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Dave
7th October 2009, 11:05 PM
Courtesy of Mike [311]
walkerheaders
8th October 2009, 04:32 AM
one of the nicest ones i have seen, thanx for sharing.
Vaughn99
8th October 2009, 06:09 PM
are 1945 garands hard to find, in general?? i think my M1 is mid May45 or march i forget serial range?? just wondering just getting 1 of each m1 garand, m1 carbine, 1903a3 for my USA basic collecting of WW2 rifles.

later
vaughn99
Dave
8th October 2009, 06:19 PM
Original configuration WW2 M1s are scarce since they were rebuilt 2-5 times during their service life. We used corrosive ammo until 1956 ,so to find one with the barrel it left the factory with is hard.
Vaughn99
8th October 2009, 09:55 PM
thats what i thought with the great example posted, mine i believe is a dainsh lend/lease which i hear is one of the best lend lease you can get if you have to get one LOL :) am i wrong?? hear the sky, korean, badly made itilian ones but since this is not my area my self tought info is kind of scetchy as it is, i probably shouldn't claim anything LOL LOL !!

later
vaughn99
311
8th October 2009, 10:54 PM
Vaughn99....If you have a good Danish rifle, hang onto it and be proud of it. Good Garands are getting hard to find, and some of the Danish rifles sold thru CMP were very nice compared to what is available now!
Mike
Dave
8th October 2009, 10:59 PM
The Danish guns are really good guns. The Blue Sky were beat to SH*T by the Koreans. The Italian Beretta made M1s are super well made and rare in original condition. The Italians modified their M1s first to fire 7.62mm NATO and later rebuilt them as magazine fed weapons known as BM59s. Some were made selective fire...See photos....... Here's a site on the BM59 http://www.gunsmagazine.com/bm59/GCA0283.pdf