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Gorgeous stocks!

[hawks]

PM sent. I'll take the top one pictured.

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[MikeSmith]

You list the description of collector grade M1 garands. Are these collector grade? I thought that a service grade was different, not necessarily having matching numbers, etc. Please explain the difference between the service grade, service grade special, and collector grade. Thanks.

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Mike,

I did not call the (3) Collector Grade Rifles. I called them Service Grade Specials with collector grade metal, the difference being the original collector grade wood furniture and associates metal pieces.

Here's right from the CMP website...

Service Grade: Service Grade Rifles show less wear and better appearance than Field or Rack Grades. Good to very good condition. Rifle wear will be exhibited by worn and mixed colors of the parkerized finish. There may be some minor pitting on receiver and other metal parts. Wood will be either Walnut, Birch, Beech or other variety and will be basically sound but may have minor hairline cracks, dings, scratches and gouges. Wood may not match in color or type of wood. Wood may be of new production on Service Grade Garands. Bores will be generally good with only minor imperfections. The barrel crown may be nicked, but the muzzle will gauge "3 or less" and the throat erosion will gauge less than 5. Manufacturer selection only guarantees the receiver was produced by the manufacturer listed. The barrel and the other parts may have been produced by other manufacturers.

There hasn't been any complete "Collector Grade Rifles" from CMP for some time. What they might get in the way of complete Collector Grade rifles go for BIG bucks as a CMP auction listing.

What used to be available from them were:

Service Grade Specials: "M1 Garand, Service Grade HRA (Harrington & Richardson) Special. HRA collector grade metal in excellent almost new condition. Walnut stocks and handguards and associated hardware are new manufacture. NOT original HRA manufacture."

Hope that helps.

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