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my CMP Special garand in .308 was just delivered. The garand has always been one of my favorite guns to shoot. When I take friends out to shoot, they always request the garand as well. Lately ammo has started to dry up. Even greek HXP is starting to be hard to find.
A few weeks ago CMP sent out email announcing availability of a "special grade" garand chambered in .308. I jumped right on it and put my order in. When I go shooting I usually bring along something in .308 so now I can share ammo.
The CMP special grade .308 comes with reparkerized metal, a re-chambered receiver, new production barrel, and new production wood stocks. I was happy with the overall look of the metal, but the stock left something to be desired. I'm not sure what finish the CMP is applying, but it was very dry looking and lacked overall "pop".
I read about people having good luck just finishing on top of the existing CMP stain. That saved a lot of work from having to strip the stock first. I ended up applying some leftover stain that I had which has more red pigment in it and then a couple of coats of MilOx. I finished it up with a coat of Tom's 1/3 mix to take down some of the gloss.
Anyways, here's my new CMP Special .308 Garand:
clipped .308 (front) vs clipped 30-06 (back). Yes you can use normal enbloc clips. Good thing I have a lot of them back from when they were selling clipped HXP in 192 round spam cans (no longer available
)
The CMP installs a plastic block which prevents the loading of the longer 30-06
As an added bonus my Springfield Armory receiver # is in the 2 million range. That makes this a 1943 production -- it was most likely used throughout the war.
I'll update this thread with a range report once I get a chance to get to the range.
A few weeks ago CMP sent out email announcing availability of a "special grade" garand chambered in .308. I jumped right on it and put my order in. When I go shooting I usually bring along something in .308 so now I can share ammo.
The CMP special grade .308 comes with reparkerized metal, a re-chambered receiver, new production barrel, and new production wood stocks. I was happy with the overall look of the metal, but the stock left something to be desired. I'm not sure what finish the CMP is applying, but it was very dry looking and lacked overall "pop".
I read about people having good luck just finishing on top of the existing CMP stain. That saved a lot of work from having to strip the stock first. I ended up applying some leftover stain that I had which has more red pigment in it and then a couple of coats of MilOx. I finished it up with a coat of Tom's 1/3 mix to take down some of the gloss.
Anyways, here's my new CMP Special .308 Garand:
clipped .308 (front) vs clipped 30-06 (back). Yes you can use normal enbloc clips. Good thing I have a lot of them back from when they were selling clipped HXP in 192 round spam cans (no longer available
)The CMP installs a plastic block which prevents the loading of the longer 30-06
As an added bonus my Springfield Armory receiver # is in the 2 million range. That makes this a 1943 production -- it was most likely used throughout the war.
I'll update this thread with a range report once I get a chance to get to the range.
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