IHC Garand/BM59 Mark IV Nigerian

This is, quite likely, the only one of its kind in Canada. Built on a standard IHC Garand chassis, with an HRA barrel, good rifling still, all wrapped in the furniture of Berreta's storied BM59 Mark IV Nigerian SAR.

As contemporarily militaristic as it looks (with that feared pistol grip), this is a non-restricted semi-automatic 30.06, en-bloc loading rifle.

But this is no one-trick pony. This baby has a number of different outfits she can wear. In one iteration, you  have a range-ready rifle with a bi-pod and the BM-59 tri-comp flash hider for plinking away at a few hundred yards. (I never put a scope on it, because of the parallax problem with a side-mount, but there are red-dot scopes and mounts that can be installed. Simple bolt-ons where the rear sights are.) 

Next, just like a quick change artist, remove the tri-comp and bi-pod, re-install the lower fore-stock and a standard Garand flash hider (taking all of two or three minutes); and you have a great hunting rifle (that I carried on a single point bungee sling for about ten years while moose-hunting. Easy to carry).

Finally, for the traditionalists, you can remove the BM59 stock, slap on a standard Garand stock (included in the sale), and you have a standard looking Garand (with the exception of the rear upper stock still having the carry handle.

The deal also includes a genuine US Airborne Division para-jump rifle case

So it is a "3 for the price of 1" rifle. 

The BM59 stock is complete, even with the butt-trap door AND a cleaning kit. Both the stock, hand-grip and tri-comp are genuine BM59 parts I bought from Reese Surplus back in 2008.

I have also installed the Holbrook Device, which permits you to top up the en bloc clip before it ejects.

This truly is a sweet 'one-of-a-kind' rifle that will scratch all the itches you might have in regards to owning and using what General Patton described as “...the greatest battle implement ever devised.”

The BM59 is extremely rare. If you can even find a stock nowadays, they are well over $1,000, and odds are, you won't get the pistol grip or the carry handle - and then you have to buy the rifle

I am open to offers, but please don't think some obscene lowball is going to take this. If you have questions, I will answer them. I know this rifle inside and out, as I have owned since 2005. It is not a safe queen, but it has been properly field stripped, cleaned and oiled its entire life (with me, anyway).