The new M1 Garand by CMP

[Recusant]

Seems to be a market for new M1 Garands. Not sure if one would be better off buying a beater and rebuilding it with a commerical barrel or bite the bullet and fork out the $1900 to buy a new M1 Garand. I have several that I rebuilt over 20 years ago and even then getting decent parts that were correct for the serial number of the receiver took lots of time and patience.

Introducing the M1 Garand by CMP: A New Chapter Begins! - Civilian Marksmanship Program

An Update from CMP Chairman and CEO Jerry O’Keefe As some of you may have seen on social media, we are about to roll out a new program – the new M1 Garand by CMP. In March we brought two “test” M1 Garands out to Phoenix and the Ben Avery Shooting Facility during the Arizona Game & Fish March...

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[Winchester67]

I have always felt my lack of a Garand was the chink in my cultural armor. A true Gentleman would have a Garand to go with his 1911.

 

[Recusant]

I have always felt my lack of a Garand was the chink in my cultural armor. A true Gentleman would have a Garand to go with his 1911.

or maybe several of each.

 

[Winchester67]

Precisely. World War Two was won by kids the same age I see working at the grocery store today that can't set their phones down long enough to stock the shelves. It was the backbone of the Fighting Men that sacrificed so we can live the easy life we live. I owe it to their memory to have one to shoot and teach the next generation about. See how easy I can talk myself into a new rifle? Now if I can only convince my wife......

 

[ECS686]

The price seems a little steep to me…..but I’ll watch as im
Sure it will
End up being quite a bit less

Nice to have some new productions for anyone that wants a shooter though

 

[Talyn]

Yea I saw that earlier, and for purists like me I'd call it a M1 Garand look-a-like clone since aside from some "gut" parts almost everything else is non-USGI commercial. All this news from CMP means the USGI surplus bucket is almost empty.

Fortunately all my M1 Garands and 1903A3s are 100% USGI, although not all correct.

The days of USGI M1Gs are almost all gone as are the 1903/A3's and the 1911's since they're (CMP) is already getting 1911s from Tisas.

 

[Faulkner]

Maybe there is a market for $1940.00 reproduction M1 rifles, but I'm not one of them

 

[USMC6094]

I'm interested to see how much of a value you get for the price.

There's a finite number of M1 parts, ALL M1 parts............

As intrigued as I am, I'll not be in the first, second, third, or tenth group to buy one. Just like every "new" gun, there's gonna be teething trouble, and growing pains.......

But we'll see, won't we......