canadian trying to find a decent M1 stock set

[fredsbar1]

Hello all now to this forum and to shooting again after many years away.
After a very long search I was able to finally get my hands on a M1 very nice action good condition but some bad person put a horrid looking black synthetic stock on it so no metal fittings or even proper screws. Finding the gun at all up here is hard but to find a stock set I might as well be looking for the goose that lays the golden eggs, and not being in the states I cant order thru CMP as much as I would love to. would anyone know were I might start the search for a decent set at a price that wont break the bank?
thanks in advance for any help.

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[Orlando]

May not be the cheapest but its a option
http://www.dgrguns.com/New-M1-Garand-Stocks.htm

[Roadkingtrax]

Nice thing is he fits them too, save you some work.

[gulliver62]

Given that you are in Canada, shipping the rifle back and forth to Dean may not be that great for you. His stocks are very nice though. I have two of them on bedded match rifles.
If you watch both e-bay and gunbroker, acceptable stock sets come up quite often. This is especially true if you are not looking for a collector set (I assume you are not since you mention the CMP and they only sell new wood stock sets). You should also be able to order from Boyd's Replacement Stocks for M1 Garands which is who the CMP stock sets are made by. New hardware available from Creedmoore and others.

[TMB]

dupage sells nice stocks for 99 dollars unfinished 109 finnished . james river sells nice stocks with cartouche for 169

[DaveN]

Also check out James River not sure if its manufacturing or armory. I bought 2 M1 stocks and they are the closest in color and the fit and finish is great.

[TMB]

Its James River Armory I have one finish is great also have a dupage finished stock its great too

[fredsbar1]

thanks to all for the great advice.
I agree that getting one fitted would be best but shipping active weapon across is very much harder in this post 9-11 world also much more expensive, I would love a collector set but at this point anything to get it out of the plastic will be a good start. i have been watching Ebay and gun broker but find most that come up will not ship out of the lower 48 states. the same goes for dupage they will not accept orders out of the US.

I had not found boyds or james river but have sent off emails to both asking if they will ship to canada or not. hell at this rate i may need to beg somone in the states to go to CMP and buy one for me and ship it up lol

[Orlando]

In my post I showed you DGR. You do not have to send them your rifle or parts to have it fitted.
He is using the same stocks others do, he is just doing fitting to them others dont
They will ship to Canada

[purple]

This isn't hard. Just "google" Boyds stocks. They will ship outside of US provided the merchandise value doesn't exceed $100USD. An unfinished M1 stock is now listed at $74.50 with front handgd $16.95 and rear handgd $14.95.

With patience you can still find good stocks on ebay for less than $100. I live in Canada and have gotten several nice ones this past year. Keep it under $100 though or you run the risk of running afoul of the export screening apparatus.