CMP Garand Barreled receivers

I could use at least three. I have parts for at least that many. I'm not interested in serious rust, and a decent barrel would be good. Who's bought them lately and with what result? Which of the three options?

CDD

Mine are lost in the pile of orders

maybe see them in a few months

Same here. It is frustrating :banghead:

Believe its matched dated barrel/receiver,unmatched,and a service grade option.I ordered a unmatched,and got one with almost no pitting,and a good bore around a 4.Not bad for a hundred bucks.

Waitin' for the three CORRECT BRs that I ordered on 12/07/2008! Haven't even gotten a DBU yet!

Just built another barreled reciever today. Have 2 left to go. Will take and post some pics.

Too bad Dupage has run out of good kits.

Just waitin' for mine to show up! Got bored and ordered another 2 HRA SGs!
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I got 4 if the incorrect ones. Receivers were not bad pitting was all below woodline but barrels were really worthless. Now that parts are so hard to find I am not sure what to do. I think if you want a good M1 you woudl be better off buying a complete one. If you have a lot of parts that did not cost you an arm and a leg then a receiver may be a good deal. DO not expect the barrel to be worth anything they will be below rack grade criteria.

I bought two just before the CMP closed that door in 2007. A fine HRA with correct barrel, but an early 42 SA with post war barrel. Took me about 6 months to get the last parts that I didn't already have.

Matter of fact, haven't had the chance to fire either one yet. Does this mean that I have two UNFIRED Garands?????

I received 5 mail order 2 months ago that all barrels gauged 3 ME or less and 2 MW or less. Only 1 receiver out of the bunch had slight surface rust. I picked up 2 more on a trip to the South store and found a WRA barrel that gauged 2 TE and 1-1/2 MW with only a small spot of pitting on the heel of 1 receiver. All of these were the mis matched $100.00 ones. If you can go to one of the Stores you will help your odds. I think I just got lucky on the mail order ones. Oh and all of the receivers were WWII .SteveL

This group of barreled recivers is a real crap shoot if you are ordering. The $100-$125 recivers are not likely to be very good. I've been to the South store right after the rack was restocked. (first one in store on Jan 7) Out of about 60 rack grade that had just put out, I found 3 good enough to take home and one of them is questionable. Was to the North store just last Wednesday the had 3 racks of rack grade BRs they were all rough; Recivers were badly pitted, many above the wood line. some guaged well but the bores were very rusty so I doubt those readings were accurate.
By far the best ones I've seen were the service grade BRs at the South store. All loked like they would clean up easly, and make nice rifles.
I hope they are selling the "better"rack grade BRs by mail order and good luck to those who have ordered them.
After seeing what I've seen. I'd Order a service grade if I needed one but would only order the rack grade if I felt lucky and could afford to throw the $100 away.

I picked out a couple at the North Store a few months ago. There were a bunch there but very few good ones. Most of them (even a week ago) had very worn markings (serial numbers) I would not buy one sight un-seen.

Hmm...that's not very encouraging.

I've got three on order.

I got my first three CORRECT BRs on December 4th...and ordered three more on Decmber 7th! The first three are gorgeous...all three Post-Wars! Absolutely no rust or pitting anywhere on the three...two of the three have great parkerizing, and the third is Greek Black...two of the three have fantastic barrels, and the Greek Black is really nice (except it has a MW of 3 and a TE of 10 w/ a very good crown), so I'll have to see how it shoots before making a decision re replacement. Anyway, I couldn't be happier with what my first $400.00 got me...so now I'll just have to see what I'm gonna get for the second time around!

The $100-$125 recivers are not likely to be very good.

I was @ the N. Store on 2/13. I was lucky to get one that had a TE & MW of a 3. Very minor rust and it cleaned up well. Have the parts to rebuild her, so I actually started the stock restoration today. Will post pics when done.

Here are 5 I picked out at the south store back in December. One WRA barrel te 2 mw 1.5, 3 of the barrels cleaned up ok and only one will get tossed. I went through a lot of BR's to find these.

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Heres a build I did with a handpicked CMP BR. 1945 reciever and correct barrel, MW 1 TW 3 , no rust or pitting anywhere. It was a real steal for $125.00 .Good canidate for a restoration but for now shes a mutt.
Guess I got real lucky

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I have 2 br that just went open from my 12-3-08 order yesterday.
Yes, I have the already have the parts. I don't care about the barrels, planning on getting new ones put on.

I received two non-correct Brs over two weeks ago. The first was a Nov. 43 and the second is a 5.9 mil. Both receivers look just fine, no rust. The barrels both gauged over 9 on TE and 3 on ME. I assembled the Nov. 43' with the parts that I had saved over the years and took it to the range. As expected, the groups were large but the rifle functioned just fine. Time to find a replacement barrel. Still a pretty good deal for a receiver and a great learning opportunity.
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