Thanks guys I'll send out the form for one of these this week.
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I finally got organized and got my CMP order form notarized and sent it out this weekend, hopefully I'll get one of these guys in the next few weeks.
the american eagle m1 stuff is pretty good. not match...but good
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Alright I got mine in the mail today, it is sweet looking, you have to look pretty closely to see pitting on the metal, which I don't care about anyway. Now I guess I have to get "grease" to lubricate this thing and hopefully go shoot it this weekend. Are any of the commercial "m1 garand" ammo offerings good (e.g., the american eagle one)? I need something to shoot so I can start generating brass to reload. I don't want to wait 2 months to get an ammo can from the CMP.
Alright I got mine in the mail today, it is sweet looking, you have to look pretty closely to see pitting on the metal, which I don't care about anyway. Now I guess I have to get "grease" to lubricate this thing and hopefully go shoot it this weekend. Are any of the commercial "m1 garand" ammo offerings good (e.g., the american eagle one)? I need something to shoot so I can start generating brass to reload. I don't want to wait 2 months to get an ammo can from the CMP.
I want to know what the guns meant to shoot like / feel like before I start to reload, just so I'll have a better sense if I'm running too hot or something.
Nice to hear it's meeting your expectations. I ordered a can of HXP in Nov. and a can in Dec. and each were at my door in a week. Today I grabbed a box of PPU that specifically says "for rifle M1 Garand" on the box. I figured I might reload that brass first instead of the HXP.Alright I got mine in the mail today, it is sweet looking, you have to look pretty closely to see pitting on the metal, which I don't care about anyway. Now I guess I have to get "grease" to lubricate this thing and hopefully go shoot it this weekend. Are any of the commercial "m1 garand" ammo offerings good (e.g., the american eagle one)? I need something to shoot so I can start generating brass to reload. I don't want to wait 2 months to get an ammo can from the CMP.
Thanks man, I kind of suspect the commercial stuff will be the equivalent of just expensive bulk ammo, but I want to know what the guns meant to shoot like / feel like before I start to reload, just so I'll have a better sense if I'm running too hot or something. Also I just want to shoot this ASAP so I can figure out the zeros and hopefully get out to 600 yards next month.
I may have enough tumbled clean once fired (not resized) HXP brass to make it worth it to ship to you.....I can check when I get home tonight.
Just dismantled the thing to clean it. I got all butthurt because I thought I had bent the follower rod so that it was fouling on the op rod and the bolt wouldn't close properly. While testing this I gave myself a case of the m1 thumb, so I am off to a good start. Finally got the thing reassembled again and I'm going to shoot it in a couple hours.
Just dismantled the thing to clean it. I got all butthurt because I thought I had bent the follower rod so that it was fouling on the op rod and the bolt wouldn't close properly. While testing this I gave myself a case of the m1 thumb, so I am off to a good start. Finally got the thing reassembled again and I'm going to shoot it in a couple hours.
Just dismantled the thing to clean it. I got all butthurt because I thought I had bent the follower rod so that it was fouling on the op rod and the bolt wouldn't close properly. While testing this I gave myself a case of the m1 thumb, so I am off to a good start. Finally got the thing reassembled again and I'm going to shoot it in a couple hours.
Had an interesting experience today. The rifle shot the first round fine, then wouldn't pick up the second one, I had to manually work the bolt and push in the follower each time. I went home and checked the gas piston and spring and everything is in spec.
I think the problem was that the follower rod had a significant bend in it, to where it would rub up against the inside of the op rod when the follower was pushed. This put tons of friction on the op rod making it hard to movefor about the last inch of its travel. I tried to pound the follower rod to get it straight again, which kind of improved the situation, so that things don't bind up as bad, however it still fails to feed about the first couple of cartridges in each clip. I think I will just buy a new follower rod thats straight and see if that works.
I suspect I bent this part myself, I tried to force the rifle back into the stock with this rod in upside down, before I realized what I screwed up... although it seems pretty hard to bend and I doubt I was
pitting that much force on the thing, I guess it was getting cammed into the edge of the op rod so it multiplied the force I put on it.
I ordered a new one since its a cheap part, Ill spend some time today to try to get this one to work. Its basically just bowed out at the end where the forks are, so it just binds on the lip of the op rod dependin on where the follower is.
A st of orion7 Springs wouldn't hurt either. Cheap investment
Anyone know the best source for the Orion7 springs?