Sisco Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Saw a recent CMP parts built M1 Garand for sale at an LGS. The action and barrel looked great, but the stock was truly disappointing. As best I could tell, it was a soft wood, like white pine, and had a reddish flat stain applied that left it with a cheapo looking feel to it. It had a nick in the pistol grip that had exposed bare white wood, so that stain hadn't penetrated very deeply. At the price that was being asked, I would have expected better. Wouldn't consider buying it unless I had the budget to replace that stock with something better. Anybody else seen this with them? Edited March 5, 2018 by Sisco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 My rifle 1 of 2 that were CMP, I striped it , stained it and gave it a coat of poly. Fulton has this http://www.fulton-armory.com/m1-garand-stocks.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mineralman55 Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 No. Every one I've gotten was walnut-stocked. I've seen quite a few birch (beech?) stocks that were stained a pumpkin orange by the CMP. Functional but not very attractive. 17 hours ago, Sisco said: Wouldn't consider buying it unless I had the budget to replace that stock with something better. Anybody else seen this with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted March 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 1 hour ago, mineralman55 said: No. Every one I've gotten was walnut-stocked. I've seen quite a few birch (beech?) stocks that were stained a pumpkin orange by the CMP. Functional but not very attractive. This sounds like what I am talking about. It is almost orange and a very white stringy wood like beech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted March 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 15 hours ago, unforgiven said: My rifle 1 of 2 that were CMP, I striped it , stained it and gave it a coat of poly. Fulton has this http://www.fulton-armory.com/m1-garand-stocks.aspx And good prices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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