The Holy Grail of M1 Garands

[ProgSpear]

Serial 1000000 presented to John C Garand on his retirement.

Rock Island Auction: Springfield Armory John Garand Presentation M1-Garand

 

[Podmonkey]

Oh wow, that's a helluva collectible!

 

[ProgSpear]

way too pricey for me, but what an amazing bit of history.

 

[Depick]

A beautiful piece of history!

 

[Jmac00]

great, I need to start a "Go-Fund-Me" page to get enough money to bid, Im only $374,992 short

 

[Podmonkey]

great, I need to start a "Go-Fund-Me" page to get enough money to bid, Im only $374,992 short

I will give you a dollar

 

[Jmac00]

I will give you a dollar

its a start LOL

 

[togmaster]

That would make a great truck gun.

 

[Podmonkey]

That would make a great truck gun.

I think you'd go to hell for that!

 

[Elwood]

Damn that's a nice rifle. Too expensive for my paycheck though. Thats a true unicorn right there, spiral horn, wings, glitter farts an all.

 

[Catskillkid]

Damn that's a nice rifle. Too expensive for my paycheck though. Thats a true unicorn right there, spiral horn, wings, glitter farts an all.

Hell, after looking at this beauty MY craps came out in rainbow colors and smelled like cinnamon!

 

[Robin]

I'd love to have the sister to that piece of wood.
Robin

 

[SomeSoldier]

Ill give them a $1.

 

[Doc8404]

I could win the lottery and still wouldn’t buy that thing.

 

[GunXpatriot]

Bro... That is an insane amount of money, though I guess I do understand the price tag.

Bad enough I'll probably never own a Garand due to the ridiculous prices we're seeing, and then you show me this thing.

 

[redtail]

M-1
By R. Gannon

Do you wonder why that rifle
Is hanging in my den?
You know I rarely take it down,
But I touch it now and then.

It's rather slow and heavy
By standards of today,
But not too many years ago
It swept the rest away.

It's held its own in battles
Through snow, or rain, or sun
And I had one just like it,
This treasured old M1.

It went ashore at Bougainville
In nineteen forty-three.
It stormed the beach at Tarawa
Through a bullet-riddled sea.

Saipan knew its strident bark,
Kwajelein, its sting.
The rocky caves of Peleliu
Resounded with its ring.

It climbed the hill on Iwo
With men who wouldn't stop
And left our nation's banner
Flying on the top.

It poked its nose in Pusan,
Screamed an angry roar
And took the First Division
From Chosin Reservoir.

Well, time moves on
And things improve
With rifles and with men.
And that is why the two of us
Are sitting in my den.

But sometimes on a winter night,
While thinking of my Corps,
I know that if the bugle blew
We'd be a team once more.

 

[redtail]

Bro... That is an insane amount of money, though I guess I do understand the price tag.

Bad enough I'll probably never own a Garand due to the ridiculous prices we're seeing, and then you show me this thing.

CMP has field grades available @ $650. delivered to your FFL of choice in Herr monkeyface's PRNY.