Thanksgiving Special! CMP Talledega Marksmanship Park Visit & Review of an Early 7.62 Nato Garand

[@timesup6386]

I built my own 7.62 Nato Garand with US GI & Italian parts

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@timesup6386 very cool, I have a BM-59 in the works video coming next week.

[@crankygunreviews]

That place looks like heaven!

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@@crankygunreviews it's very nice, that's for sure!

[@KevinAllred-r4t]

Beautiful gun! And lock bar sights is a bonus. None of mine have those! I was able to do a long road trip from Utah spring of '24 and made all three stores. Was able to shoot at the range with a Garand and 1917 me and the wife bought at Anniston. And then drove to the Ohio store and bought another 1917 and a lot of ammo and slings and parts. I'm hoping to do it again next spring. Thanks for sharing!

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@KevinAllred-r4t very cool, you're welcome, thanks for sharing, that sounds like it was an awesome trip.

[@stoegerstewie8351]

What a treat 😉 Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@@stoegerstewie8351 thanks!

[@herrprepper2070]

The Coast Guard was the last branch of service to inventory and use the M1 Garand. To their eternal shame, the Coast Guard demilled thousands upon thousands of pristine Garands by welding. In 2000, CMP had a really sweet deal. If you signed up to shoot the Garand Match, you were offered a CMP prepped M1 to use. If you fired the match with that CMP rifle, you could buy it for $500. If you bought the rifle, you could buy unlimited amounts of Lake City ammo for 5 cents a round. I still have cases of that ammo.

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@herrprepper2070 wow...just wow...I'm speechless lol. Thanks for sharing!

[@sjb3460]

@@The_Casual_Collector During the Clinton administration the Anniston Army Depot would send brand new Kimbers, Remington 40 X and Winchester Model 52's into the shredder.

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@sjb3460 wow...that makes we want to cry...

[@MidwesternFC]

Very nice pick up. Always a bonus when you can pick out your own. A Happy Thanksgiving to you all all your family. 🍂🦃 Be well and stay safe.

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@MidwesternFC yes sir, definitely. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family as well. As a side note. I pulled the trigger on getting a BM-59E kit from Sarco, I just got a shipping notification on it this morning, can't wait to do that project.

[@domnick7886]

Nice to get one with matching wood. Should clean up really nice.

[@ChrisGosling-cq4qo]

Super rifle, it will be a lot cheaper and easier to get ammunition for than a 30.06 , it's nice to get all the way the bits in one place rather than have to get them from multiple places, a nice early christmas present to yourself

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@ChrisGosling-cq4qo yes sir, totally agree, thanks for watching!

[@gto671055]

Very nice. I purchased a M1 Service grade May 45 around 8 years ago. This year I purchased an Expert grade Dec 44. I went to the National Matches for the day this year at Camp Perry and walked off with a 1903A3 Dec 43. I have my name in line for lottery to take Advanced Maintenance Course in 25. When I go down there probably will by a couple others, just won't tell wife 😀

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@gto671055 🤣 very cool! I've been thinking about the Advance Maintenance Course as well. Thanks for sharing. I live my 03A3.

[@gto671055]

@@The_Casual_Collector I did a one day course here in Illinois. The instructor was the Production/plant Manager of Springfield Armory. Love the course and wanted to get better and more confident.

[@Chunk8787]

Nice looking rifle. Any 1903 a3 ? Happy Thanksgiving man !

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@Chunk8787 thanks! I didn't didn't see any on this trip.

[@JeffY-y3z]

Those '17s my oh, my.

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@@JeffY-y3z yep, I almost bought one, but I already had a beautiful Eddystone.

[@JeffY-y3z]

@@The_Casual_Collector Where in the book of life does it say you can't own two?

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@JeffY-y3z 🤣

[@JeffY-y3z]

I couldn't tell, were there any '03s?

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@@JeffY-y3z no sir, I didn't see a single one.

[@gwen6518]

When did they start marking gas toobs? New made?

[@gwen6518]

Gas tubes. Auto correct.

[@Chunk8787]

I believe the CMP mentioned making gas tubes in one of their youtube videos. I wanna say it wasn’t that long ago.

[@kman0146]

When CMP started using newly made tubes they mark them CMP on the bottom of the bayonet lug, not sure where they source them from. I think they started a couple years ago because they were running out of original ones.

[@gwen6518]

Thanks didn't know. Haven't purchased a CMP Garand for a while.

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@@kman0146 thanks for sharing that, I really wasn't sure when they started doing that myself.

[@marshalltodd2241]

Got mine, really nice Springfield $110.00 1978 from NRA DCM program.

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@@marshalltodd2241 wow....they sure have gone up in price...

[@marshalltodd2241]

@The_Casual_Collector also, it was re-barreled jun 65 at rock island arsenal, now Harold Johnson a retired MTU Sgt lived near cincti oh did national match mods to it for me, I think it was 60 dollars, very accurate, I shot it in many NRA matches. Fun times.

[@MrRedrooster53]

The blocks in the 7.62 NATO Garands just prevent the loading of .30-06. They serve no additional purpose. Cheers!

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@@MrRedrooster53 interesting, I didn't know that.

[@frenchfan3368]

This question has probably been asked in the past and I have probably missed the answer. Can anybody walk into the CMP stores and make a purchase? Thank you for the response.

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@frenchfan3368 yes sir, but they do have certain requirements that you have to meet like club affiliation and such, google CMP Purchase Requirements and it'll tell you what all you have to do.

[@gregorymulkins2544]

Do you live in Alabama

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@@gregorymulkins2544 no sir.

[@peghead]

It's great to see the rows of M1 rifles, the majority of rifles produced were cut up (some were salvaged and made "fire-worthy"). I would very much like President Trump to lift the ban on re-patriating the many M1's stored overseas before they deteriorate into crap, we could use the parts.

[@The_Casual_Collector]

@peghead totally agree.