Excellent 1944 Springfield Armory M1-D Garand .30 Cal Sniper Rifle with M84 Scope & CMP CoA

S# 2860984 | ALL CORRECT | Comes with Certificate of Authenticity from CMP (Original name blacked out for security purposes (buyer will receive the original paperwork without their name covered up) | Original Telescope M84 Scope - Serial No. 15657 with correct 3 line reticle | M2 Flash Hider attachment by The Hart Mfg. Co. | Excellent leather cheek pad stamped MRT 10-75 | Equipped with green canvas USGI Sling | Stock Cartouche "SA/EMcF" for Col. Earl McFarland along with ordnance wheel with crossed canons are present on left side. Small cartouche on bottom of wrist, and circled P right behind trigger guard. Correct P marked SA barrel “ S-A-8-52” |||| It is tough to discern legit M1Ds – after all, real ones account for less than 0.2 percent of total Garand production – with one of the few ways to get a bona fide specimen being original CMP documentation. The Civilian Marksmanship Program, a government-chartered program, had been selling Garand "sniper" models to the public as they have been turned over by the Army for the past couple of decades. With that, even the CMP rarely sees such rifles these days, and currently lists the model as "sold out" in all grades since 2018. However, CMP-papered M1Ds are extremely rare so don't miss out on this one! |||| Condition: Excellent. 99% Original Parkerized finish on receiver and trigger guard. Barrel is 100%. Beautiful dark gas barrel. Wood is in excellent, and solid shape with some scattered handling marks. Cartouches are present, but faint. Mechanically functions smoothly. Bore is like new. Optics are clear.