It’s been a while since I poked around on values. I’m going to guess 750-1150 based on the other parts. Perplexed or coolhandluke might have a better idea. Might be a good idea to inventory all the parts and have them listed.
It depends on who you ask. Some Garandholics look down their noses at the Danish returns, while others see them for the excellent shooters they tend to be. DBleak figures the price range correctly IMHO; if the muzzle wear and throat erosion numbers are minimal, and the furniture is USGI and free of splits or cracks, I’d say the middle of that range. If you have rare parts on your rifle such as a lock bar rear sight or an uncut op rod, you can add a hundred bucks or more to the overall price, though I would replace those items with post-war parts and sell them separately.
How do you know the stock is Danish?
Appreciate your input.
As for the stock, it has this disc on it that I researched:
"M1 Garands that were used by the Danish Army were returned to the US and sold by the Civilian Marksmanship Program. The stocks sometimes have a round inlet about the size of a dime on the bottom of the pistol grip. This inlet held a brass disc. It was used to identify the military unit the rifle was assigned to. The "H" stands for Hjemmeværnet (Home Guard) H.I, H.II, H.III, etc. The number at the bottom is the year the rifle was assigned to the unit. The years range from 1953 to about 1979. Almost all of the discs were removed before sending the rifles back to the US."
Ahhh. It’s a USGI stock, most likely, that the Danes received on a MAP rifle and inletted for that stock disk. That you have the disk is unusual.
A member on the CMP forums recently posted the video below. It covers nearly every step of the ordering process.
There have been some nice, fairly correct rifles (even wartime production) coming out of the recent Filipino returns. I'd suggest doing some quick research on the CMP forums and see if the service or field grades have yielded the best luck recently and get your paperwork in. AFIK the current turnaround times are just a couple weeks.
Another option is to keep an eye on the marketplace section on the CMP forums so that you can just handpick a rifle from a private seller. It's not as exciting, but you're at least assured that you'll be getting what you want in the end. There was a nice LEAD rebuild here on OSA recently, but I'm not sure if it's been sold.
There have been some nice, fairly correct rifles (even wartime production) coming out of the recent Filipino returns. I'd suggest doing some quick research on the CMP forums and see if the service or field grades have yielded the best luck recently and get your paperwork in. AFIK the current turnaround times are just a couple weeks.
Another option is to keep an eye on the marketplace section on the CMP forums so that you can just handpick a rifle from a private seller. It's not as exciting, but you're at least assured that you'll be getting what you want in the end. There was a nice LEAD rebuild here on OSA recently, but I'm not sure if it's been sold.
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I've never owned an IHC garand, would love to have one.
The CMP is where to go if you want a shooter rifle. They know their Garands there and it may be a mix master, but it will be a functioning and safe to shoot rifle. I have a post WWII HRA with a matching barrel with a bore wear of 0+ at the muzzle and 1+ at the throat. Don't find many with wear numbers that low. I don't care that it wasn't an actual service rifle, I just wanted a shooter in proper configuration. CMP will give you that everytime and there's a wealth of information on their forum too.
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