Yes, great shooters now go buy 10k plus rounds and break it in!UPDATE: I followed your advice. I had someone here contact me with a CMP Special Grade Springfield M1 he was selling. I bought it.
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Yes, great shooters now go buy 10k plus rounds and break it in!UPDATE: I followed your advice. I had someone here contact me with a CMP Special Grade Springfield M1 he was selling. I bought it.
If you load a clip correctly you don’t get M1 thumb
If you are putting in a full clip it is 100% impossible to get M1thumb even you you aren’t doing it right.
99% of all GT I have personally seen, loading clips was not the problem....curious fingersIf you are putting in a full clip it is 100% impossible to get M1thumb even you you aren’t doing it right.
But, but! I must touch! That pretty much sums it up though, never had it happen to me. Only person I ever saw do it was a buddy who only loaded 4 in because that was what was left in the box and got a bit too handsy with it and it bit him right up.99% of all GT I have personally seen, loading clips was not the problem....curious fingers
only certain gun parts.Just so you know, I just checked eBay and found a ton of parts for the Garand. Amazing how they have a supposed restriction on gun parts so prominently displayed.
only certain gun parts.
there is still a pretty solid supply of parts but expensive vs just 5 years ago. I buy rifles for extra parts.
Good to have on handI bought 3 extra firing pins. Any other parts I should consider having on hand? (If someone says ammo, I swear to God...)
I bought 3 extra firing pins. Any other parts I should consider having on hand? (If someone says ammo, I swear to God...)
Ammo. LOL
Ammo +1.
A nice 'mod' is to upgrade the op rod spring with one from Orion. Keep whatever CMP shipped as a spare. If you plan to shoot any matches, get a solid gas plug. Otherwise don't worry about the stock one.
Watch your sight screws to make sure they are staying tight, the gas plug, and the front sling loop screw as well.
Years ago when I first started shooting the M1 in the National Match Course, the DCM had spare parts at good prices. Later the CMP was selling parts from rifles that Clinton was destroying! Get an op rod spring, Broken case extractor, and firing pin. Someday when funds allow consider a spare barrel. If you ever come across a new gas cylinder, and/or operating rod, think about that as well. I keep a combination tool and GI cleaning kit in my stock. In time you might want to consider a NM rear sight aperture. It has a smaller sight hole, and the aperture itself can be rotated to move the impact 1/2 minute I think it is.
I reload my ammo, and have been using Lapua 170 grains across the course. For me they work better than the 168, don't know why but I have had good luck with them. Lapua is expensive however!!!!
One thing I found out when I first started shooting the M1, sometimes I would unknowingly grab the operating rod with my left hand, this caused the rifle to short cycle. A very nice, but loud USMC Gunny helped me correct that problem!!! Welcome to the M1 world, it is my favorite rifle to shoot!
ok head over to Pembroke OCSA Sunday 830am and run that rifle and yourself through.Thank you, sir. I've already noticed I need to be aware of my left hand. Good advice.
ok head over to Pembroke OCSA Sunday 830am and run that rifle and yourself through.
Additionally, look around for a timing block for the M1 Rifle. Perhaps someone will let you borrow one. Try to get a plastic one, the steel block can damage the stock if removed incorrectly. Brownells might have them in plastic. The timing block is inserted like a loaded clip. This will check the timing on the bolt release. If the timing is not correct, replacing the bullet guide should correct it.
Absolutely get it. My kids generally want nothing to do with me until after lunch. Lazy Sunday ddoes not fully cover these bums!I would love to, but it's incredibly far. On top of that, Sunday is Daddy/Daughter day.
99% of all GT I have personally seen, loading clips was not the problem....curious fingers
I'm not trying to be "one of those guys" here, fellas, but let's use the correct terminology when it comes to gun parts, particularly Garand parts.
The "clip" that's been mentioned is called an "enblock". It isn't a clip nor a magazine but a kind of hybrid that Garand decided to use with his design. Don't forget that it was introduced back in the mid 1930s before box magazines we're all familiar with were developed. Most repeating rifles used clips to load five or maybe ten rounds into a stripper slot on the rifle which buried the rounds in an internal magazine. Garand got away from that and designed his "enblock" which is distinctive when it pops out of the rifle after 8 shots. Just so you know, there are many manufacturers of enblocks and there are guys who collect just those. There are manufacturer marks/numbers on each enblock. Some are quite rare, too. You'll want to own at least 50 of them and have them all loaded, ready to go in a big ammo can.
Oh....and "Smallarms" is correct, btw. If you insert a full enclock properly the bolt won't close on your fingers. Virtually every single time it'll need that " bump" of the oprod to close and load that first round. I've tried at least a dozen different things to make it close on its own but wasn't successful. The brass just doesn't slide out without that bump.
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The amount of changes is pretty crazy. That's why it took so long for the M1 to come to the manufacturing floor.You may want to read Hatcher's Book of the Garand regarding Garand's early prototype work. Garand actually used a detachable box magazine in his T1920 prototype rifle. It was US Army Ordnance Dept that forced him toward internal magazines and en-bloc clips for a variety of reasons. He simply complied.
The amount of changes is pretty crazy. That's why it took so long for the M1 to come to the manufacturing floor.
Some ask "why 8 rounds" well because JCG had the M1 set on the .276 the up and coming intermediate round. BUT the Army once again said...we got plenty of 06 , chamber it for that.
The army or war department is/was always good at messing with new designs. " hey that's a nice rifle but make it do this or that and use this"I was surprised to read how the Army was all set to adopt the Garand in .276. They were one signature away from adoption. That required signature was from the Army Chief of Staff. It just happened to be GEN Douglas MacArthur.
Well... you all suck, but are great at making me spend money. Mine showed up this week.
Well... you all suck, but are great at making me spend money. Mine showed up this week.