Restoring beater M1s

[Remo]

Gents,
Hold your jets-these are not made to fool collectors or to sell to purist M1 Garand fans. The stocks are done to replicate what time period the rifles are from, be safe and to look good and they have the James River stamp also clearly burned onto the stocks so there is no doubt they are refurbs and not intended to pass as real. Any Garand man or woman can take a 20 second look and tell they are repro. I had these two rifles with bad stocks, one with a bad barrel that my grandsons wanted to start shooting, they are and never will be museum pieces, they were mixmasters they are to use, a lot, they are to build memories. I looked at Boyds, CMP, and this forum for stocks, and several gunsmiths, for the money I think James River was the best bet. The guns were restored to a safe, shootable status that will allow participation in John C. Garand matches. I was trying to pass that info along to any forum member in the same boat. I love the purist that wants to snidely critique without the story. I am trying to keep a sport alive and pass down to the next generation and you two seem to be worrying about somebody selling repros as the real deal, crooks will fake anything as we all know and have seen. I think you know as we die off a lot of what we know will go with us and it is critical to pass on the history, the reason we love these old rifles, and to keep alive the people who died using them to preserve our way of life and try to preserve that history as best we can through our family and friends . I thought that was what this forum was all about. I thought we were better than that - you tell me.
Remo