I figure that this is as good a place as any to post this.

Anyone here have experience with the CMP? I've been jones'n hard for an M1 for a long time and I'm finally going to 'pull the trigger' and satiate my craving. I intend to just travel to one of their stores and hand select my rifle. I've got my sights set on a service grade of any manufacture, but if none are available (very possible), I know I can step up to an HRA service grade special.

I meet all of the eligibility requirements for purchase from the CMP and am too impatient to wait via snail mail for a rifle. Being able to jump on flights to head out to the stores and pick my rifle by hand seems to be an opportunity most M1 buyers don't get to have, so why not, ya know?

Any other M1 owners here? Just looking for some general discussion about M1s and the CMP.