Advice on where I can get Garand Cheek Pad

[usabaker]

Does anyone have a reliable source that sells good reproduction M1 Garand Cheek pads? I recently bought one and it was total garbage. I thought rather than doing 'buy and return' process of elimination I'd ask y'all for a reliable source.

Looking for type posted by FlightRN in his 2007 post:

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[browningautorifle]

Well, where did you get the ugly one? IMA shows them https://www.ima-usa.com/products/u-s...d-medium-brown

Joe Salter has an original that would come up with oil Original Garand M1-D Cheek Piece

Ebay has a plethora... m1 garand cheek pad | eBay

[usabaker]

Ebay has a plethora... m1 garand cheek pad | eBay

I have learned, the hard way, when it comes to these on eBAY what they say and show when it arrives is nothing like the original or even a good reproduction. I've ordered twice and both times have got some cheap article and wasted $30.00 on each, Which is why I posted the question here hoping for a reliable source.

At this point, I might be better off just spending the time to make my own reproduction.

[browningautorifle]

Too bad I didn't keep some we had here. Our storesie ordered in some "Cheek rests" he found in the fisch years gone by(about 1990) and thought they might be for the new C7 (M16A2). He showed me one of the dozen or so he had just received and they were original in the wrap cheek rests like you seek. Probably a hold over from M14s though. NEW! I didn't even take one and have no idea what happened to them.

Yes, Ebay can be a dick to work from.

[BEAR]

usabaker
Try here Cheekpiece, Sniper w/ Leather Lace & 2 Brass Mounting Screws | Gun Parts. It's a reproduction but I have fairly good luck with Numrich.

BEAR

[usabaker]

It's a reproduction

Bear, Thanks... That looks almost exactly like the last two I bought that didn't cut the cake. Have you bought one from them?

This is what I have been getting,

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[BEAR]

[QUOTE=usabaker;483148]Bear, Thanks... That looks almost exactly like the last two I bought that didn't cut the cake. Have you bought one from them?

Not a cheek pad but other stuff. I don't need a cheek pad for an M1.
I almost purchased one for an M1A some years ago but when I was active duty I attended a "Reconnaissance and Target Interdiction Course" in the early 80s. We had to make our own cheek pad for our M21s. They consisted of military grade Kotex pads taped to the rifle but with green "100mph" tape. We asked about the M1 cheek pad but the instructors said that the pads were constructed for the offset scope that was used on the M1 and would not work on the M21.
Later I purchased a leather cheek pad from Cabela's and it works great with or without a scope.
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[browningautorifle]

Left one might have been OK if it had horsehair filler.

[usabaker]

Left one might have been OK if it had horsehair filler.

just that cheep form and it doesn't fill up the cavity at all

[browningautorifle]

I know it wasn't what you asked Bill...but if you got hold of those felt insoles for boots you could cut the correct form to fit the shape. It's the same sort of filler you find in the issue...I think they were two layers for those of us with prominent cheeks, so we could remove one layer. I speak hopeful of the one on left you showed, light tan and close to spec?