Wouldn’t mind a sling and look at some other items.

Is there a go to for non Chinese reproduced stuff.

Turner slings. Either the legit leather, or the Biothane. Accept no substitutes. Things get a bit hazy when going for the canvas slings, there's a lot of repros and many originals aren't in great shape.

I'm just gonna get ahead of the ammo question: Get an adjustable gas plug so you don't bend your oprod. When I was big into the M1, the Schuster was it, now there's better options that don't require tuning, someone will chime in on that.

Congrats, and welcome to the club! Just remember, it isn't truly yours until it has tasted your blood, and yes, if you don't use the edge of your palm on the oprod, it sure as shit will make your thumb bleed when it bites you.

Just checked, the on-line store for the Civilian Marksmanship Program is down. Their link to several vendors that could be of help also is not working for me either. Congrats!

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
Turner slings. Either the legit leather, or the Biothane. Accept no substitutes. Things get a bit hazy when going for the canvas slings, there's a lot of repros and many originals aren't in great shape.

I'm just gonna get ahead of the ammo question: Get an adjustable gas plug so you don't bend your oprod. When I was big into the M1, the Schuster was it, now there's better options that don't require tuning, someone will chime in on that.

Congrats, and welcome to the club! Just remember, it isn't truly yours until it has tasted your blood, and yes, if you don't use the edge of your palm on the oprod, it sure as shit will make your thumb bleed when it bites you.

I’m pretty sure we should be best friends.
If we combine our interests we’d have so much room for activities!

My SF Carbon arrived today, haven’t been home to open the box.

‘Atthefront.com’. They have US Made and imported offerings.

Todd

A leather M1907 sling is correct for WW2, and they continued in use during the Korean War.

The later webbing M1 sling saw a little use at the tail end of WW2, but was then the most commonly used sling in Korea.


Turner Saddlery used to offer really high quality actual M1907-pattern slings, which is what I use, but it doesn't look like they offer those any longer. They do still offer leather National Match Service Rifle slings, which are similar style but not the same (generally being thicker, heavier duty, and different in length than the correct M1907).

I agree that At The Front is likely your best bet for finding a US-made reproduction M1907 or M1 sling these days.

M1: https://www.atthefront.com/M1-...ng-Web-p/uswm1gw.htm

M1907: https://www.atthefront.com/M19...n-USA-p/usww07nt.htm

I've picked up some stuff from ammogarand.com in the past and been satisfied.

As to ammo, if you've ever considered reloading, a Garand is an excellent excuse to start. Normally I'd say you won't save money reloading, but you'll actually see a pretty quick return on investment loading .30-06, and it's nice to be able to make your own when the Garand-safe stuff is hard to find. Reloading for my Garands has allowed me to shoot them far more than I would have been able to otherwise.

If they say I am going to Chicago instead of overseas next I might look at reloading for a bit. Investing now with a move 12 months away isn't something I can justify.

Continuously going to Hawaii and Korea sucks for getting reloading going.

The CMP web store is down, but they list a phone number on the CMP website. I recently bought a Garand from them and then called the web store and ordered a couple of web slings. I was happy. But I am just a casual shooter. If I was going to get serious about hi-power shooting. I would get a better sling. I think the CMP is the best source of Garand supplies.

You know, we're a day into this thread, and there are still no pics...this makes me sad . Otto, we need some details and pics on that "new" rifle!

Here's ours: Front and center is my Aug 1941 Service Grade, back left is my Nov 1942 "Special Rack", and back right is my son's Jan 1945 Rack Grade. They're all mixmaster Springfields from the CMP. Nothing particularly special about any of them, but all 3 are reliable and decent shooters.

Correct Grade Springfield in the 5.84 million serial number range making it a post Korean War example in the last serial number batch between 1955-57. Looks to have had a very easy life at the end of the Garand’s service life and quite possibly has all the same parts it left the factory with. I shoot a few rounds (<40 rounds) a year through it because it deserves to be shot. I figured I’d add some pics until Otto has a chance to add pics of his own new Garand.

[IMG:left] IMG_5214 by David King, on Flickr[/IMG]

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
I’m pretty sure we should be best friends.
If we combine our interests we’d have so much room for activities!

My SF Carbon arrived today, haven’t been home to open the box.

Retire to sunny Arizona.

Lemme know what you think of it when you get a chance. Also, we need M1 pics.

Okay smartasses , post image has been down for me but now it’s back up so here you go!

That's a really nice example of a post-war Garand you've got there, and it appears to be really good condition. That LMR barrel might even be original to your receiver based on the date. What company made your bolt? I'd say you did good!

my favorite one is a 12/54 H&R,all correct just like it left the factory.
I'll got out on Thursday and celebrate 69yrs. of existence for me and my M1!

When I started buying M1 rifles from CMP about 2000 I found a lot of good accessories on eBay. Slings, bayonets, combination tools, even found an original case of brand new en bloc clips.

One of my local gun stores had a WW2 03/A3 on the display rack with an original WW2 sling, leather with parkerized steel hardware. Picked it up for $10 bill and have since seen several offered on-line for over $100.

Over several years I ended up with several Springfield, couple of Winchester, couple of HRA, and a IHC. All except one of the HRA were arsenal rebuilds with mix-master parts lists. Lucky enough to be able to reconnect several correct parts (stocks, op rods, trigger groups, etc), but none are all original after all those years.

Best shooter I received is the Danish lend-lease return rifle, Danish barrel and stock on a Springfield rifle, overall excellent condition after years of great maintenance work in Denmark. Very accurate rifle!

White Lithium Grease.