Fort McMurray members: Who wants to shoot a new Garand today

Gus Fisher has always been generous with his time and advice on Garands and M14s and has helped a lot of people to trouble shoot their rifles. He used to post a lot on the old Culver Shooting page forums where I had a number of exchanges with him on Garand topics. His illustrated posts on stock fitting and related problems were always excellent. He also used to post on the MILSURPs Forum. Nowadays I think he is most active on the CMP Forums. If a person reads his posts and uses the Kuhnhausen Shop Manual on the M1 and M14 as a guiding light, you have two excellent sources for technical details on these fine rifles.
 
purple said:
Gus Fisher has always been generous with his time and advice on Garands and M14s and has helped a lot of people to trouble shoot their rifles. He used to post a lot on the old Culver Shooting page forums where I had a number of exchanges with him on Garand topics. His illustrated posts on stock fitting and related problems were always excellent. He also used to post on the MILSURPs Forum. Nowadays I think he is most active on the CMP Forums. If a person reads his posts and uses the Kuhnhausen Shop Manual on the M1 and M14 as a guiding light, you have two excellent sources for technical details on these fine rifles.
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A few other things:

1. Get the right tools. Too many people use improvised tools. Get all the right tools from Brownells. ( Barrel vise, receiver wrench, pull through reamer, headspace gauges, machinist's level, Badger Ordnance indexing gauge, timing block, etc.)

2. Get the best parts possible. Don't buy worn out junk. Only use parts that are NOS or in excellent condition.

3. Don't be afraid to use the expertise of experts such as Dean Dillabough and Mike Stacey.
 
Squinty said:
A few other things:

1. Get the right tools. Too many people use improvised tools. Get all the right tools from Brownells. ( Barrel vise, receiver wrench, pull through reamer, headspace gauges, machinist's level, Badger Ordnance indexing gauge, timing block, etc.)

2. Get the best parts possible. Don't buy worn out junk. Only use parts that are NOS or in excellent condition.

3. Don't be afraid to use the expertise of experts such as Dean Dillabough and Mike Stacey.
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I think you forgot "Don't screw around" ... ? :p
 
Squinty said:
I was at the range yesterday at noon but no one here showed up
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Some possibilities;

- Too early? Boys were still sleeping off Friday night after a lot of "screwing around".:)
- Post -Halloween sugar rushes? :redface:
- Weather getting colder? :yingyang:
- Deer season? I don't know if there many deer left within a 100 mile radius of Ft McMurray, so there might be a bit of driving involved to go hunting there. You have to watch those "oilpatch kids" when they hunt deer. In the Wainwright country there used to be a lot of truck hunting done with many running deer being strafed up at longer ranges. The more traditional truck hunters would take advantage of the well-proven "truck mirror" shooting rest, while the real old Fudds would climb up on the oil storage tanks and use them for tree stands. ;)
- Maybe they forgot the recommended list of toiletries from Wally-World? :confused:

Anyway, I'm sure that they all appreciate your generous offer. Thk
 
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