I feel foolish! AGAIN!

M1 Garands are sort of my specialty on our range, and I usually work out whatever problem has ocurred with a customers M1 Garand.

Today, for the second time in about a year and a half, a problem developed with a customers/friends M1 Garand. The bolt would not go far enough back into the receiver to lock. (I know you smart guys already know what the problem was.) I pulled it apart, and didn't see anything except that the operating rod was colliding with the catch, not going under it to lock.

I pushed the problem over to one of our unpaid volunteers. He couldn't figure it out either. Later he went back, and field stripped it and put it back together, and like magic, it worked correctly. I took a look at it before the volunteer figured out what happened, and saw that the follower was now in correctly!

KICK ME! That was a Boot Camp trick the Drill Instructors used to pull on us!

I FEEL STUPID, I FEEL STUPID! . . . (Sung to the tune of "I feel pretty" . . . !)


Gyrene OFC (Maybe getting TOO OLD F. . . ISH!)

semper fi
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Everyone has an off day once in a while. You were overdue on both.

I went to a gunshop one time and they had an M1 on the rack. I looked at it and noticed the bolt would not lock back same as what you describe. I told them the follower was in backwards but he just gave me a look like I didn't know what I was talking about and put it back on the rack. Oh well. They had it priced way too high as well, but it did sell after awhile. From what I remember, it was a nothing special rack grade.

"...the follower was now in correctly..." Wee end forward every time.
"...field stripped it and put it back together..." Simple stuff first, no matter what you're trouble shooting. Just like a Lee-Enfield that won't close. Make sure the bolt head is screwed on all the way.
"...pushed the problem..." You 'buck passer' you. snicker.