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    11 June 20 Garand Picture of the Day




    Secretary of Army Robert Stevens presents John Garand with an M1icon Garand rifle at his retirement in 1953



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    WOW - What a stock!!!
    34a cp., btg. Susa, 3° rgt. Alpini
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    WOW - What a stock!!!
    I was thinking the same thing!
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    Reject wood, specs say "straight grained walnut" LOL SA set them aside for presentation pieces like this one.
    Real men measure once and cut.
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    I still want it!
    34a cp., btg. Susa, 3° rgt. Alpini
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    I like flamey wood. No, really. This would probably grade in between AAA and AAAA. Here it is in color:

    Incidentally, the rifle sold at Rock Island Auctions in 2018.

    Then there's maple. This guitar top is rated at AAA.


    A few years ago I stayed in the Millennium Broadway Hotel in NYC on a business trip. The first time I boarded one of the elevators I was started by some gorgeous and rare flamed mahogany on the doors. Also somewhere between AAA and AAAA. Sorry for the bad pic - the elevator lobby was very dark.


    By contrast, when I ordered a custom stock for my Garandicon, I paid a slight premium for little better than standard wood. I was delighted when the walnut turned out to be somewhere around A-A+.


    How is wood graded for flame and figure? In dark rooms, by sniveling little aesthetes with glasses. Don't hate me for saying that: I have glasses... and am something of an aesthete. I just don't snivel.


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    One Million

    The GCAicon bid on that rifle at the RIA auction, but we got outbid
    Real men measure once and cut.
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    What was the winning bid?
    34a cp., btg. Susa, 3° rgt. Alpini
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    What was the winning bid?
    That rifle sold for $287,500 through the Rock Island Auction Company.
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    Serial Number 6,084,405 SPAR912

    The final regular production M1icon Rifle made at Springfield Armory
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