If they are anything like the Blue Sky gun I bought when they came ( and Garands were scarce upon the ground so I got excited and stupid) they might make great starting points for a decorative floor light stand. When I took it back to the store that traded me for it they were embarrassed at having sold it enough they offered me a better rifle. First few five shot groups at 100 yards with some Winchester made M2 for the Dominican Republic (great ammo and brass that was BTW) messured 6 to 8 inches. The butt plate was worn nearly smooth. Gas cylinder barrel splines were beat up and the groves for them wallowed out so bad that the front sights were never in the same place twice. Seventh round clip ejection.....you name it, they were all there. A couple of nights before I decided to try to express my rage at the dealer I noticed something glowing in the corner behind my bedroom door about 3 AM.....there was what I thought was a dot of white paint in a small hole below the rear aperature that was glowing in the dark......five hours after lights out. I think it might have been old clock face radium paint. Great, not only a pile of junk , but a radioactive pile of junk!
I got the impression that rifle may have been stored in an old barn for daily issue to troops running an obstical/confidence/illfentration course.....as a punishment detail.
Hopefully any Korean Garands that may at some point make it into the US in the future will be I better shape.
Wow that was three decades ago. Oddly I passed that store yesterday and they had a sign out front mentioning they had a Ruger Blackhawk Pervertable 9/.357 in stock. I dashed in to ask if it was used and from the owners personal collection. Alas it was new, for Even 30 plus years own I want my Ruger BH Pervertable that was part of that trade back.
Synchronisity in THR yet again.
-kBob