On the other side of the pond.

[bnz41]

...and I thought my country had stupid gun laws... But you are much worse off; no semiautos, no handguns etc.....

Morning Kruffe, You do not say which country you are in "Europe" is not a country, which one is it I'm interested to know. We are part of Europe so you should have the same gun laws as us.... cos of the European union..

Do you have a semi auto M1 Garand, M14 etc if so pictures please.

[mrclark303]

Looking forward to getting my grubby mitts on your rifles at some point buddy .... I had a shoot with Charlies superb Garand and was very impressed indeed with the accuracy, build, fit and finish of these very fine SP rifles.

On my shopping list mate..

[Charlie303]

A few pics of my M1 Garand.

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The receiver was made the Italian company Breda Meccanica Romana (BMR) using Winchester tooling for the Danes, but never exported and 'rediscovered' recently in storage in Sicily. Nuova Jager Italia assembled these with other parts to comply to the UK's firearm laws. It has an interesting mix of new (the barrel), Italian and US parts including a bolt stamped D28287-I2SA S-06<> which makes it Aug 1943.

The only thing I don't like is that Nuova Jager stamped their name rather garishly (and badly - a double stamp, unless they're all like this) on the RHS of the receiver, I've dulled it down with grey acrylic paint (which will come off if necessary) but it was a shame to mark it. The action is very easy, no extraction issues at all. All ammo used is home loaded, mostly new Privi (PPU) cases - though I've used others OK. 147gn heads, 47.5gn of N140. Only shot out to 200yds so far and the rifle is very, very accurate, superb balance and sight picture.

[browningautorifle]

Very nice looking rifle...very nice.

[Larry G.]

Great looking Garand with Italian lineage. All good.

[bnz41]

Hi Charlie,

Excellent M1 Garand and good pictures, will have try and meet on the range sometime...

[Bob Seijas]

"The only thing I don't like is that Nuova Jager stamped their name rather garishly"

Collectors felt the same way about the Lend Lease guns imported by Interarms back in the day: beautiful rifles ruined by the Brit proofs. Most shunned them entirely, but some rebarreled them even though they were mint. Same with the band of red paint, a buyer couldn't wait to scrub it off. They sold at a significant discount to non-proofed guns in much worse condition. If I had been smarter I could have filled my cellar with cheap, mint, pre-war M1s

So maybe yours will someday be called a variation and bring a premium That's what happened with the LLs.

[Beerhunter]

Collectors felt the same way about the Lend Lease guns imported by Interarms back in the day: beautiful rifles ruined by the Brit proofs.

? I really don't understand. How do our Proof marks detract from a rifles' aesthetics? Additionally, in my opinion, Proof marks add to a rifle's history.

BTW surely the start of the Second World War in 1937 (ask the Chinese) or pre-dates mass production of the M1.

[Bob Seijas]

To a purist back then, any non-standard mark was anathema. Nobody at that time (except me and maybe 3 or 4 others) collected Garands per se, everybody collected US Military and only needed M1s as part of that field. The Brit proofs said they were not used by the US military, kind of disqualifying them.

Actually, the first 80 M1s were made in 1934-35 and mass production started with #81 in 1937. The war in China might as well have been on Mars as far as the US was concerned. Even the outbreak in Europe in 1939 was remote... in the words of the national hero Charles Lindbergh and The America First Party, "Just one of those age-old conflicts in Europe that doesn't concern us." The whole rationale behind the very controversial Lend Lease Act was a back-door way around our popular neutrality.

[Bob Seijas]

Oh, I see: "pre-war." For us, anything before December 7, 1941 is pre-war.