Hi all. Newbie here. Trying to understand what is best in looking for an M1icon to be used for re-enactments. My son who is who is facitnated with WW2 can finally get rid of his Denix M1 garand non-firing copy and I would lke to buy him a real WWII (or at least parts are of it are from WWII0) and convert it to shoot blanks. I have found one on gunbrokers that the barrel is already threaded for the BFA (Blank Firing Adaptor).
Just looking for other's opinons as what to look for and what sites to use. Gunsbroker.com has lots of M1's for sale. The group my son runs with is not so strict that every part of the M1 has to be dated WWII. I lost an auction last night by $25 bucks for a 1944 receiver, trigger, gas rod, etc but barrel was 1951 by $25 bucks. I got sniped and didn't pay attention to when the auction ended this morning. My budget is between $1500 and $2000

Is Gunbroker the place to buy or are there other websites. My local dealer has a few but he has no knowledge of dates of receivers, triggers, barrels etc and is more interested in just selling a gun vs knowing what he has. And I'm not smart enough to know what a good deal is or isn't
Thanks
Todd
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