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Definite +1 for the Garand
It shoots better than I can most days and is smooth as a 30-06 can be.
Sometimes walnut and steel trump plastic and aluminum
I would never give my IH up!
The NM USGI barrel is the same contour as a regular barrel. Four grooves as are most service barrels (some service were two groove).
The NM barrels are guaged more tightly and are not allowed to have a larger bore diameter at the muzzle than the chamber. Service barrels have a small tolerance.
The NM barrels are stamped "NM" above the gas cylinder area.
Yep. I was just reading up on Glen Nelson built rifles. He also did M1 rifles in the earlier years for the USAMU. Barrel tolerances were very precise, as well as headspace. And most of the other parts were hand selected for quality.
I presume the M1D's and similar M1's were somewhat assembled for accuracy too???
Although I was in the Army small repair in the mid-50's when the M1 Garand was THE main battle rifle, I never did come across any M1C's or M1D's.
Last edited by BlasterBob; 07-06-2014 at 11:10.
If I remember correctly, the M1C and D were mostly standard rifles with scopes. Some may have shot better than others, but no special parts were selected.
This sounds right. At one time, while working in Ordnance Supply in Fort Riley, I could have easily got myself a handful of the mounts and scopes for the M1D's but had no interest at the time and really preferred not to do any "bad time".Originally Posted by jmg8550
That must have been quite the sight to see. Were the receivers drilled for a scope mount? I've never personally looked a C or D over. Most are too expensive to handle.
At one time I was the legal owner of an M1D but as you indicated they are just too expensive. So I got rid of it for something that I could shoot and enjoy without the worry about depreciation due to my use or abuse.
M1 Garand Question?
I used to shoot an issue USAF M1A1 (7.62x51) Garand that was NM, and that gun would outshoot my NM M1A all the time. It had one of the Rock Island 7.62 match barrels and a very high gloss stock. I had a .308 Garand built when I had to turn the issue gun in, I liked it so much. One thing I have not seen mentioned yet is the NM trigger mod. More of a trigger job than a mod, but still part of the NM process. Also, the sights are unique to the NM gun with the rear having a hooded aperture that when rotated 180' gives you a 1/2 MOA adjustment vertically and the front being one of two specific widths.
Last edited by Troublco; 07-10-2014 at 22:35. Reason: add info
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Herding cats and favoring center
A buddy of mine and I built our 7.62x51 Garands using an Italian parts kit. I ordered 2 receivers from the CMP while he got 2 kits. Basically, the barrel, the op rod, spring, and one of the handguards are 1/2-inch shorter to accommodate the shorter cartridge. We did it thinking there would be more surplus 7.62 available when OIF spun down. They work fine but really not much point in it once I got my M-1A.
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