Saved some extra cash...CDs are not yielding decent interest, stocks too risky, land too expensive....so I ordered a service grade Garand from the CMP. The H&R's are taking about 120 days, so I guess I will be patient. This will be #4.
A good investment....waiting to order number 6 myself. People do not understand the allure....there is something uniquely attractive about the Garand...the mystery....(insert dramatic music here)
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Dedicated to SwedeSteve, Arkansashunter and Ezearln. Rest in peace my friends.
hfreyer:
Unless you have a trusted friend or family member go to a CMP 'store' and buy you a rifle etc, you Must belong to a shooting club, and have the club provide a specific type of paperwork to submit to the CMP staff.
It can be critical to study that part of the CMP website.
The Texas State Rifle association or Garand Collectors association would do it. I suggest going to the CMP site and look at it because there are some other things such as proving you shoot at a range. some of the rules are exempted if you are over 65.
How do you get to order form the CMP? I live in the north Texas area, and have never found how to order.
Look here... http://www.thecmp.org/ the eligibility, how to order,forms and stuff are on the left side. Lower down on the left are the rifles. I believe only surplus Garands are left...
hfreyer:
Unless you have a trusted friend or family member go to a CMP 'store' and buy you a rifle etc, you Must belong to a shooting club, and have the club provide a specific type of paperwork to submit to the CMP staff.
It can be critical to study that part of the CMP website.
If you have a ccp or dd214 you can join any cmp aproved club for about $20 a year, all you need after that is birth cert, drivers lic, and all the forms you can print from the cmp website. no voodo, no special friends, just rifles and ammo delivered to your door without having to pay a gunshop or ffl dealer their markup.I have been dealing with cmp since 1984 (was dcm back then) and never had a problem they didn't fix with a smile.Don't wait to long, right now there is a bunch of rifles but in the last month the m1 carbines and the rack grade winchester grands have run out.Go to cmpod.com and see for yourself.
Would you believe the rifle came today! They said 4-6 months and Fedex brought it today, 3 weeks total! It is a 5.6 H&R with a 3-55 barrel. Nice GI stock with cartuoche. It has a mix of parts, op-rod, bolt, and trigger mechanism are not H&R. Looks like it was used once since the piston and bolt face were nearly clean. Parkerizing is original and perfect. Well worth the $618 paid.
Would you believe the rifle came today! They said 4-6 months and Fedex brought it today, 3 weeks total! It is a 5.6 H&R with a 3-55 barrel. Nice GI stock with cartuoche. It has a mix of parts, op-rod, bolt, and trigger mechanism are not H&R. Looks like it was used once since the piston and bolt face were nearly clean. Parkerizing is original and perfect. Well worth the $618 paid.
You know the rules..
Photos!!!
And Congrats!!
I'm going to the South Store on Oct 1 and hope to find a couple nice FG's that scream "Take me home!!"..
