I guessing you really meant woundn't?I would pay more than $700 unless it has a value to collectors.
Your hand is covering the manufacturer/serial number area in your picture......
Not sure what this is referring to. If you are referring to the description of the M1 rifle I have, I stand by my description. The major items are all Springfield. No mismatched parts. When I ordered it from CMP, I specified new wood. When the rifle arrived it looked like a current new production rifle Springfield builds today. That was not what I wanted. I ordered a second rifle. This time, I requested another rack grade rifle with a little "character". The second rifle was more what I had hoped for. Some guy somewhere carved his initials in the butt stock. I have since bought a Garand stock set for my first rifle that has some "character". It now looks more like the battle rifle it was intended to be.OLDVET,
Fwiw, we docents of the USAMPC Museum (when the Museum was at Ft McClellan) tried HARD to find a NEW/UNFIRED or even in "near new" condition Garand for display. = We finally came to the conclusion that there are NONE outside of a FEW museums, that haven't been rebuilt at least once & some examples were rebuilt 4-5 times each.
NOTE: Fwiw, the USAOC Museum has serial #1 BUT they won't let anyone even look at it out of the glass case & even then from within 10 feet.
The Garand in the MP Museum is a "hand-picked" RRAD depot rebuilt M1. = The stock/handguards on the IH Garand has "more stripes than the average tiger", btw. = PURTY RIFLE!!!
yours, satx