CMP North Garands
I’m not Garand-poor but since the CMP was putting out 800 rifles that they had held back I thought I would take a look. Some of us went in early last Sunday with gauges and borelights and picked out the best. I thought overall the rifles looked better than what was out last year. In fact, they looked a LOT better.
I bought a January 1941 Springfield, 200,XXX, with a muzzle of 1 1/2 and a throat of 2. Uncut op-rod as well. Wood looks OK. The trigger group is a brand-new late Springfield so I am going to swap it with one of my other ones for a milled trigger guard. I don’t know where this rifle had been but it doesn’t look fired to me. No marks on the feedramps.
No carbines, no 1903s except for five pretty ratty ones. Bought two cans of LC but it was de-linked machine gun ammo.
I also came home with ten CMP ballpoints to give away. The Anniston staff was up, some of the young women for the first time. One of the helpful blondes had just gotten there after taking her first plane ride.
There is something for everyone at the National Matches.
