Observations of the "new" springfield M1 and some M1 questions

[FW]

I recently saw one of the newly manufactured Springfield Garands at a show. It looked nice, but I noticed something I found a little disturbing, at least for a "new" rifle that costs almost $1000.

The stock appeared to be oversized. For example, there was what appeared to be an 1/8 inch excess of wood thickness around the butt plate. I have not seen this on original M1's. Another gentelman examining the same rifle said he had seen other new Springfields like that too. Is this some kind of short cut Springfield has taken? Or is this acceptable?

I'm really not interested in getting one of these "new" rifles. I just wondered what the deal is. I know these have cast receivers and there has been controversy concerning that, but the too-thick appearance of the stock just didin't look right and reminded me of the sharp edges found on many of Springfield's 1911's. I know this doesn't affect function in either case, but it doesn't seem right for things costing this much.

I have recently ordered a CMP M1. I'm prepared to purchase a new commercial stock if the one I get is beat up. Now I'm concerned I might end up with something like I saw on the new Springfield. I recently asked some M1 questions on another thread and someone said there might be a little fitting involving a new stock, but that it would be internal and not external. Perhaps I'm being a little picky, but should I just plan on getting an unfinished stock incase I have to remove excess external wood?

Any other thoughts concerning this?

 

[Gewehr98]

Most current M1 Garand replacement stocks...

Are, in fact, oversized. Boyd's, Fajen, you name them, they're a bit larger in several dimensions, as you noticed. Same goes for the thickness of the wrist area, too.

I'm going off the cuff here, but I'll wager Springfield, Inc. bought their new M1 Garand furniture from one of the above suppliers.

 

[B27]

SA is using Boyd stocks www.boydboys.com
They are "postwar style" and are in fact less slim than the WWII style stocks. You can read about these dimensional differences on the Boyd site. I think.
I got one of the new SA Garands before the price increase ($800) and am very happy with it. It has performed flawlessly and the trigger is very comparable to the one on my National Match rifle built on a receiver made in 1941 with a milled Winchester trigger group.
Here's a pick of it with a CZ in .375 H&H...

 

[Swampy]

FW,

AS stated, SA uses Boyd wood on all their rifles, both the Garand and the M1-A's.

Best regards,
Swampy