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M1 garand. Whats it worth?

0080660000806600 Member Posts: 55 ✭✭
edited June 2003 in Ask the Experts
I have run across an m1 garand, looks to be fairly mint, all serial numbers match and manufactured by winchester. Any idea of the fair value?
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  • madmarc0madmarc0 Member Posts: 862 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mark Christian is your man or any of the other fine Gentlemen or Ladies here can and will help you BUT you need to give more information, like all of the numbers except the last few on the serial and the numbers on the barrel below the charging handle etc... I'm sure they can help you with that info.

    Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun has!
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  • mark christianmark christian Member Posts: 24,443 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I need a lot more information that what you have provided. What do you mean by all serial numbers match (and what is the serial number range- the right numbers can more than TRIPLE the rifles value)? Do you mean all of the parts which have drawing numbers are of Winchester manufacture? Is the barrel a WWII Winchester or a post war replacement and what is the condition of the barrel? If it is an original Winchester barrel is the gas port chromed (pull the gas tube and look at the hole in the underside of the barrel). What are the markings (if any) on the stock? Is the rear sight a Winchester lock-bar type or a post war replacement (no locing bar an the right side windage knob)? What about the operating rod? Is is an unmodified Winchester (does it have a small relief hole cut in the flat area where the piston joins the "handle". Is the gas tube a Winchester (is the top of the rear ring totally round or is it flat on its top)? Are the trigger housing and bolt Winchester (should read W.R.A.). Original Winchester M1 Rifles can be worth BIG money if they are correct. If the are typcial mix masters they bring only a small premiunm over Springfield rifles of the same age. The CMP was selling rebuilt Winchester M1's for only $75 over the cost of Springfield M1 last year.

    Please don't get me wrong here. Anyone on GB will tell you that I live for M1 Garand questions and I will be more than happy to provide you with any help I can and go into whatever detail you need. As it stands now your rifle would be worth no more than what a CMP Winchester would retail for, perhaps $700 to $800 in very good shape. If it is an original Winchester (or close to original) It can easily be worth $2000 or more. If this is an as issued rifle from an estate and is truely mint then the sky is the limit. Tell me more and I can provide you with more help but you are going to have to get a good long look at the rifle and take it apart into at least some degree.

    Mark T. Christian
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  • 0080660000806600 Member Posts: 55 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks, i'll try to get the correct information for you.
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  • SunraySunray Member Posts: 773 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The word 'mint' is over used. It means 'as issued from the factory never have been used for anything.' Never fired, lugged around the boonies, used by a Stateside sentry, field stripped, nothing. The chances of you having a "mint" Garand are very remote. Also, the value will vary from place to place.
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