M1 Garand pic thread

[PattonWasRight]

Awesome, that rifle is what I call "A Good Day"

And yep, I'm locked & loaded for the CMP 1911 paperwork to come out! I had everything all filled out, but they're doing this one with all new paperwork, almost like a separate business, I guess as a just in case jihadists start to use surplus 1911s for attacks!

[Devious6]

Awesome, that rifle is what I call "A Good Day"

And yep, I'm locked & loaded for the CMP 1911 paperwork to come out! I had everything all filled out, but they're doing this one with all new paperwork, almost like a separate business, I guess as a just in case jihadists start to use surplus 1911s for attacks!

Yup. Ready to fill mine out as soon as they release the forms, too!

[PattonWasRight]

Yup. Ready to fill mine out as soon as they release the forms, too!

We're calling this "I'm responsible for my own birthday present this year!" LoL

[LivingtheHistoryM1]

How do you like the Ammo Garand lockbar set? I've been wanting to return my Sept '43 production SA to more of the configuration that it would have been in during The War (I've already replaced the 60s vintage birch stock with a Dupage walnut stock set) and while I'm not bothered by the fact that they're a copy of WRA lockbar knobs (see my previous post about armorers not likely having manufacturer-specific replacement parts - and even the factory-level armorers at WRA got SA guns and SA probably got WRA guns - definitely got SA guns after 1945), I don't want to put anything that's cheaply made on my rifle, either.

Buy them. They're under $60 and very good quality.

[LivingtheHistoryM1]

No need for the slotted sight base on the Gas Cylinder. When it left the factory it wouldn't have been. But despite the newer sights on many, I prefer the lockbar type myself. I have a Winchester with them on it.

The slotted gas plug and milled trigger guard is more of a unit authenticity thing. It doesn't have to be done right away, but since most war time rifles were made that way, it's recommended that we back date (or restore wartime guns) to that configuration.

[CPM]

We're calling this "I'm responsible for my own birthday present this year!" LoL

This will not be achieved in 2018

[Burma Shave]

Vag123

[Burma Shave]

Bayttttt

[Fordtough25]

Another M1 Garand I found on the attic of an old farm house, where its had been hidden for seventy years. This is just how I found it, before I cleaned it up, I had only just removed a layer of dust, it was a little bit rusty but not too bad!

It's another Springfield, the serial number puts the production date somewhere in the beginning of June 1943.

Awesome, it's hard to imagine what's still in attics all around the world!!

[PattonWasRight]

DAYAM Burma! You've got a museum of noteworth Garands on your hands! Those are just awesome!!!