M1-related Christmas

[daekken]

would you advocate for swapping all the internals upon delivery, just the springs, or to keep the spares in reserves for when/if something breaks?

 

[majspud]

Depends on what you want; USGI rebuild mixmaster, CMP rebuild mixmaster, parts correct, or period correct. I have done a complete spring job on all my Garands and Carbines as soon as I got them. On my recent Springfield I only swapped its HRA trigger group for a correct SA group. On my Danish return Winchester I went a little further and swapped the op-rod, hammer, safety, front sight, and bolt. While not 'original' these two rifles now wear mostly all correct drawing number parts for their age; 6/44 SA and 5/44 WRA. I have the parts up for sale as I don't need them, and in five years of owning Garands I have never had anything break..knock on wood. If they don't sell, no big deal; I have a bunch of spare parts.

T

 

[mac1911]

would you advocate for swapping all the internals upon delivery, just the springs, or to keep the spares in reserves for when/if something breaks?

I replaced all springs on my M1s I kept the springs they came with in labeled bags.

 

[daekken]

I replaced all springs on my M1s I kept the springs they came with in labeled bags.

That's what I think I'll do, order a spare parts kit, swap just the springs and keep everything bagged up and labeled.

 

[dw617]

Unless you have a gas trap Garand, chuck the spring and replace it with a known good one

http://oldguns.net/garand/image33.jpg

Consider replacing the spring to be like buying a used car, and immediately doing sparkplugs, cap and rotor.