Magazine fed Garands

[Bill Ricca]

Some commercial guys modified M1's for magazine feeding but to remain in 30-06. In those alterations they used BAR magazines.

[TDH]

I just recently traded one off. A gentleman by the name of Walter Craig (Selma Ala.) converted it sometime in the early 60's from I beleive a cut receiver. Being an old welder I took a good look at it and it looked to be welded and remilled and they did an excellent job. It had been converted to 7.62 and to take the M14 mags. It shot very very well but was a bit finicky about magazines. It did not like the XS drum mag at all. I ended up trading it for an FAL.

[Rotor]

I have a BM59 E conversion on a Sarco kit form CMP Armory CMP Armory ( http://www.cmparmory.com/ no affiliation to Civillian Marksmanship Program)
Tim Shufflin from Shuffs parkerization (shuffsparkerizing.com/ ) does M14 mag conversions as well as BM 59 conversions with your parts. I don’t have one of Tims rifles yet. Yet.

See this write up and photo essay I did over at Jouster a few years ago.
SARCO BM59 Type E Garand kit comes to life

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I finaly found a decent stock for it.
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JR