Is My M1 Garand awesomer than most?

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My M1 has the hole for a winter trigger on the trigger guard..
(you know the hole in the rear of the trigger guard that a winter trigger is inserted into)
does this mean my M1 is betterer than most? I never see anyone else's garands having the winter trigger hole..
 
Dude, that's totally.........

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Actually, I have no idea. But I've wanted to use this pic for a while now.;)
 
You got it, Pontiac!!!!!!!
The Garand is the Best of the best.
Now the "winter trigger" deal...this trigger gaurd was fitted to early to mid war models of the M-1...two purposes, one as you say for the winter trigger and two for the insertion of a rod to facilitate removal of the trigger group. New M-1's were substantially tighter and more dificult to disassemble then the misurp out there now. One of mine is a nearly new condition 1943 M-1 that takes a lot grunting and cussing to disassemble.
A common trigger gaurd is the late war, korean era stamped version. You will see a hole in the back of this gaurd as well...once agains it is there to facilitate trigger group removal.
Ain't that COOL:cool:

BBq_Woa! said:
My M1 has the hole for a winter trigger on the trigger guard..
(you know the hole in the rear of the trigger guard that a winter trigger is inserted into)
does this mean my M1 is betterer than most? I never see anyone else's garands having the winter trigger hole..
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BBq_Woa! said:
shoulda asked them about it last time i was there...sigh.
was yours ..used and old? or some repro thing..
..how much was it?
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Mine is a brand new USGI.....even came in the proper military packaging. If I recall, it was about $15. I wouldn't buy one though.....I've never used it. You need to buy a nickle plated oiler bottle and either version of the cleaning tool maybe a cleaning rod kit.......maybe an original M1 bayonet.
 
It's a common milled trigger guard, they were dropped in favor of the stamped version. Stamped version is more durable and has more room for your finger, could probably shoot it with gloves on.
Numrich has the winter triggers.
 
"...the bayo(sic) that goes with the Garand..." There's the M1905, M1905E1, M1 and M5/M5-1/M5A1. The M1905 had a 16" blade and is the same bayonet that went with the 1903 Springfield. Runs over $100US. The M1905E1 is an M1905 that was cut down to 10". Runs around $75 to $100US. The M1 is the same bayonet, but made at 10". Same kind of money as its cut cousin. The M5/M5-1/M5A1 has a 6" blade with plastic grips and was used after Korea. It runs around $25US.
There's also a swarm of European made M-1 rifle bayonets. I've never seen any of 'em in Canada.
Like Hitzy says, the trigger guard with the hole in it is the older milled trigger guard. No big deal. It's not as common as the stamped guard though.
 
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BBq_Woa! said:
Yeah well..
early is cooler in my book...so poop.


Oh! what is the name of the bayo that goes with the Garand? (like, Mark, or Number)

thooonks.
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Could be post war offshore manufacture as well.......is it US marked or no marking at all?
Tradex has nice danish bayo's for cheap
 
Bear in mind there are lots of cheap repro bayonet to fit the M1903 and M1 rifles hitting the market out of china. IMA and Numrich are both sellign them. They look good in pics, but in person the quality difference is painfully obvious.

I would recommend holding out for an original. the WW2 made ones are less expensive than the WW1 made ones and are just as good.
 
How do you install a winter trigger on the stamped guard??. Is there a different version?.

Milled/forged guard was also dropped due to cost and time to manufacture.
 
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