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I have a WRA M1 (2.5m) rifle for years, got it back in the DCM one-a-lifetime days. It has a WRA barrel, but post-war sights and wood.
The follower arm has a curved profile. If you were looking at it from the side, it has a smooth curved shape, whereas every other arm I've seen is straight. I've looked through my Duff and Poyer books, and all they talk about is the bevels - but the 'arm' part is always straight.
Anybody have any info on this? Is it original to my rifle?
Thanks.
Can you post a picture?
Billy Pyle's GSR (Garand Stand Report) newsletter has published line drawings of the WRA follower arm variations. Drawings were done by Charles Redfield
Are you referring to the top edge being curved rather than straight? All follower arms were originally made with a straight top edge. Sometimes an armorer would bend the front of the arm down a little bit in an effort to correct the timing, which resulted in a curved top edge. I have seen several of these on the Danish returns.
it is a quick fix for timing problems (that the Danish did seem to embrace with some vigor ...). They were originally made straight but some that turn up today are quite curved. I often wondered if the Danes didn't come up with some kind of little jig to tweak them and keep them from twisting, because if they twisted they'd bind like a fiend and they all seem to operate just fine regardless of the amount of curve introduced.
In this photo the arrows point towards the earliest of follower rods with the small ledge for Winchester with second from left being next and far right is last. Rick B
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...d__2_JPG-1.jpg
Here's a couple of photos, and I think the arm looks like #4 in the example above. I've never shot this rifle, as a different service grade mixmaster was always available, so can't comment as to function. But the CMP released this as a bent part- could it have happened on test firing?
Yours has been bent to cure a timing issue. If you look at the above four follower arms that Rick B posted it looks like #1 may have a bend to it also and maybe #3.