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Any of you M1 Garand guys have serial # 283898?
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JRT
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In all reality it probably got sent to some foreign country to fight a proxy war. I hope it’s sitting in some guys collection but it’s been widely distributed.
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He was a revolver guy I believe, old revolvers are less interesting than his army issued M1. But yes, 1 million is probably a stretch.
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I just don't see that he would have a personal connection to the rifle other than having used it. If it was used by a famous war hero then I could see some value in it. But hey if somebody has it and they want to sell it and somebody wants to buy it for a million, all the power to him.
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Let me go find my number punch set, and I'll get back to you in a bit.
Some years ago Garand rifle with serial number 1,000,000 came up for auction. It was a presentation piece for John Garand. Yeah, THAT John Garand. IIRC, the selling price was in the neighborhood of $300,000.
Edit: Went back and looked .. found it .. $287,000
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Edit: Went back and looked .. found it .. $287,000
John C. Garand’s Personal M1 Garand Auctions for $287,500
How much would you pay for this rifle? John C. Garand's personal M1 just auction for over $280,000, and it looks like it's worth every penny.
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Didnt the rifle with the mos for marine core rifleman sell for a good number too?Some years ago Garand rifle with serial number 1,000,000 came up for auction. It was a presentation piece for John Garand. Yeah, THAT John Garand. IIRC, the selling price was in the neighborhood of $300,000.
Edit: Went back and looked .. found it .. $287,000
John C. Garand’s Personal M1 Garand Auctions for $287,500
How much would you pay for this rifle? John C. Garand's personal M1 just auction for over $280,000, and it looks like it's worth every penny.
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Several years ago, I was at a State Trap shoot, and a youngster (Late 20s) came up to me, to ask me about my A5, as he had one that he'd just acquired. He figured I could give him some info, as I had one.
His gun's SN was within 7 of mine. Out of 99 years of production. That was kinda cool.
Still looking for the punch set.
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I have two!
440Sixpack
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If this database is to be believed, someone out there has it, and they got it through the CMP. 
lowbuckbob
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I've posted this before, but the M2 my platoon had in 1999 was made in 1943. Newer ones are out there in abundance; they're still being manufactured. But if it still works, and the design is still supported by the unit armorers' equipment and training? Why not keep using the older stuff? The Army uses its equipment until it doesn't work anymore.
My Guard unit around 1994 had M16A1s in inventory. They were around thirty years old and it wasn't a problem: they'd been maintained and upgraded, as I'm sure Elvis' Garand had been. Elvis was also a cav scout in an armored division; it's unlikely they were first on the list for brand-new rifles, anyway, even though they were in Germany at the height of the Cold War.
Those first-tier units were probably fielding M14s around then.
