Well, one thing is for certain, if even 500 or so pieces come to Canada, Garand prices will plumet on the secondary market. Right now a handful of guys are paying premium prices driving up the market value, but new imports will satisfy all the short term demand.
The importers better not be planning to charge mare than about $400 or they'll be sitting on some of these rifles for quite some time IMHO.
We shall see. Reason I asked is that John had been hinting that he was going to have new Garands built for Marstar.
IMO, if they're in VG or better condition, 500 would be sold out quickly at $500 retail. A lot of the examples selling in the $500-600 range right now aren't particularly nice.
Unless Norinco tools up, I can't imagine new build Garands coming in under $1k.