Getting the parts is just the start. You need a solid bench, soft jawed vice, barrel vise, pull through reamer, go and no go gauges, specialty files, lathe( keeps the butchery down), and the ability to reload( if you don't have an adjustable gas plug). In the end a well assembled Garand is a beautiful thing, even a "Frankin gun".
Who is building a Heinze 57 M1 Garand ?
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"...Dealer A would have assembled M1's..." Costs too much in time and money. Not to mention liability issues.
"...Still waiting for those Korean Garands..." Don't hold your breath. The Koreans want U.S. dollars, not Canadian. Our rectal orifi civil servants wouldn't let 'em in anyway.
"...Still waiting for those Korean Garands..." Don't hold your breath. The Koreans want U.S. dollars, not Canadian. Our rectal orifi civil servants wouldn't let 'em in anyway.
I have been collecting bits for a Garand project for about ten years. I have standard M1s but I wanted to build a 7.62 bush rifle with a shorter than standard barrel and folding stock. Something semi auto that was handy, with an 8 rd capacity and able to shoot reasonably inexpensive ammo compared to 30-06. I could not bring myself to destroy a perfectly good rifle, so I started from scratch. Getting an SFRC receiver for 50 bucks brings it one step closer.
It won't be so bad, in short time I got hooked up with a barrel and gas system, as well as having some receiver parts on hold and a complete bolt on it's way from Ebay. IT won't be a all matching or pretty gun, but it will get a functional Garand in my hands eventually.
maple_leaf_eh
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No, I don't think so.
maple_leaf_eh
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Getting back to the original posting. So what if one dealer sells parts to another, or takes parts off what they have in stock? It all might be because of the class of their firearms' licence. Not every dealer is inspected or authorized to build firearms.
Keep in mind fellas that a lot of Ebay sellers from our neighbor down south aren't aware that shipping major gun parts (barrel, receiver, bolt. etc.) to Canada without the proper export paperwork from the State Dept is a BIG no-no!!! Not making any assumptions in your case, but check the following sticky at the top of the "Legalese" forum here before buying from the US (see Q4 in post #3): http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/51554-Importing-Firearms-Ammunition-and-Parts-from-the-USA
M14 barrels can be threaded onto a M1 receiver and the gas system adapted to work. Held one in my hands at a Rochester gun show & I used to have the documentation for the conversion and a link to an old web site, but lost it all in a computer crash years ago.
Basically an 8 shot emblock fed m14....
Basically an 8 shot emblock fed m14....
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I did my last franken build Garand on a Breda stripped receiver. I was lucky to get an almost complete donor Springfield with a damaged receiver. I had bead blasted and blued. It still took me a while to find some of the small missing parts but its worth it.
When I saw SFRC had the stripped Beretta receivers last week I jumped on the deal. I figure it might take years to find parts but I dont care. I look at it like collecting hockey cards. It keeps the hobby interesting.
When I saw SFRC had the stripped Beretta receivers last week I jumped on the deal. I figure it might take years to find parts but I dont care. I look at it like collecting hockey cards. It keeps the hobby interesting.
