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    Inspect your Garands from CMP when you get them.

    Folks, I am not trying to be critical of CMPicon, especially because I'm a huge fan of them.

    However, I just got done inspecting a customer's recently acquired Field Grade rifle. This was very unusual in that the threads on the barrel for the gas cylinder lock were almost completely stripped away. The only thread that even still looked like a thread was the first one. All the rest going back looked like small rounded bumps. Such threads will not hold a gas cylinder lock and hence the gas cylinder on the barrel.

    I'm sure CMP will make this right, but is just an example that even a few bad ones get past their fine folks.
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    Greeting Mr. Fisher! I have always enjoyed your post. Thank you for this heads-up! It is a problem I have not personally encountered and for which I would not routinely have been looking. Sincerely. BruceV.

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    Second the motion!

    Four rifles, two with problems:

    1. 1945 Field Grade SA with the op rod lug worn down to where it wouldn't stay in the receiver race and an op rod spring that measured less than 19". Had a triple and a thrown op rod on the third clip. An Orion 7 op rod spring and a trip to Mr. Swartz was the fix!

    2. 1956 Correct Grade H&R that looked unfired - almost no evidence of action park wear and it was full of Greek grease. Bolt was really stiff to open and wouldn't close without a hard shove. Found the op rod so far out of true it jammed against the stock ferrule and scraped the park off it. Some troop stripped it in the barracks and left the op rod on his bunk to sit on. Probably remained a barracks queen until greased up and shipped to me. The wonderful folks at CMPicon made the op rod good, God bless 'em.

    Yup, gotta check 'em before ya shoot 'em.

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    Same here. I got a SA FG that ejects after 4 or 5 rounds. Accuracy was pretty horrible too. I know they will fix the early ejection if I send it back, but I haven't had enough range time to really see what's wrong with it. I got to shoot it for one day and then I had to leave town. I need to understand the problem a little better before I contact customer service. Any chance this is something simple? What should I be looking for?

    Of course I like the CMPicon and I'm not trying to discourage anyone from buying there. I'm not being critical, and I don't want to be shouted at by anyone from the CMP forum.

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    Even a brand new gun from the factory should be stripped down cleaned, inspected and relubed. Just something I have always done ,

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    Gus, glad to see you are up and running on this board; saw some Marines two weeks ago

    They still haven't figured out that an office should come with a deck, and maybe a few bulkheads. I suggested they check with their local Army Engineer Corps.

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    I hope you would ID these various unit patches for us Gus


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    Quote Originally Posted by Coal Burner View Post
    Same here. I got a SA FG that ejects after 4 or 5 rounds. Accuracy was pretty horrible too. I know they will fix the early ejection if I send it back, but I haven't had enough range time to really see what's wrong with it. I got to shoot it for one day and then I had to leave town. I need to understand the problem a little better before I contact customer service. Any chance this is something simple? What should I be looking for?

    Of course I like the CMPicon and I'm not trying to discourage anyone from buying there. I'm not being critical, and I don't want to be shouted at by anyone from the CMP forum.
    No reason to send it back its a few dollar fix ,replace the clip latch spring. Field Grades may have worn parts that need replaced . Yes CMP will usually replace them but its not their resonsibility to do so.
    As far as the poor accuracy of your Field Grade that isnt a defect, its a Field Grade. Read the description, it can have a pretty well worn out barrel
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    Thanks, that answers my question. I will get a new clip latch spring and see how it works.

    And yes, I'm familiar with the descriptions.

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    i could never figure out how they checked headspace with the chambers packed with hard greek grease

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