Win Garand Receiver Weld Question w/pics

[kar66]

You notice I didn't say welded receiver. Thats because mine has both weled receiver and barrel. I'm not sure when I got it. But I still remember the day. It was probably early 80s. I know it was before they started reimporting them. It was at the old Bagnell Dam Show, man what a great show that use to be. Anyway I shot it a lot and with mostly with soft point hunting ammo. Back then we didn't hunting ammo wasn't safe in M1s. No internet to keep us safe. Never had any problems with it. Later after you could get good barrels and receivers. I stripped it down and used the parts to build a good one. I still have the barreled reciever in my shop. It would pobably be OK, but I don't want to shoot it anymore. I don't need to anymore, I can get better M1s NOW. That were almost impossible to buy or afford before the 1985 law change. Bll

[Joe W]

the M1 was a "rebuild". as quoted by Joe W (still trying to figure out how to do that originally posted by Joe W thing.)


Joe I'm guessing you meant "Re-weld"

You guessed right, I meant to type "reweld".

[Ericc]

I,m so proud,,,, no one called it a REWELD,,lol. It is refreshing to see this. .... Rick B

What if the welder took two passes to get it done

Eric

[JGaynor]

At least some large dealers (Kleins - Chicago) were very up front in their ads about some of their M1's being built on welded receivers. In those days (early 60's) the average M1 retailed for about $80~.
Around 1966 or 1967 Kleins got a batch of unmolested M1's and put them on the market for about $125.00 which was pretty high for any milsurp. The rumor mill was that these rifles came out of Canada but i have no confirmation and the one I bought had no Canadian or UK markings. At any rate a new floor was set for M1 prices and the business never looked back.

Regards,
Jim