My restored M1 Garand. Pics

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imported_Intel486

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Some of you may have know but my Rifle was flooded back in Katrina. It's been sitting in a bag of oil for awhile and sent it off to DGR in January. I got it back a couple weeks ago and it was an amazing transformation.



This is what was sent to DGR:

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And this is what he sent back:

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National Match Sights

National Match Op Rod

Steel Bedded stock

Stock is a Bastonge Hybrid Walnut

Dual-Stage Trigger

Krieger Barrel

New sling (can't think of the maker off the top of my head)

And that case is a Pelican.
 
Wow, that is a beautiful transformation. I like those rifles. Saw the Mythbusters shooting one underwater last night. Have you fired it before or after restoration?
 
Beautiful! I will own an original M1 before I die (but not over here -gun ownership is illegal). The grain on the stock is really nice! Nice piece :drool:
 
Tasty said:
Wow, that is a beautiful transformation. I like those rifles. Saw the Mythbusters shooting one underwater last night. Have you fired it before or after restoration?
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Yep, I owned the original rifle for around 5 years now. It was flood damaged though so that's why it got a rebuild.



It's was definately worth the money too.
 
Intel486- That came out really nice :xyxthumbs Bet it was fun reassembling it after all that. How did the parkerizing stand up to that abuse?



Mine is an unfired (other than arsenal test-firing) National Match from the Springfield Armory. A cool piece of history but too nice to shoot.
 
Looks great! I couldn't see the tiger stripes in the wood in the before picture, I thought they must have remade all of the wooden parts!
 
Wow! That's some nice work. I saw some lady shoot one for the first time at the range the other day....it was amusing. :D
 
KevinA said:
Looks great! I couldn't see the tiger stripes in the wood in the before picture, I thought they must have remade all of the wooden parts!
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It's a different stock on the rebuilt rifle. It's a Bastonge Hybrid Walnut.
 
Accumulator said:
Intel486- That came out really nice :xyxthumbs Bet it was fun reassembling it after all that. How did the parkerizing stand up to that abuse?



Mine is an unfired (other than arsenal test-firing) National Match from the Springfield Armory. A cool piece of history but too nice to shoot.
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You found a real NM one that has been unfired?



Probably had to shell out a pretty penny for that rifle.



I'd like to get a 6 digit M1 Garand in the future and put it back to original GI Specs.



Edit: The only rust that was on the rifle was where all the constant wear points were. The places the bolt runts, in the bore, down the inside of the barrel, etc. The rifle was stripped and reparked by DGR and a New Krieger Barrel was put on. Most of the major parts of this rifle have been replaced.
 
Wow thats hawt M1. I didnt know you can post weapon here. Man, I was tempting to post my .357 Mag. Oh well..

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just kidding yo. :nana:
 
Intel486- OK, gotcha, thanks for the edit with that info. That's gonna be one *really* nice user, huh? To look that sharp and shoot well too is gonna be great.



I inherited my NM from my dad, who bought it immediately post-WWII before such stuff was considered collectible. He said that the NM only cost a few bucks more than a regular one back then. All sorts of neat stuff was for sale for peanuts back in those days, the real trick was recognizing the future value of the right pieces.



Way2SSlow- And then there are ladies like Accumulatorette who shrug and say "what recoil?" about stuff that bruises my shoulder :D



Just think, the average size of a man back in the first half of the 20th century was a lot smaller than it is today, and we used the .30-06 for a long, long time (and some mighty big stuff before that too).
 
Beautiful! I will own one of those soon. I am going to get one through the CMP and have alittle piece of American history that I can take out and shoot!
 
Sweet! When I play my WW2 computer games, I always carry one when I'm an American. You can squeeze off an entire clip rapid fire obviously faster than a bolt action. However, it usually requires 2 sometimes 3 shots to eliminate the enemy when the bolt action takes one shot.



That's a beautiful piece of history. Congrats on the fantastic restoration!
 
Spilchy said:
Sweet! When I play my WW2 computer games, I always carry one when I'm an American. You can squeeze off an entire clip rapid fire obviously faster than a bolt action. However, it usually requires 2 sometimes 3 shots to eliminate the enemy when the bolt action takes one shot.
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:nixweiss Well, that's odd, because the Garand became renowned not just for it's rapid fire ability, but its accuracy as well. Though the Army, and particularly the Marines, were reluctant to part with their bolt-action "Springfields" at the beginning of the war, they soon discovered that they lost nothing in accuracy, but gained everything in, well, everything else. On the ground, probably the one piece, next to the jeep, that proved indispensable for U.S. ground forces in WW II.
 
Wow, that is a beautiful rifle. I hope to add one to our collection someday, but money's too tight right now.



Accumulator - Sounds like if I don't see you at the track, I might see you at the range... :D :p
 
percynjpn said:
:nixweiss Well, that's odd, because the Garand became renowned not just for it's rapid fire ability, but its accuracy as well.
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I wasn't referring to accuracy but rather the need for 2 or 3 bullets hitting the target to eliminate it, instead of one bullet. Maybe it is a smaller caliber? I don't know.
 
IMO it's just a matter of the game not accurately reflecting reality. The US .30-06 and the German 7.92 are so ballistically similar that it's silly to say one is more/less effective than the other. IIRC, the insignificant advantage would actually go to the Garand's .30-06 which was eventally determined to be "overkill" and was toned down to be more like the Mauser's 7.92 with the result being the 7.62/.308 NATO round used in the M14.
 
I know very little if anything about guns but I am from the N.O. area and know first hand what flood water does to whatever it gets its hands on.



The after pictures are beautiful. The gun looks fantastic! :xyxthumbs I am happy that you were able to salvage it.
 
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