Personally I also do not worry about my Garands Market Value. It was a gift from my Father in Law (still trying to figure out his angle LOL) and one day it along with most the rest of my firearms will go to my son with a few to my daughter.

As to the Korean returns. I would guess it could be a mixed bag. If a company like BLUE SKY is involved in selling them then from my experiance with Carbines condition of the metal could bevery good to acceptable. The wood on the other hand tends to be well traveled.

I just replaced the wood on my Inland with reproduction wood from Numrich and when I showed it off on a couple forums the guys thought it loked amazing. The carbine shoots very well as good as any of the four I have owned over the years.

if it does turn out that the importers are selling the Korean returns for $700.00 the I might be real temped to buy another. I would though only concider it if I could do it in person.