you could get a navy conversion

but those .308 chamber plugs are iffy

The ones the CMP sells?

not sure what the CMP is selling

maybe they are re-barreled with criterion barrels

How much would a cmp garand that’s in decent/pingable condition cost?

I’ve never done milsurp stuff but I’ve always kinda wanted to have an old garand I can shoot occasionally.

I’ve got a local gun shop that has a garand from the early 50’s that appears to be in almost new condition, that has a new cmp stock on it. They’re asking 1199 for it but I couldn’t spend that kind of money on something until I know more about garand a and CMP.

That’s reasonable for a Garand, especially an IH one

Most 50’s contracts went to International Harvester for some reason iirc

Some to H&R

Most people packed up tooling by the

Then

Also most garands were made within a 60 mile radius of Springfield which is kinda bad if they got nuked

Evansville isn’t anywhere closer to Mass.

The owner said he was convinced it saw action in Korea but was surprised about how good of condition it was in. No pitting or anything.

lol typical boomer garand seller

I just don’t really do the milsurp thing so I have no idea. Yeah see that’s why I take it at face value.

Like. Boomers gonna worship that kinda thing.

Oh god never buy the story

Of course not lol.

Boomers sell stories because they convince themselves every German pistol is the one Hitler killed himself with and ever mosin is simo’s

They actually have a Finnish mosin there too. Lol

I bought my enfield and me and the seller figured it saw combat or at least hard training considering the external condition

"I knows what I got"

Still got her for 480

Which considering typical No.4 prices here isn’t bad at all

if that Finn mosin is more than $450, and isn't an M39, hard pass

They want 600 for that Finnish m91.

Looking at milsurp you want a few things:
Action/bolt and barrel condition,
Overall finish remaining
Wood quality,
Matching parts

With manufacturers etc being ancillary things collectors worry about more

Oh god an M91 Finnish or not is a 300$ gun or so

Yeah, I get that. I doubt I’ll ever buy a mosin seeing how many are overpriced.

Maybe 350

Just buy a 91/30 when you see it at the correct 200$

I wouldn't even buy an SKS for $350 when basic bitch ARs can be had for less than $500 if you buy the parts from PSA on sale.

Yeah lmao

M91’s are collector’s nugs

That is, if we're talking simple utility.

The M39 is the fancy man’s nug, and the 91/30 the common scum

@Reichtangle so an IH garand would go for 1200 if it’s in really good condition?