anyone have one that they would be willing to part with, or can Sniper perhaps point me to a good place within Australia???
THANKS

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*bump*
If not, one with a solid stock would be fine...

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Aaahhh, unfortunately Panzerknacker, the good old M-1 carbine is illegal in Oz now, along with all the other semi-auto's. So, your chances of even seeing one, let alone having one are next to nothing. ($10,000 fine and minimum 5 years gaol)

My brother used to have one, and a very nice little rifle it was. Quite accurate at short to medium range (say up to 200 metres) but then the accuracy tailed off.

I've only ever seen one M-1 with a folding stock and that was quite pricey I recall, about 3 times the going rate for a standard wooden stock M-1. Prices also seemed to vary dramatically depending upon who manufactured the gun in the first place. Some manufacturers only made a limited number of M-1's under contract.

But, like I said, such things are illegal now, ever since the massacre at Port Arthur. More's the pity. Wouldn't mind a nice semi-auto myself, something like a G43 with scope would be really nice. Oh well....

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I thought as much Sniper-the whole law about semi-auto weapons...
HOWEVER, I don't know if you have been to Horsley Park gunshop, where they sell M-1 Garand rifles!!!

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Panzerknacker, haven't been out to Horsley Park gunshop for years. Last time I was there they were selling Chinese SKK rifles, the full auto version of the SKS semi auto. I think that was just before the police realised what they were!! So it wouldn't surprise me if they were still selling Garands "under the counter" so to speak.

Then again they might be just fully deactivated ones, though I still think you need a special collectors licence to have one.
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