M1 Timing Blocks - someone please educate me
Hi All,
I've searched the web and the forum archives and haven't been able to find any technical data on exactly how to properly use the timing block for the M1 Garand.
I bought a homemade machined aluminum timing block on an online auction, but it lacks the engraved instructions/markings that the original steel block had. The Delrin blocks being sold don't seem to have them, either.
I'm just curious what the original block says- and/or would like to see a technical manual/bit of instructions if they exist somewhere.
I'm betting there are several of you here that can point me in the right direction and/or read what it says on yours. Thanks in advance for your time.
ALSO- mine doesn't have the holes drilled in the end of the block. Is a dummy round actually supposed to fit in there? (The holes aren't offset like the cartridges in an enbloc clip would be, anyway...)
Machined Aluminum
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-...20Aluminum.jpg
Original Steel
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-...0Steel%202.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-...0Steel%201.jpg
Delrin
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-...k%20Delrin.jpg