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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Many Garand fans prefer the USGI stock profile of the GI rifles or Wenig replacement sets to the Boyds stock sets used by Springfield, Inc. They are as much as 0.300" fatter than other stocks. The wood is usually good looking.I wanted a nice Garand without having to become a Garand expert to get one. So I got a new Springfield Armory Garand. No, John Wayne never carried it. But...it's beautiful, accurate, has an outstanding trigger, and functions perfectly, even with cheapo Korean ammo.
When Springfield, Inc. owners learn that there rifle contains refurbished USGI parts along with new ones, they are not usually happy about it.... They do seem to shoot as well or better as most GI Garands, though. And they are legal for GC Garand matches. And the cast Lithgow receiver is at least 90% as strong as the forged USGI receivers. I'm told Ruger does the investment casting in NH and they are then sent to Australia for finishing.
IMHO the Garandsmiths deliver a better rifle for less money than Springfield, Inc. and their resale value is unknown.