CMP trip - how to pick a good Garand?

[Charlie59]

I have a CMP special, and am happy with it. I haven't had time to shoot it yet! The workmanship is first rate as well. When I pick a field grade, I start with the barrel-I look for ones with no dings or flat spots on the muzzles, bright bores, and muzzle wear as close to a 1.0 as I can find. I look for barrels original to the rifle-which pretty much means I look at post war Springfields in the 5.3-5.8 mil sn. range. Usually the wood is crappy, and that means looking around for a milsurp stock, but sometimes the stock on the rifle cleans up enough that I leave it on. I have three rifles I picked this way, and have never had any trouble with any of them, and each one shoots well for me.

Charlie