M1 Garand Extractor Modified To Work in Carbine Bolt

[painter777]

Here's a odd one. A OI Inland bolt that had a Modified to fit Garand Extractor in it. The Plunger appears to be a Carbine late style that either thru use or more modifying has the tip peened over.

The owner said: "Looking closer I can definitely see how this extractor was "edited" to fit. Whoever did it seems to have done it well, the lines are very clean, and the corners sharp. The bottom edge was actually taken down to be flush with the bolt lug."
"The gun ran very well, but I only have put 50-60 rounds through it at a time before cleaning it."


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Below a Picture of a Garand / M14 Extractor before Bubba modifies it to work on a Carbine Bolt.



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[browningautorifle]

Owner must have been WAY out in the bamboo to have adopted an M1 rifle extractor. Guess you use what you have? Lots of time on his hands too...or REALLY a cheapskate...

[painter777]

Owner must have been WAY out in the bamboo to have adopted an M1 rifle extractor.

Might have been a You Tuber...
I've seen some whacky make this from that videos there. Like a guy using a washing machine motor and a bunch of gears and belts to turn a drum in to a brass tumbler

[browningautorifle]

a guy using a washing machine motor and a bunch of gears and belts to turn a drum in to a brass tumbler

Seen it, kind of like making a cement mixer with a plastic bucket. By the time you finish you've spent the same as buying a vibra tumbler.

[Daan Kemp]

Cement mixers work well with washing clothes in the bush. Can do a section's washing in half an hour. No cement, sand or stone included in the washing process.

[browningautorifle]

Cement mixers work well with washing clothes in the bush

Pour fresh boiled water in periodically...yes, that would work. Guess things would dry in quick time there too.

[painter777]

The owner of the bolt posted a few pictures with the Garand Extractor set in place.

His words:

Here are a few pictures of the extractor installed in the bolt, and some other angles of the modified area. Definitely done with a little skill, and it probably would have held up fine for a while until the plunger got too damaged to do it's job. If it weren't for doing the data sheet, I probably would not have taken the bolt apart and found this interesting little tidbit.


pic 3 and 4:
Notice the bottom part of the extractor that has been machined to be flush with the bottom of the bolt lug.

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[DaveHH]

I'd bet the ranch that this thing would be a mess in short order. Most of the hardfacing has been filed away and unless the guy has some cyanide and a good heat plan, the thing is too soft to last.

[browningautorifle]

He must not have had access to any other parts or was simply too cheap to buy anything. There ARE guys like that...

[painter777]

And I grew up being called a Hillbilly

My Grandpa was the type that could build about anything from scrap junk... and it would look and work damn good. He'd of made a good homesteader. Even had making moonshine down pat.