M1 Garand ADI Lithgow Receiver

[riflegreen297]

Does anyone here have any experience or knowledge of this receiver? I know Lithgow made some fine, strong firearms, but what about their M1 Garand receivers? Are they reliable? From my understanding they are machined to Mil-Spec from a steel casting.
Thank you.

[BruceV]

I have not owned or used a M-1 built by ADI using a Lithgow receiver. When these rifles were fairly common, consensus of opinion reflected in postings to the CSP M-1 Forum were that the receivers were of uneven quality with some reporting problem free function and good accuracy while others reported issues in function due to inadequate quality control of machining. One problem I remember was concern that the safety bridge inside the receiver was not consistently cut. At one point it was not a bad idea to buy one of these rifles and use the parts to build a M-1 using a receiver purchased from the CMP. HTH. Sincerely. BruceV

[Mike in Wis.]

I believe that's the receiver Springfield Armory bases their "new" M1 Garand rifles on.

[Litt'le Lee]

let's not confuse the newbies:cool:

[cary m2a]

Better off getting one from the CMP and save your money, then you don't have a junk parts rifle, like Centurty arms M1. Yes Springfield Arms Inc. used it on the NEW garand and its not bad but they ask way to much for a copy.

[mack]

Not to jump to Springfield's defense, but their M1 has been made for several years by rotary casting at a modern facility in Canada, I believe and should be as good as, say, a Ruger, which uses the same method.

The Lithgow receiver was of variable quality, so best to avoid those rifles unless you need a parts kit for an M1 build. The parts will likely be a mixture of Italian and other stuff from US manufacture.

[slamfire1]

I handled the Springfield Incorporated Lithgow M1 receivers at Camp Perry. The year they came out.

The receivers they had on hand, and cheap, were cosmetic seconds. I believe that Springfield Armory INC was using good QA, so any receivers they shipped were safe to use.

Still, as long as GI M1 receivers are around, or GI M1 rifles can be had from the CMP, it does not make sense to buy an aftermarket version of the M1.

[K. Johnson]

Here's what Fulton Armory thinks about the Lithgow's: http://www.fulton-armory.com/Lithgow-TI.htm

The receiver they tested appears to be junk, a paperweight at best. I'd go with a genuine USGI receiver.

[riflegreen297]

Thanks for all the replies with great info and insight. I am looking to build a
M1D clone and someone had the Lithgow for $125. Saved me from the usual lesson of, going cheap upfront only gets expensive down the road.

[edlmann]

Does anyone here have any experience or knowledge of this receiver? I know Lithgow made some fine, strong firearms, but what about their M1 Garand receivers? Are they reliable? From my understanding they are machined to Mil-Spec from a steel casting.

Click here (http://www.fulton-armory.com/Lithgow-TI.htm) for a review.

FWIW; AFAIK; IMHO; YMMV; yadda, yadda, yadda.

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[kcw]

Does anyone here have any experience or knowledge of this receiver? I know Lithgow made some fine, strong firearms, but what about their M1 Garand receivers? Are they reliable? From my understanding they are machined to Mil-Spec from a steel casting.
Thank you.


I did wittness one early production Lithgow receivered M-1 in which the threads for the barrel were not tapped on the proper axis. Rather than point "dead nuts" straight ahead the barrel pointed off in one direction or another.
The problem became apparent when the rifle was found to be impossible to sight in. After being removed from the stock it was observed that the receiver had to be torqued over to one side and then, while being held to that side, pushed down into the stock under pressure in order to reassemble.
Upon returning the rifle to the dealer, the owner was informed that his was the last of the batch of those M-1's that the dealer had purchased, to be returned, all with a similair defect. Note that this happened approx ten years or so ago.