Garand "Tanker"

tiriaq said:
I think that cutting the splines for the gas cylinder might be the trickiest part of converting a M-1 barrel to carbine length.
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cutting the fine threads for the gas lock and milling the gas cyl slots has to be done accurately. the tricky part is getting the op rod bent the right shape and making all the modifications to other parts and getting the clearances right so they will actually function.

any decent machinest can shorten the barrel.
 
As long as the barrel is factory and not cut down and the folded or unfolded length is 25 inches or more, it meets the legal requirements.

The extra 1/2" just saves a lot of hassle when dealing with some people.
 
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sail32 said:
As long as the barrel is factory and not cut down and the folded or unfolded length is 25 inches or more, it meats the legal requirements.

The extra 1/2" just saves a lot of hassle when dealing with some people.
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It is a semi auto center fire, so the barrel must exceed 18 1/2" to retain non-restricted status. There is no legal problem with cutting a barrel to that length.
 
I was going to make stocks for the mini-g and had been in discussions with these guys a few years ago but there were too many hoops to jump thru for me to take it on at the time.
Wonder if irunguns can import these.... I'm sure schuff would find a way to build some 18.5+ versions if they don't offer them already.
http://shuffsparkerizing.com/services/the-mini-g/
 
One could get a reproduction Italian BM 59 barrel from Sarco (19 1/4"), use the BM59 drop down gas cylinder, with tri comp, BM barrel band, and the straight BM59 oprod. Not cheap, but should be easily done. This would be set up for 7.62 so block should be installed, or re chambering could be done for 3006. This would just use 3006 length top hand guard, no front hand guard used. No machining necessary, and would have the cool factor with the tri comp.
 
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