How to Grease Your M14 / M305 / M1A / Garand (very similar) and What to Use...

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How to Grease Your M14 / M305 / M1A / Garand (very similar) and What to Use...


So what kind of grease? Well I'm not gonna start a bun fight :nest: but honestly Mr. Jean Cantius Garand never specified which brand of high tech composition grease back in 1936, but the USGI Manual did mention Molybdenum DiSulfide in there and let's use that as a starting point before our collective dicks fall off. In reality, if you don't grease your M1A / M14 / M305/ Garand, your #### WILL fall off... :eek:


My applicators.... use what you can even Qtips, popsicle sticks, your fingers, expired toothbrushes ... these syringes sure make life easy though....





My particular favorite brand of grease only because it's white and easy to squeeze into the 12 mL 'Curved Tip' syringes from a Veterinarian Supply business/orthodontist/dentist/ East Vancouver dumpster, Toronto Beaches area on Lake Ontario Shoreline, Calgary needle exchange site, yada yada yada :evil:


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Here's a stealthy spot to smooth up your safety when it is engaged... Let the hammer forward. Locate that interior curve where the safety hooks the hammer (when rifle is cocked of course). A dab of grease on the hook... :cool:





Now the hammer hooks where they engage the hammer sear... Grease it and work the hammer (#### and click that hammer) and squeeze the trigger. Work that grease into the engaging surfaces.





This one is an easy one... examine the face of your hammer for the wear marks where bolt rides rear ward on the hammer face.... Then locate the hammer NOSE , you will spot it right away. Grease that FACE and NOSE of the hammer. Just look at my picture:





Can you see the syringe tip pointing at the "nose" of the hammer?





Now have a look at the piston/sliding/cylindrical portion of the Operating rod or the Op rod.... See where my CGN handle is written? Grease that portion as it rides through the op rod guide (figure 8 shaped thingy under the barrel).





Here's a picture of the op rod guide, AND the reminder to spread that grease 180* degrees around the op rod piston portion:





Now turn the receiver on its side and locate the op rod track... lay down a thin layer of grease where the op rod tab slides around.... :cool:






See them wiggly Z patterns???


Now look closer at the bolt lug bearing zone(s) on the receiver, in this case, I left a dab of grease where the bolt lugs will lock:





So grab your op rod, locate the op rod HUMP where the roller interfaces and operates. We need a pile of grease there..... LOTS...BIG dab, you can use your fingers if you need to.... See the large drops of grease?? :cool:





Other places you don't mind greasing:

* Threads of the gas cylinder plug
* Castle nut thread
* Flash suppressor set screw thread

These areas never hurt to have a little dab of grease when you are reassembling this rig at home.


There you go... One cannot always afford the highest end M14/M305/M1A/ M1 Garand, but one can certainly take good care of it and ensure optimal operating conditions! :wave:


Pay it forward and teach this stuff to the newbs! :cheers:


Barney
 
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Thanks for the refresher course Barney!

'Curved Tip' syringes

leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=20003&cat=1,110,42967

Cheers,

M
 
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I use a "tub o bearing grease" from Cambodian tire and an artist paint brush from the dollaramma....

Way, way, back in the day I used to really be picky on the type and composition of the grease I used. I've kinda moved to the "cheaper is OK" camp over the last couple years....

John
 
Saved a copy for my maintenance, manuals, and care O keep for each rifle. Never know when you might need it. Thanks Barney.
 
Arclight said:
Great pics! It'll help the new folks with their rifles.
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You're welcome, dudes! :wave:

That's the plan, help out the newbies. There's a reason my business (or what my accountants chirp me for it...) caters to the newbies. When I was a newcomer to this game, I was mentored by the best, and I continued to be trained by the best. Today, I still have mentors , but their roles have changed for me. It's all a learning journey, and that's where I come in. Nowadays we have so many talented M14 lovers spreading their knowledge and helping others (saves me typing and travelling across the country). :cool:

And that's the community we've built over the years. I still have blogs and posts to put up for more simple and basic tweaks for you new guys! :wave:

Cheers,

Barney
 
Good info all around. My learnings have been grease on the Garand design rifles. No oil. I use Crazy Grease from Home Hardware. It's in my grease gun and is used for all my mechanical needs. I also apply lots to the recoil spring and the trigger spring/plunger . Never hurts to lube up the trigger and hammer pins if you have it apart.
 
We need a Barney sticky to catalog all his sage in. Would make looking for info a lot easier.

M
 
gnmontey said:
We need a Barney sticky to catalog all his sage in. Would make looking for info a lot easier.

M
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When I was a Super Moderator here on this forum... I authored many of FAQ's up in the sticky(ies). I cannot go and edit them anymore with either of my personal (hungry) and business (Tactical Teacher) account/super powers. ha ha ha

So what I did was post them here on the MBR Forum

AND

Here on my business forum to archive them so that I can still retain powers of editting/updating/tweaking/changing or adding photos and or videos:


https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...41-M14-Tuning-Tweaks-Tips-and-Inexpensive-FUN

Cheers and warm regards,

Barney
 
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