Finally after many years
09-24-2020, 02:59 PM
#1
Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
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Finally after many years
I made the fatal mistake of going to my local gun shop today and what to my wondering eyes should appear but a excellent condition competition grade M1 Garand complete with CMP hard case, clip and sling straight from the CMP. What a beautiful specimen. I didn't have enough on me to pay for it so I plopped a down payment on it and will be picking it up tomorrow.
Price was significantly less than I expected.
Price was significantly less than I expected.
Last edited by bronko22000; 09-24-2020 at 03:02 PM.
09-24-2020, 04:16 PM
#2
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: texas
Posts: 1,201
is it not amazing that those rare deals have never seemed to have arrived,
when you had more than enough cash in your pocket?
now I don,t mean, you don,t have enough, to complete the transaction,
in a local ATM, or your checking account,
but there seems to be an unwritten law of the universe, that states,
locating a rather rare and desirable, high quality firearm, thats been on your personal wish list,
for months or years, will only happen if you don,t have the cash required in your pocket at the time!
I know I have visited many gunshops and gun shows, actively looking for items on a shortlist of desirable firearms, I really wanted,
with more than enough cash to pay for what I thought was a reasonable offer/price,
and at times the price was far lower than I expected to pay, yet no matter the price,
or the item, I have yet to find what I was looking for.with the correct amount of cash on hand,
but.... buy something else, so your a few bucks down at the time.... and the odds skyrocket that you only then,
will you find what you really wanted, and have spent months looking for...
and have to run out to find a local ATM.
example
I scouted gunshows, made phone calls and visited pawnshops for several years looking for a decent condition, lightly used browning superposed 12 ga
and Id set aside $3500 I looked for over 2 years, no luck..... the day after I had to replace a transmission in my wifes car, and dipped into the seperate stash
I get a call from my local gunshop , exactly what I was looking for was tradded in..... and yeah I rarely buy on a credit card....
but I could not let it pass and luckily the price was very good.(far lower than I expected for the gun in that condition.
when you had more than enough cash in your pocket?
now I don,t mean, you don,t have enough, to complete the transaction,
in a local ATM, or your checking account,
but there seems to be an unwritten law of the universe, that states,
locating a rather rare and desirable, high quality firearm, thats been on your personal wish list,
for months or years, will only happen if you don,t have the cash required in your pocket at the time!
I know I have visited many gunshops and gun shows, actively looking for items on a shortlist of desirable firearms, I really wanted,
with more than enough cash to pay for what I thought was a reasonable offer/price,
and at times the price was far lower than I expected to pay, yet no matter the price,
or the item, I have yet to find what I was looking for.with the correct amount of cash on hand,
but.... buy something else, so your a few bucks down at the time.... and the odds skyrocket that you only then,
will you find what you really wanted, and have spent months looking for...
and have to run out to find a local ATM.
example
I scouted gunshows, made phone calls and visited pawnshops for several years looking for a decent condition, lightly used browning superposed 12 ga
and Id set aside $3500 I looked for over 2 years, no luck..... the day after I had to replace a transmission in my wifes car, and dipped into the seperate stash
I get a call from my local gunshop , exactly what I was looking for was tradded in..... and yeah I rarely buy on a credit card....
but I could not let it pass and luckily the price was very good.(far lower than I expected for the gun in that condition.
09-24-2020, 05:20 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
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Well Hardcast the good thing about this is that the shop is only about 3 miles away and the owner is a good friend of mine. He took my deposit and I will be giving him the rest of the cash tomorrow.
09-25-2020, 09:46 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,905
Great grab! I keep telling myself, I need to buy another Garand and an M1A, such my son will get to experience them. And then I remember why I sold mine - as much as I want to want them, I never actually want to own them once I have it at home. But I’ll probably have to buy them again to get my boy’s hands on them sooner than later.
As much as I enjoyed the sport, the CMP Garand makes me think of the Will Smith movie, “I am Legend,” - somewhere in that abandoned metropolis, there is a museum, an artifact of a dead civilization itself, full of artifacts of dead civilizations. The Garands have been a disadvantaged specialty class among CMP/Highpower matches for a long, long time, largely only shot for the nostalgia and CMP/Highpower has sadly been a dying sport for a long time now itself, largely only shot by a nostalgic few.
As much as I enjoyed the sport, the CMP Garand makes me think of the Will Smith movie, “I am Legend,” - somewhere in that abandoned metropolis, there is a museum, an artifact of a dead civilization itself, full of artifacts of dead civilizations. The Garands have been a disadvantaged specialty class among CMP/Highpower matches for a long, long time, largely only shot for the nostalgia and CMP/Highpower has sadly been a dying sport for a long time now itself, largely only shot by a nostalgic few.
09-25-2020, 05:51 PM
#5
Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,746
Great grab! I keep telling myself, I need to buy another Garand and an M1A, such my son will get to experience them. And then I remember why I sold mine - as much as I want to want them, I never actually want to own them once I have it at home. But I’ll probably have to buy them again to get my boy’s hands on them sooner than later.
As much as I enjoyed the sport, the CMP Garand makes me think of the Will Smith movie, “I am Legend,” - somewhere in that abandoned metropolis, there is a museum, an artifact of a dead civilization itself, full of artifacts of dead civilizations. The Garands have been a disadvantaged specialty class among CMP/Highpower matches for a long, long time, largely only shot for the nostalgia and CMP/Highpower has sadly been a dying sport for a long time now itself, largely only shot by a nostalgic few.
As much as I enjoyed the sport, the CMP Garand makes me think of the Will Smith movie, “I am Legend,” - somewhere in that abandoned metropolis, there is a museum, an artifact of a dead civilization itself, full of artifacts of dead civilizations. The Garands have been a disadvantaged specialty class among CMP/Highpower matches for a long, long time, largely only shot for the nostalgia and CMP/Highpower has sadly been a dying sport for a long time now itself, largely only shot by a nostalgic few.
Like you say, its merely a bit of nostalgia but what a blast. I shot them before and never owned one. I have a lot of respect for our infantry men that carried these rifles all over the European theater as well as Korea.
Last edited by bronko22000; 09-25-2020 at 05:55 PM.
