The blue sky Mark doesn't scare me. Have you shot it? Is it accurate?
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Need help pricing an M1 Garand
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I have shot it. Shoots great. I respect this gun greatly for its awesomeness, but it doesnt ever leave the safe anymore. Someone else will get more enjoyment out of it than I am. This is the barrel stamp.
and the bore shot.
You have a shooter. If you want me to gauge it for you I will. I am in East Cobb. That way you will have accurate readings.
In for comments.
ODT? $700 - $850 to sell it. That receiver is blasted and reparked and the stampings are no longer clear. The stock is a replacement or has been heavily sanded and restained. Three years ago that'd been a $500 project rifle so now is the time to sell it. Hate to be a downer but you'll be hard pressed to get a $1,000 for that rifle here.
$750 - $800 for a mix-master like this.
So you have an import with a replacement barrel and heavily blasted receiver where you can barely read Winchester.
If you are a member of CMP you can get a refurbished Garand with new barrel for $830 delivered to your front door.
There may be more desire for your gun because it is a pre-war serial Winchester but other than that don't see anything that would make it that much more valuable.
FWIW, I just checked a round in the end of my muzzle and it looks very close to yours and measured 0.13" or a smidge over 1/8" and is a 2.5 muzzle erosion rifle. But you need a set of gauges to confirm. That barrel should have plenty of life left in it if I had to guess.
Go Gunbroker if you want to get the most money.
List it on ODT for $900 but be prepared to wait.
$825, settle for $800 and I bet it's gone within the week.
So you have an import with a replacement barrel and heavily blasted receiver where you can barely read Winchester.
If you are a member of CMP you can get a refurbished Garand with new barrel for $830 delivered to your front door.
There may be more desire for your gun because it is a pre-war serial Winchester but other than that don't see anything that would make it that much more valuable.
FWIW, I just checked a round in the end of my muzzle and it looks very close to yours and measured 0.13" or a smidge over 1/8" and is a 2.5 muzzle erosion rifle. But you need a set of gauges to confirm. That barrel should have plenty of life left in it if I had to guess.
Go Gunbroker if you want to get the most money.
List it on ODT for $900 but be prepared to wait.
$825, settle for $800 and I bet it's gone within the week.
For $800 I may need to visit the safe and dust off Benjamin Franklin.
HEY OP? Did you sell it already?
No, I still have it. Ill offer it up to those on this thread before I list it in the classifieds. It will save me some of the re-hashing of what has already been discussed here. Ill throw in the ammo to whatever deal I make.
I think most of the Blue Sky's were picked up by the Danish military after WW2, used for decades and re-arsenalled, I believe that might be one of their barrels but im not up to date on Garand barrel markings. Fair price would likely be $50ish under a CMP field grade, but then again Garands do get listed regularly in sillyland territory so who knows.
