I don't bother making anything level. I put a straight rod through the rear sight holes, and a straight rod on the gas cylinder flat. Torque until they are dead parallel.
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I don't bother making anything level. I put a straight rod through the rear sight holes, and a straight rod on the gas cylinder flat. Torque until they are dead parallel.
Should be the same (within tolerance) as an M1903A3, perhaps any M1903?
I'll measure a few of mine and see what we get:
A4: 5.762"
A3: 5.761"
A3: 5.759"
A1: 5.768"
'03: 5.772"
'03: 5.769"
Agreed. I'm no gunsmith, just an armorer level knowledge, but I've done lots of Garand barrels, including at the CMP's Garand building class. A couple of alignment rods for the rear sight flat and...
As long as you don't misrepresent it later, this is a fine course of action, and still resellable to someone that is okay with a very shootable rebarreled rifle. I have several in my collection,...
Agreed. Unfortunately, the .30-06 version is out of stock with a waiting list.
https://criterionbarrels.com/products/m1-garand/m1d-barrel-30-06/?v=0b3b97fa6688
From a friend who is in the know on all things F-35: Landing gear fault, and when he pulled up to go around, his wingman's jet wash overwhelmed the pitot static system, causing a pilot-induced...
If he's "blanking" the primer, with bits of primer cup actually blowing into the bolt, that would be a clearance issue between firing pin and the hole in the bolt head, necessitating bolt head...
For what this rifle's serviceable life left is, that's what I would do. You can't really screw it up, unless the new shiny spot is going to bug you; and it might make a noticeable difference in the...
Do these guys bother with remounting a front sight and zeroing, just in case they need to maybe aim at some point?
That's what I was thinking, too.
That "barrel" is pretty much all chamber, so the only "practical" purpose I can see for it would be as a contact weapon, and the expanding gases are probably gonna do all the damage to the, um,...
Hard to tell, of course, but that still looks too clean a cut to be explosive damage. I'm sure there were experiments and the odd idiot on the battlefield with their guns, but it wouldn't be a...
And now you will not find a single competitor shooting from that position. We all sit, instead of kneeling, though both are allowed during that string of rapid-fire. I wonder if maybe kneeling was...
Should be decently preserved.
At least they have WAY better parachutes now. Much safer landings with all that gear.
I used this as an excuse to make the Colt M1917 revolver as the C&Rsenal video I watched today. Looks like there are guns where the number on the bottom of the grip matches the serial number (and...
I guess this is the part that confused me. So the "01" is not THE serial number, but possibly the number that started a series of some subset? Presumably with less than 100 made/issued?
Are there any numbers inside the crane or under the grips? Even if it was serial number 1, I would expect there to be more than one zero in front of it, and in a location and orientation that could...
Good timing to see this question. I don't have a transit chest for mine, but my friend has them for his two. I'm going to borrow one and copy it to make one for mine. Since I won't care about...
Good question. I thought of a support for holding the gun, but the round bit seemed odd as I would expect it to be a flat projection that could be put into a vise. But maybe you're onto something...
Since the Army didn't withdraw them from service, it's probably one of those places they thought they could use them and not worry too much about it.
I acquired mine a couple years ago. During test firing (I only loaded two rounds in the magazine), I discovered the broken firing pin that made it run away and fire both shots. I was able to get...
Reparkerizing the entire receiver is one legitimate method, which directly addresses the question. Just not the want you want. So now we can move on.
And the discussion has led you to add...
I've always reparkerized the entire receiver after welding.
Doesn't that just apply to technology and products LEAVING the US?