Big 5 has better M1s?

[Baja_Traveler]

The garand they had up at the Convoy San Diego store was pretty dismal also. I mentioned how crappy it looked, and lamented the lack of available ammunition for them, and the clerk said (in a perky voice) "Sure we have plenty of ammo for it!" pointing to the boxes of Remington 180gr Core-lokt on the shelf...
The fool didn't even believe me when I told him the facts...

[socaldsal]

The garand they had up at the Convoy San Diego store was pretty dismal also. I mentioned how crappy it looked, and lamented the lack of available ammunition for them, and the clerk said (in a perky voice) "Sure we have plenty of ammo for it!" pointing to the boxes of Remington 180gr Core-lokt on the shelf...
The fool didn't even believe me when I told him the facts...

Ooohhh...shooting that ammo out of a Big 5 grade M1 would be a bad and dangerous way to learn a lesson...

[torsf]

I was just at the concord big 5 today... the garand was, well,

[Alaric]

The clerk who showed me the Garand at the Convoy SD store was clearly high. I remarked that it was in very poor shape and he said, "Oh they don't get any better than that!"

I had to just walk away from that one.

[savasyn]

I saw one last weekend at the Palmcaster Big 5, wow, what a scary piece of junk. It looked like it had either been under water or had been left in the jungle for a while. The wood was rotted and the metal wasn't much better.
Not sure who would pay $800 for that.