M1 Garand Pictures

[Arnulf]

Originally Posted by buzgun

Getting off subject a little...I watched a movie called Tribes about a hippy who was in the Marines.....The hollywood prop people hacked up some nice M1's to look like M-14's

I seen that yrs ago....Jan Michael Vincent was the hippy and Darren McGavin was the DI.

[gunnysmith]

Originally Posted by Bluntforce

I'm saying I had one that threw the clip out after the first shot and seven rounds of Lake City's finest encased in said clip would slam down on my head like Charles Martel slamming his warhammer into the head of a pedophile goatraping Moorish headbanging shitfuck.

My Winchester M1 did that. The op rod spring had broken and was threading in to itself.
I figured that it was "hammering" to hard causing the latch to release.
Quit doing it with the new spring.

[Pogo]

Originally Posted by Boris

I drew an arrow to the offending spot

Oh, OK, I see it now. It's on the operating rod right at the cocking handle.

I don't know what could have caused that.

[Boris]

me either,I thought it might be shrapnel or bullet fragment,there is alot of scarring on the wood also,and the foregrip is darker than the rest of it,even with the sewer pipe barrel the one shot I did get off with it was high and left by 3 inches at a little less than a hundred yards,of course it mighta been luck

[Bluntforce]

Originally Posted by gunnysmith

My Winchester M1 did that. The op rod spring had broken and was threading in to itself.
I figured that it was "hammering" to hard causing the latch to release.
Quit doing it with the new spring.

The op rod was in 16 pieces when I bought it. Replaced it before firing.

I didn't change any of the trigger group, barrel, gas tube, sights or any pieces of the bolt.

Put new stock on it, replaced Clip latch, clip latch pin and clip latch pin. Replaced operating rod, bullet guide and all related parts.

It was a Winchester with a Winchester milled trigger guard and a Blue Sky barrel.

The problem stopped for one whole session. Then cropped up again. I bought it in 1990 for $350, I could have bought two for as much as I sunk in it and wish I had.

I could get it back if I really wanted to, but I don't know why I would do that to myself

I might not have replaced the op rod arm, can't remember. All parts on the end of it that feed ammo got changed. Shit

[WFO2]

Here my SA redone and ready to hit anything these old eyes can see.

[Arnulf]

Originally Posted by Pogo

Here is mine. I ordered the best condition receiver they had at CMP several years ago. They said the best receivers they had were the H&R. I said "I'll take one". When I received it, it was almost flawless. Then I found all unissued GI parts (except for the stock) from various places. Most of the parts I bought on eBay. I ordered a new Boyds stock and refinished it myself.

Other than the H&R receiver, most of the rest of the parts are Springfield, with a couple of parts that are Winchester. I didn't care, they will all work with each other.



As I said previously, I'm going to find some blue material for a background prop. I don't like how the red material shows up as pink.

I really like that reddish finish.