Hello fellow Garand lovers, hopefully what I have to ask is a fairly in/out topic.
In the fairly near future, I plan on purchasing an M1 Garand from the CMP, specifically the "RM1SPECIALFIELD" as a low-volume shooter, of course if they still have them by the time I have the money. Sometime afterwards, I also will obtain a 10 long gun security cabinet to stuff in my closet to hold what I have now plus future purchases.
However, it feels to be a bit of a shame to simply stuff it into a dark cabinet to only see the light of day during the occasional re-lube or the range session. I would like to set it in a winchester cleaning stand that I have on a shelf along with my other collected items over the years. The room for the vast majority of the year is climate controlled with very low humidity, partly because the company who installed it couldn't ever get the humidifier to work. When the windows are open, it's during mid-late fall and early spring.
All that being said, would I run any kind of risk damaging this rifle if I left it sit out? My current production Windham AR15 doesn't care, and I wouldn't think an old war rifle would either, but they are older than me.
What are your opinions?
In the fairly near future, I plan on purchasing an M1 Garand from the CMP, specifically the "RM1SPECIALFIELD" as a low-volume shooter, of course if they still have them by the time I have the money. Sometime afterwards, I also will obtain a 10 long gun security cabinet to stuff in my closet to hold what I have now plus future purchases.
However, it feels to be a bit of a shame to simply stuff it into a dark cabinet to only see the light of day during the occasional re-lube or the range session. I would like to set it in a winchester cleaning stand that I have on a shelf along with my other collected items over the years. The room for the vast majority of the year is climate controlled with very low humidity, partly because the company who installed it couldn't ever get the humidifier to work. When the windows are open, it's during mid-late fall and early spring.
All that being said, would I run any kind of risk damaging this rifle if I left it sit out? My current production Windham AR15 doesn't care, and I wouldn't think an old war rifle would either, but they are older than me.
What are your opinions?
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