Well, after waiting pretty much my entire life to own one of these beauties I finally took the time to sign up for the Garand Collectors Association and send off my paperwork to the CMP.
I ordered a Springfield Armory service grade rifle and requested that they find me a WWII era serial number and the awesome folks at the CMP delievered!!! It's a 3,285,xxx number which comes back to October of 44 so while it's not likely (I hear it took up to a year for them to see battlefields) that it saw any real action, it is still possible that this was once in the hands of a serviceman in WWII. If not, it's still a sweet rifle and the history alone makes me proud to own it.
And for the pictures!! Sorry these are crappy, I have an oldddd digital camera and I suck at taking rifle pictures anyway.
Also, that rifle case that it's sitting in is included on all CMP rifle purchases now!! Single rifle case with CMP Logo in OD. Pretty sweet!
For those who are wondering, 3 weeks ago TODAY I mailed off my GCA application, received application 2 weeks ago, mailed off CMP Order same day and received rifle today! 2 weeks from order to door step, 3 weeks if you include GCA membership!
I ordered a Springfield Armory service grade rifle and requested that they find me a WWII era serial number and the awesome folks at the CMP delievered!!! It's a 3,285,xxx number which comes back to October of 44 so while it's not likely (I hear it took up to a year for them to see battlefields) that it saw any real action, it is still possible that this was once in the hands of a serviceman in WWII. If not, it's still a sweet rifle and the history alone makes me proud to own it.
And for the pictures!! Sorry these are crappy, I have an oldddd digital camera and I suck at taking rifle pictures anyway.
Also, that rifle case that it's sitting in is included on all CMP rifle purchases now!! Single rifle case with CMP Logo in OD. Pretty sweet!
For those who are wondering, 3 weeks ago TODAY I mailed off my GCA application, received application 2 weeks ago, mailed off CMP Order same day and received rifle today! 2 weeks from order to door step, 3 weeks if you include GCA membership!