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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: doubletall on December 04, 2019, 09:29:17 AM

Title: M1 Garand safety
Post by: doubletall on December 04, 2019, 09:29:17 AM: Have you ever seen this type of safety on a Garand? I don’t know the history of the gun; it’s from my father in law’s estate. The blue book of guns says to discount the price by 60% for non-original parts. The gun is a Harrington and Richardson with a serial number of 5,793,xxx. 60% below book is around $500; seems pretty cheap compared to what I’ve seen on gunbroker for completed auctions. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20191204/dd2b715f0fd44ed60c377fa9ce69a201.jpg)

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Title: Re: M1 Garand safety
Post by: Fl0und3rz on December 04, 2019, 09:34:54 AM: I am not a Garand guy. Is this a "winter" safety like in this pic?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=safety+on+a+Garand&t=ffcm&ia=images&iax=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fmgm-content%2Fsites%2Farmslist%2Fuploads%2Fposts%2F2014%2F01%2F08%2F2537196_03_1943_springfield_m1_garand_wit_640.jpg
Title: Re: M1 Garand safety
Post by: doubletall on December 04, 2019, 09:45:22 AM: Thank you for the info. I'm also not a garand guy but have been reading as much as I can about them lately. I'll probably be selling the gun for the estate but if $500 is all its worth I'd probably buy it for myself.
Title: Re: M1 Garand safety
Post by: Fl0und3rz on December 04, 2019, 10:21:34 AM: NP. My condolences for your family's loss.

My point was to question the assumption that it was a non-original part. If it is the winter safety and it came in that configuration, I would think that a 60% reduction is a bit low, as you note from GB research, especially if you are considering purchasing from the estate based on your low valuation.

I would attempt to purchase at fair value just to keep it in the family for future generations, if no other family member had similar intentions.
Title: Re: M1 Garand safety
Post by: sooperfly on December 04, 2019, 10:23:01 AM: Looks to be a winter safety as Floud3rz said.

That serial range puts it right at the end of that run in 1956.
$550 is way too low, that gun will go 1K easily on GB, and possibly more.
Field strip it, take some close up pics , there are Garand collectors with that info could get you a lot closer to it's actual value.
Title: Re: M1 Garand safety
Post by: TheStovePipeKid on December 04, 2019, 11:03:42 AM: Blue book is always a good starting point but the market sets the actual value. I would list it at the market rate of what other guns are selling for. If push comes to shove you can always lower the price to meet the market demand. I would keep researching on the safety but if all else is right with the rifle let the potential buyers decide if it's an issue or not.