Wanted: Garand

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The market is strong for Garands. Expect to pay $1000 for a bad one and up to $2000 for a premium. There are two groups of receivers in Canada - Danish marked Italian Breda and Beretta made rifles, and USGI. The Winchesters go for more because of name brand recognition. The Italian ones are underrated in my opinion.

Fair warning. This year a big name gun company in Eastern Ontario was all over the gun sites in Canada advertising 7.62 Italian conversions for about $1750. They made a big deal about "finding a limited quantity" of these guns. Well, the story was better than reality. It turns out they were made from pieces and put together very badly. As soon as buyers received their guns, the noises began and they were sending them back for refunds. The major gun website threw them off/accepted their retirement. So, send me a private message if you don't know who I mean, but I won't spread negative identification on an open forum.

Edit - the picture shows three thicknesses of brass shim stock between the receiver rail and the right lug of the bolt, with the operating rod removed. There should never be any space behind locked lugs.