M-1 Garand advise

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Alonzo

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Been working with an M-1 the past few years and got this brilliant brain wave about greasing the action.
Discovered over this past weekend that the gun would not quite fuinction as reliably as it has in the past. The one thing I changed was applying extra grease to bearing surface of the gun...namely, between the barrel and op rod near the chamber, both sides of the bolt and the recesses/channels it travels in, the op rod/bolt lug area, top and bottom of both bolt lugs.
Am I over greasing the gun? Any thoughts on this.
BTW, the load I use is a 168 Hornady A-Max match moly-coated bullet at around 2700fps with 4064.
Just to mention the gun placed first second and third in the military rifle class of our Smoke n' Hope shoot this weekend., First in my hands, second in my brothers, third with another fellow who borrowed it.
Cheers
 
sunray said:
"...would not quite function as reliably..." What's it doing?
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Second shot did not feed.
Changed the loading of the clips...staggered the rounds, starting on the left...problems, starting on the right no difference.
It is odd since the gun functioned flawlessly three weeks earlier at a similar shoot. The gun was thoroughly cleaned adn re-greased before the weekend's shoot.
Cheers
 
I'm not sure if an under lubed action will cause feeding problems. Possibly the oprod springs has finally started to give up the ghost?
 
Satan's Kitten said:
I'm not sure if an under lubed action will cause feeding problems. Possibly the oprod springs has finally started to give up the ghost?
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Never thought of that.
I will swap it out and see thow it works.
I used wheel bearing grease at the last clean-up but will return the supe lube grease I was using before.
Thanks aguys.
Cheers
 
The only place the oprod needs grease is on the tab that runs in the action groove. Also, I never grease the bolt itself - just the rails it rides in. After that, the bolt will self-lubricate.

For grease I use either lubriplate or Lithium white grease. Anything else is an unknown IMHO.
 
Your gas tube could be wearing out as well.... IE the action is not getting enough gas, or you could check to make sure the gas lock is tight. Also you have to make sure the gas tube is in the right position, when you put it back on after cleaning. You can check it by removing the gas plug and look to see where the gas port is. It should be in the middle of the opening of the gas tube, or as close to that as you can get (by turning it more one way or the other)
 
Sgt Striker said:
Your gas tube could be wearing out as well.... IE the action is not getting enough gas, or you could check to make sure the gas lock is tight. Also you have to make sure the gas tube is in the right position, when you put it back on after cleaning. You can check it by removing the gas plug and look to see where the gas port is. It should be in the middle of the opening of the gas tube, or as close to that as you can get (by turning it more one way or the other)
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I had a fellow on town who had a worn out gas tube...his op rod was thoroughly coated with powder residue after only a few shots, and it was marking the table he was shooting off. This one seems to be OK in that regards...I have light residue accumulation for about three inchs down the op rod.
I have considered a new gas tube even a new op rod, though I recall checking it and it was within spec.
Thanks for your input.
I just finished cleaning/greasing it and will try it soon and let everyone know.
Cheers
 
The thing with a Garand, if you over grease it, you get a nice spray of grease
with each shot on your shooters glasses.
 
Thanks for all the advise guys.
Found a bunch of info on lubing the Garand.
Also, am planning on changing out the mainspring and gas cylinder.
I will keep you all posted on the results.
Cheers
 
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