Garand clip

[Kirk]

Eric at Garand Gear has some excellent info about inspecting & trouble shooting a Garand. Just some of his links that may hold the answer to your rifle's problem are:
M1 Garand (Part Inspection) (particularly the part about the bullet guide)
M1 Garand (How to Strip your Rifle)
M1 Garand (Failure to Cycle)
M1 Garand (En Bloc Clip Problems) (especially the part about the weak clip latch spring)

In my experience, a weak clip latch spring was the cause of problems similar to what you have. Replacing the CLS ended the problems. An expedient solution is to add a "helper" spring to the CLS. Take the spring from a BIC butane lighter that pushes the flint against the striker wheel. Cut it so that it is about .1" longer than the CLS. It is thin enough to fit inside the CLS. Install both & see if it makes any difference. Good luck!

[boatbod]

When you're shouldering the gun ready to fire, make sure your forward hand isn't accidentally gripping the op-rod. It took me a several shots to figure out why I could feel something moving every time I pulled the trigger.... DOH!

Also, check whether the ferrule on the forend of the stock is a nice snug fit in the barrel band. If the stock is loose there may be some vertical slop which will seriously affect accuracy.

[Nodda Duma]

If by some chance you obtained your Garand from the CMP (can't tell where you're from while using Tapatalk), contact them and they will fix the issue.

[USMC6094]

The Kuhnhausen book is AWESOME, and I'm a firm believer that too much info is better than not enough. Welcome to the club of Garand owners, the more we have the better

[browningautorifle]

(can't tell where you're from while using Tapatalk

His page profile says Canada...

[HILLBILLY-06]

Since I bought my M1D with scope for $800 I think the prices are abit steep,

Wow, I never seen an M1C or M1D sell that cheap around here, Do you have a real M1D with original scope mount and Scope? or aftermarket which is still expensive, but the last M1D I put my hands on, was in the asking range of $2,500.00 all original. The scope even had specs on the glass, but you could still see through it quite well, All parts were same manufature, all dated the same, the wood was not the best looking, but catuches were all there. Nice rifle, even had that awesome flash supressor on it too. The guy did say he would keep the scope, the mount and the flash supressor, to get the price way down, but since it was already out of my price range, I didn't ask how much less money for just the rifle. Just curious, and still learning a lot as I go, I havent been into M1 rilfes that long, so sorry if I ask too many questions.

[Guderian3rd]

Can you post pics? There's a sticky here about posting pics and they would answer a lot about condition.

Observing my garand I noticed that the clip latch spring seemed to have a lot of tension on it when the bolt was forward, I could push the clip latch device inward and there seemed to be a lot of tension on the spring.
I also noticed that when the bolt was locked open that the forward raised arm of the op rod catch device was putting what appeared to be excessive downward force on the clip latch. Basically the raised arm of the op rod mechanism was forcing down the forwad arm of the clip latch, causing the clip latch to pivot down and to the right, inwards toward the open reciever. This is forcing the clip latch notch directly under the clip latch spring to pivot outwards and up, away from the open reciever. When a clip is placed in this latch is not there to catch it.
I dissasenmbled the reciever and remove the op rod catch mechanism, and noticed compared to photos located at M1 Garand (En Bloc Clip Problems), that there is a little little piece held by a pin in the middle of the op rod catch that I don't have. With out this piece could the op rod catch device put to much downward force on the clip latch mechanism? The clip latch spring appears to have ample strength, but not enough to counter act the downward force of the op rod catch mechanism. I will post pictures soon. Could some one point me inthe right direction for posting pictures please? Thank you.

[Bob Womack]

The icon for posting pictures is in the bar above the text editor space in the message editor and looks like this: Attachment 34854 . Click on that icon and then select the option of uploading your picture from your computer and follow the directions.

Bob

[Guderian3rd]

Thanks Bob Womack. Can you see the image? This site is very clunky.

Observing my garand I noticed that the clip latch spring seemed to have a lot of tension on it when the bolt was forward, I could push the clip latch device inward and there seemed to be a lot of tension on the spring.
I also noticed that when the bolt was locked open that the forward raised arm of the op rod catch device was putting what appeared to be excessive downward force on the clip latch. Basically the raised arm of the op rod mechanism was forcing down the forwad arm of the clip latch, causing the clip latch to pivot down and to the right, inwards toward the open reciever. This is forcing the clip latch notch directly under the clip latch spring to pivot outwards and up, away from the open reciever. When a clip is placed in this latch is not there to catch it.
I dissasenmbled the reciever and remove the op rod catch mechanism, and noticed compared to photos located at M1 Garand (En Bloc Clip Problems), that there is a little little piece held by a pin in the middle of the op rod catch that I don't have. With out this piece could the op rod catch device put to much downward force on the clip latch mechanism? The clip latch spring appears to have ample strength, but not enough to counter act the downward force of the op rod catch mechanism. I will post pictures soon. Could some one point me inthe right direction for posting pictures please? Thank you.

[ralfus]

Before I got to page two of this thread I was thinking about a Garand I had 15 years ago that had the same timing issue as you have. In my case the accelerator had been installed backwards in the op rod catch. In your case you are missing the accelerator completely. You should find one on-line but it may be easier to buy a complete op rod catch. You may also run into businesses that do not want to ship to Canada. Maybe a member here can help you out or start emailing sellers on websites or fleabay and ask if they would ship to Canada.