CMP Garand

I received an M1 Garand from the CMP this last year. It is a "Service Grade" but besides being being coated in oil it appears immacualte. It is a Springfield and the Serial Number is 5857718. This puts the gun at mid to late 50's right?

I believe that serial number should be from 1955. The CMP is the only way to go for a Garand purchase, they are almost always better than described.

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Originally Posted by KevH

I received an M1 Garand from the CMP this last year. It is a "Service Grade" but besides being being coated in oil it appears immacualte. It is a Springfield and the Serial Number is 5857718. This puts the gun at mid to late 50's right?

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If you ordered it, did you make any requests on what you wanted? Shooter, Springfield, walnut, etc.

bigdog

"Coated in oil".......

Is that a complaint? Jeez :madsmile:

Aloha, Mark

PS..............look up your ser# here.

http://myplace.frontier.com/~vzewegj7/id11.html

Probably not oil but cosmoline for long term storage. Good news is that you learn so much about the guns when you have to take them completely apart to clean lube and reassemble. Bad news (not really) is that the cosmo may weep from your stock for a long time....