When did the DCM start selling M1 Garands?

[Bob Seijas]

The first DCM sales were NM's at Camp Perry in late 1955, but only a small number. Regular mail order sales of NM's began in 1956 and they were sold until 1973. It is surprising how few were bought after an initial rush, in some years it was less than 200. I don't know when they began to sell regular rifles.