Garand bedding job.

[GUTS]

This is the stock off the IHC I bought a couple of weeks ago. Is this normal carving for a bedding job or someones bad hack job? I know nothing of bedding because I have no rifles with it(except now this one). I've seen pictures of the carved out area in the horseshoe but not with a metal rod imbedded.
The op rod is polished, it had a NM rear aperature and the gas lock was fitted to start to tighten at about 5 oclock.

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

[browningautorifle]

The first question you ask when told a rifle has been bedded is "Who done it?" If it's not a known gunsmith, I see just a grunt rifle with a few parts that need changing back. This is one. The stock needs changing back. Very rude job done. Nothing correct there.

[GUTS]

Thanks Jim, this is the main reason I was angry when I got it, seems the seller forgot to mention the stock had been destroyed.

[browningautorifle]

They usually do. I chatted with a man at the Chilliwack show who had a rifle on his shoulder like they do at the US shows. WTS...I asked to check it out. It had a black plastic stock group and Danish uppers. He claimed it to be accurized by a "guy". Well, it must shoot little rat-holes...no, just five or six inches at 100...it was bedded you know...how much? $1500 I'm asking...It was a mish-mash of parts with no special ingredients. I handed it back And he left the show with it.

Anyway, you may still have a diamond in the rough. Start from the ground level and keep your nose up. This will work out. After all, it's an M1. How bad can it be? Worst case you have a good shooter M1 when you finish. Unless virtually destroyed, they all are.

[Joe W]

Guts,

The guy that sold that rifle is a real piece of xxxx. Nothing more than a common thief. I see you left negitive feedback on him. I would have said alot more but half of it G.B. would not have posted. He was quite creative with the pictures. Even his picture of the op-rod does not show the wear like the one you got. I doubt G.B. will do anything about it. If this is not a real example as to what is meant by "Buyer Beware" nothing is.
This is what SA NM bedding looks like. Very neat and precise. Military bedding may not be quite so neat but it is far superior to what has been done to your stock. Not much else to be said other than I am very sorry for what happened. I did not see that happening and was expecting to see pictures of a fairly nice rifle. Guess we are never to old to learn a lesson. I know your experience has sure tought me a lesson.

[GUTS]

Thanks for that picture Joe, that is some very precise work, looks nice. The lesson I learned is that I need to learn a little patience when I want a particular rifle. It was me that wanted an IHC Garand, and I should have waited. I have it cleaned up and as long as you don't take it apart it looks very good so it has grown on me and I like it. I haven't shot it yet because my 5.9 SA is so dang accurate I can't bring myself to shoot any of the other ones! I did take the barrel peep off the IHC and put it on my SA match rifle and I like it real well.

[browningautorifle]

So see? It ain't junk. I'd just replace any hatched up parts and keep it for a grunt rifle. Then the pain will heal over.

[us019255]

Another possibility is to get out he Dremel, a supply of bedding epoxy, and the instructions and redo the bedding job. You can't do worse than that job, and in any event you will have had a fun practice.

My first Garand would not lock up tight so I did just that. Not quite as neat as the SA job, but close. It is still my most accurate and the one I would grab if I needed to go into harms way.

[GUTS]

Thanks for the ideas fellas.

[AZPhil]

Have you taken it to the range? If so how is the accuracy???