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Offline Haywire Haywood

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« on: March 30, 2004, 11:06:47 AM »
How many of you would give $550 for a Garand in good condition manufactured by H&R?  Our local gunshop is going out of business (Owner has health problems) and he has one on the shelf that is about that after the discount.  I've been wanting one for a while now but I really have no use for it from a practical standpoint.  Doesn't stop me from wanting it tho  :?.  
I decided to give up on getting reliable service from my reconditioned Chrony and am going to drop some of my tax refund on a higher end chronograph.  This doesn't rule out buying the Garand but makes it a lot harder to justify in my little mind.  I think I might start a local GAA (Gun Addicts Anonymous) chapter to help me with my addiction.

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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2004, 12:09:22 PM »
:-D   :-D  :-D  :-D
Bunch of us needs to go to your GAA, But I ain't attending
Meetings, Kentucky is just to far for this old Okie, Marv
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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2004, 02:45:23 PM »
It dosen't matter much who manufactured it, $550.00 for a Garand in good condition is a good price in this neck of the woods...Just a thought, How much are they through DCM nowadays? I thought they had some available recently....<><.... :grin:
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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2004, 06:10:18 PM »
I think they start at $400 and go up from there.
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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2004, 07:07:44 PM »
My favorite gun shop has 3 of them...the cheapest...unreconditioned at $799.00 and the others about $850.00 so I would say that would be a good deal.

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« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2004, 10:39:44 PM »
Sounds like an excellent price.  I did the DCM program years ago when they were only like $160 or so.

Just as a side note:  Recently attended a large antigue arms show (Timonium, MD).  I saw several dealers selling some of the rarer Garand stocks for up to $1,000 just for the wood!
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« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2004, 10:46:42 PM »
I think what I'm going to do is go over to his shop on the last business day (this coming Saturday) and IF it's still there I might have to give him one less thing to pack up when the day is done.  I won't know till I get there but gimme a couple minutes to bond with it and I'll probably be filling out the adoption paperwork.

Ian

P.S.  You guys would make a LOUSY online support network.  You just encourage bad habits.  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D
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« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2004, 01:47:17 AM »
Haywire I'll join your GAA as long as there are no dues.... I need all my $$$ to buy guns & ammo!  :sniper:  :blaster:  :excuseme:  :gun4:  :biggun:

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« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2004, 03:12:59 AM »
Thats a good price...I "need" a garand myself but am continuing putting it off till they get to be really vulgar (as in ridiculous!)  in price....LOL

P.S. What model Chrony do you have? I just got the F-1 Master..(not that I'll EVER figure out how to use it  :shock:  but your scaring me here!!)
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« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2004, 09:02:55 AM »
I got an M1 Garand (winchester) in the early 80's through DCM for $120, I used to really enjoy Hi-power competition until a lot of the guys got too serious and took the fun out of it.  I really enjoy shooting it and if you can hit targets at 200 yards with the peep sight, a scoped deer rifle seem like a piece of cake.  It's good practice. The DCM is a great program but I don't know the current price.  Good Luck.
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« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2004, 11:25:12 AM »
Well someone helped me out and bought it a couple hours after I felt it up on Monday.

Deadeye, I have the lowest, cheapest, bottom of the bucket model they offer.  In fact, it's actually a "factory reconditioned" bottom of the bucket model.  Cost me $49 at Midway.  It's very sensative to light conditions.  I shot 9 test loads over it this past weekend and it didn't even bother giving me error messages.  It didn't react at all.  30 minutes later it seemed to work fine for a friend of mine.  Maybe it doesn't like me.  :?

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« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2004, 11:46:37 AM »
Haywire, sorry to hear about your experience with your "remac" Chrony!
I bought my F-1 NEW about 3-4 years ago, and it works great! From paintball to shotgun slug......(the wad from my Lyman cast slug even took out the display window!!!! :eek: ), but it's still going fine....I did need to buy a spare set of screens after a while.....
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« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2004, 01:44:43 PM »
Well...Mr.Haywood I sure hope I don't have any trouble with mine...I only played with it at work one weekend using my hand to activate it.. :eek: The dang instructions were obviously written for the likes of someone named Oppenheimer... :shock:  I'm a little thick between the ears.....It is still up in Tulsa..hoping to pick it up along with all my stuff middle of April..... offhand35 is giving me a little hope.... :grin:
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« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2004, 06:05:08 PM »
I have a korean re-import Garand being rebarreled now. I am getting a heavy match grade 308  barrel ,  a fajen laminated stock , and a trigger job. I looked at the receipt date for the stock, it was 1997. I have been planning this one. A retired USMC gunny is doing the work , should be back in May.   :-)
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