Neal Goddard built M1a

[xarmor]

Not sure if your barrel is an NM or not.

The barrel is stamped NM on the top of the barrel between the hand guard and the flash hider.

The previous owner recently passed away. His longtime friend (my neighbor) is currently selling all of his firearms for his widow. My neighbor bought the sister rifle to this one but sold it back in the late 1980's. He told me that the orig owner did not shoot in matches and he believes the rifle was put up around 1984 and has probably not been fired since. The book that came with the rifle shows a little over 200 rounds but I cannot confirm that he logged all of his shots. My neighbor does not think it was likely.

The rifle came with several magazines, One magazine was still loaded with 168gr Lake City Match with an 82 headstamp. I am going to take it to the range this weekend and see how it compares to my other M1a.

Thank you all so much for the input, I would really like to know as much about this rifle as I can, my neighbor has been a lot of help but its great to hear from the experts!!

xarmor

[da gimp]

glad to see you got her.. a fair price for a Type II NM Garand in exc. plus cond., with a near new NM barrel is well north of $2K........ perhaps $2700.00 , cherish her hand, and treat her gently. Make sure your kids know what she is sir.................By the way. it's been a while since I saw one of these for sale. so that price for a near mint NM might just be low.......... I hope you were fair to her & yourself too, good karma is returned upon those who treat others decently.