HoosierDaddy..need Garand advice.

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coneten	HoosierDaddy..need Garand advice.	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1274 (02/17/09 04:10 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None So here is the skinny. It is a late HRA with a 55 dated LMR barrel. It has a very nice parked finish..some might say.."PURTY." Stock is excellent with P cartouche. Bore is excellent..but I did not do the specs. It has a Winchester bolt and a couple of other WRA parts. Included in the deal is a box of 200 rounds on clips. It is in a super top secret location and you will wear yourself out calling every gunshop and pawn shop in a 200 mile radius trying to bird dog this Garand. It Probably is not worth the $750 he is asking anyway. So Boss...what do you think?
Jeremy2171		#1	[-]
Posts: 2147 (02/17/09 04:46 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Not Neil but hey if you have the cash.......I'd already have it even though I already have a few HRAs.
coneten		#2	[-]
Posts: 1275 (02/17/09 04:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks..I imagine I will be scolded by Beanstrung for hesitating. This is not a Greek return.
Bryan 45		#3	[-]
Posts: 2450 (02/17/09 05:39 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yeah, sounds like a good deal to me. Did you say you need me to pick it up and "hold" it for you??? Service grade HRAs from CMP are $600 now I think.
HoosierDaddy		#4	[-]
Posts: 5363 (02/17/09 05:56 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Like they said buy it. Ash Iron Construction
coneten		#5	[-]
Posts: 1276 (02/17/09 06:59 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	You are getting sleepy...very tired...head is heavy..sleepy..sleepy..buy it..the HRA..she belongs to you...OK I give in. HDaddy, I waited for you to show up in Ferdinand. I called 411 and they connected me to another residence with the same name as yours...she was very polite but informed me that I had the wrong Hoosier.
beanstrung		#6	[-]
Posts: 5050 (02/17/09 08:22 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hey Wayne, Have you seen this? http://www.aimsurplus.com...R_Marksmanship_Rifle.html Are you sure you still want a Garand? -Bean --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? Joel 3:9-10
coneten		#7	[-]
Posts: 1277 (02/17/09 08:36 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I saw some of those rifles at the last NGD show..Dennis Kroh had a few and they were impressive. Looks like the price has gone down a little.
HoosierDaddy		#8	[-]
Posts: 5364 (02/17/09 09:50 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'll be at NGD. Ash Iron Construction
Carl Gustav		#9	[-]
Posts: 3279 (02/17/09 11:21 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Bean, I saw that rifle and have been wishing I could sell a few of my Garands quickly so I could buy one! I posted that link on the Are You Content topic. I was quite content until I saw that. If business weren't so horrible, I'd order one tomorrow. I can't justify spending a thousand dollars on a gun right now when survival is at stake. Carl
John Rippert		#10	[-]
Posts: 868 (02/18/09 10:32 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I saw those on the AIM site as well. I sure do wish I had the extra money for one but I am doing a good job of debt reduction and should be free and clear by October. Maybe there will still be some around then.
coneten	and now..the rest of the story..	#11	[-]
Posts: 1278 (02/19/09 03:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Let's start with the HRA sn#5729121 making it 1955. On the front right leg is #6528291 and an EP'd through the parked finish LEAD 5-66, Letterkenny Arsenal. The parts are as follows; barrel LMR 7 55 A42 followed by a punch mark over a letter. OP rod is 6535382 SA, FCG is D28290 WRA, milled trigger guard is C46025 WRA, bolt is D28287-1 WRA, gas plug is HRA, rear sight is DRC, stock is walnut with 2 non circled P cartouches. Parked finish is excellent and consistent, crown is sharp and tube is excellent. So it seems an original barrel and re-arsenalled during the Viet Nam era? I also got the ammo and have a jar of vaseline on order if Dr. HDaddy thinks I need it. Last Edited By: coneten 02/19/09 03:39 PM. Edited 1 times.
Jeremy2171		#12	[-]
Posts: 2151 (02/20/09 12:13 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	This finish is probably silvery in color and there may be remnants of a orange triangle on the bottom of the pistol grip? Had a nice HRA LEAD rebuild but sold it to a friend many years back...wish I still had it...
HoosierDaddy		#13	[-]
Posts: 5366 (02/20/09 08:03 AM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Good buy hoss. Do you think its the same rifle Jeremy? Coneten's range may very well extend into your area. The boy does get around. Ash Iron Construction
Bryan 45		#14	[-]
Posts: 2456 (02/20/09 08:30 AM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have a HRA LEAD rebuild, I think it's dated 6-65 or so. I'll have to pull it out and look. It looks like new. I'll try to get some pictures up.
M14man		#15	[-]
Posts: 134 (02/20/09 07:38 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I have a LEAD 11/65 H&R with a 4,737,XXX ser with a 6/65 barrel. This was a 1989 DCM rifle.
T OHeir		#16	[-]
Posts: 446 (02/21/09 12:54 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Sounds like a reasonable deal to me. The CMP wants $595 for a Service Grade and $60 for 192 rounds of HXP ammo, on clips, plus shipping and a 30 to 60 day wait. Mind you, I think I'd want to know who made the ammo. Spelling and grammar count!
coneten	240 rounds of..?	#17	[-]
Posts: 1279 (02/21/09 05:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	the headstamp reads at 12 o'clock 60A , at 4 o'clock 57 and at 8 o'clock 30. Any ideas as to manufacturer? I guess the date is 1957. Well after a search it seems to be Nationalist Chinese made in Taiwan....corrosive. Last Edited By: coneten 02/21/09 06:58 PM. Edited 2 times.
m1 talker		#18	[-]
Posts: 6543 (02/21/09 09:42 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	And not only that, but a lot of the Taiwanese ammo in .30-06 caliber also had oversized primers in it. I know a guy kept pestering me at the range for my fired ammo, as he shoots a lot of .30-06 and I do not reload. I was more than glad to give it all to him for picking it up off the ground for me. About a month later, we met at the range again and he was a bit displeased with the fact that every loading attempt he made with standard primers resulted in them falling out of the primer pockets in the cartridges. I reminded him of what he had to pay for the empty brass after I fired it! Curt
Bryan 45		#19	[-]
Posts: 2459 (02/22/09 07:48 AM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Looks like mine is actually a 3-65 rebuild. I don't think it was issued after it was at LEAD. 5.7 HRA w/ 11-55 HRA barrel. Most of it's bits-n-pieces are SA though.
coneten		#20	[-]
Posts: 1280 (02/22/09 09:29 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Bryan, That is a beauty. JStein came over last night to peddle Girl Scout cookies. I showed him my LEAD HRA..when we removed the wood his jaw dropped. He had not seen one of these and the condition is like new unissued. No soot..no cosmo..dry and squeaky clean. Evidently these unissued rebuilds are kind of a sleeper as far as collecting. I don't mind the bits and pieces..it is what it is. Very similar in some respects to a .45 that has been rebuilt at the arsenal..reparked, mixed bitser, totally functional and collectable in its own right. Do you know the history of your LEAD as far as how it came into civilian ownership? Do the DCM Garands come with papers like the CMP's? Last Edited By: coneten 02/22/09 09:32 AM. Edited 1 times.