rebarreling the M1 Garand

[Chuckindenver]

another info post on how to rebarrel the M1 Granand,
take the rifle completely down to a barreled action, cept for the rear sight.
i wrap aluminum tape around the ring so that the wrench doesnt mar the finish,
shown is a addapter that i made to fit both the M1 and the M14 rifles, to work with my flat topped wrench.
also shown is the special inserts i made for M1 and M14,s notice how its 2 piece on the small side?so that it will flex and fit the conture of either rifle, made of aluminum.

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[Chuckindenver]

wrench installed, and in the vise, when removed, install handle up with the top of the action facing the floor.
pictured is the action removed from the barrel,
i have epoxied a level bubble onto a mill leveled sight base assembly, and a standard flat based bubble level,,{oil filled slow type} youll never get the water bubble to settle down right.

[Chuckindenver]

remove the old barrel from the vise, now put the new barrel in the vice, so that the handle is down, and the action will set upright when indexed home. {sights up}
clean the inside of the threads of the action with a soft rifle brush, maybe some solvent,
i dont lube or oil, to avoid lock up.
install the front sight level as shown, run the action on the barrel, then check index,
should be close by 1/8 of an inch to index,
tighten the action slowly, untill the bubbles both center as shown, this may take a couple times to get just right,,,,they have to be dead on.
with just the bolt and no op rod, check with a action proving dummy round...
should feed easy, with out force,
this was a used barrrel, a new barrel would need finish reamed, a pull through reamer is best for a Garand..

[browningautorifle]

Chuck, thanks for the tip on using levels to get top dead center on the barrel index. I just got an M1 back from a friend who needed cash and the sight was out of whack. We always had to do it by eye. I wasn't looking forward to that part. This gun is 3,340,415 which I think is '44 and went through the Danish rebuild. Nice pipe and mostly Springfield parts. They date all over the map but it's for shooting. I had to make the barrel vise and action wrench this afternoon and just pulled the barrel and re tightened it to correct. Now to re-zero. Before it shot various places at different ranges. You can't zero one of those.

[Chuckindenver]

awesome....glad one of my how too,s helped,..