All of the "Tanker" Garands I have seen have had 18 inch barrels. Does anyone "make" a "Tanker" Grand with a barrel in th 20 to 22 inch range?
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All of the "Tanker" Garands I have seen have had 18 inch barrels. Does anyone "make" a "Tanker" Grand with a barrel in th 20 to 22 inch range?
I havent seen any listed anywhere, but some have talked of having a 20 inch made for them. Most of the current gossip about the newly made tankers, is the front handguard not wanting to stay on, because the roll pin was ground off to much for op-rod clearance on the barrel. I had not heard of that issue until these new ones being made. The T26 Tanker never went into any real production here in US for our troops. The ones you see are alterations of some kind, and many were made from welded receivers back years ago. Read Scott Duff page here for that info: http://www.scott-duff.com/t26.htm
I had a 20 Inch tanker in .308 made up for me by Tim Shufflin. He did all the metal work and I cut the handguard down on my chop saw. Tim does a great job. Be aware that he measures his barrel length from the front of the receiver. I provided him with a Criterion .308 barrel. I used an HRA Garand that I got from CMP. I think the rifle is a nice convenient length. Shoots very nicely. Makes for a vry nicely proportioned rifle. The issue of the front barrel band pin coming loose is a concern but I use Loctite on my barrel band without the pin and have not had any problems. I'm thinking of having Tim eventually do another one up for me in .30-06
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...3/tanker-1.jpg
Tim makes "reproduction" cartouches:-(
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Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester
Are they in 20 or 22 inch length?:D
Roland Beaver will biuld one 22/250 243 .....................and others
And some people consider the practice asQuote:
Originally Posted by TRICKSTER
counterfeiting others don't
Just full disclosure :-)
Will he build a shortened rifle, though? That is the topic of the thread. It gets kinda tricky because it involves rebending the op rod and there must still be the right amount of clearance inl areas such as the barrelband and gas cylinder. I've had friends that had Roland Beaver accurize their M1's and M1A's. He does a great job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snafu
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Originally Posted by jeeper80
So what makes you think I can not read?
Yes he does
I didn't say anything about anybody's inablity to read. You posted a reply that was off topic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snafu
off topic.
Shemp was more off topic
Sanfu,
Maybe you're right . Maybe I missinterpreted your message. Sorry. I'm not the type to step on toes. Hope you have a good weekend.:thup: