M1 Garand mag support???!!!

One of the conversions in the link has a gas block that looks not unlike that of an Erquiaga M-62.
 
I dunno, but a Tipo2 Garand in 7.62 with an 8 rd clip seems to beat a frankengarand with a blocked 5 rd mag. Then there's always room for experimentation with a Garand in .458 Win mag..458 Win garand.jpg
 

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Blastattack said:
That's not how it works. If it's an M1 Garand, it's always an M1 Garand, no matter what you do to it. The only ways to turn a Garand Prohibited are to make it full auto or cut it too short.
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X2 as stated the BM 59 is a F/A variant of an M1 which is why it is named in the FRT, you can make all the modifications to an M1 to accept the BM parts EXCEPT THE F/A MODS AND PARTS and it will still be an M1 and non restricted providing barrel length is maintained. if one were to modify and attach the BM F/A parts it would then be a F/A m1 and prohib, still would not be a BM59.
 
It appears that the italians made 19.25 inch barreled m1 garand rifles
The problem is no one makes the barrel or is willing to convert barrels to this length
 
chillyrabbit said:
So you're telling me if you take an M1 garand, and do the exact same modifications the Italians did to make their BM59. You wouldn't make a BM59 you just have a modified Garand? I don't think it works that way.
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Oh yes it does still remain a M1 Garand . As for getting parts kits from the US good luck many of the components are blocked under ITAR for shipment from THE US . SARCO and Nuremberg do ship parts Kits outside of the US
 
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If it aint broke dont fix it.
If you are going to modify your garand spend the money and buy good aftermarket 308,or 7.62 barrel and be happy. You wont need a shorter op rod and you will maintain the 8rd enblock.
It is much faster to load an enbloc pingy than to change a mag. ! Now if i could build another in 223 that would be really interesting.
my 2 cents
 
wyle1 said:
If it aint broke dont fix it.
If you are going to modify your garand spend the money and buy good aftermarket 308,or 7.62 barrel and be happy. You wont need a shorter op rod and you will maintain the 8rd enblock.
It is much faster to load an enbloc pingy than to change a mag. ! Now if i could build another in 223 that would be really interesting.
my 2 cents
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You want to modify a Garand to make it a AR-15 like rifle?
 
You can get a lot of the BM 59 Parts off of Ebay as for the barrels Check out AZ armory they cross border ship .
 
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chillyrabbit said:
So you're telling me if you take an M1 garand, and do the exact same modifications the Italians did to make their BM59. You wouldn't make a BM59 you just have a modified Garand? I don't think it works that way.
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does not matter "what you think" its a fact....
 
What about something like this?
http://www.sageinternationalltd.com/SIL/images/M1GALCS-BIG3.JPG
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there is People who like a nice pc of wood and there is those people who do not like anything nice


if it's a M1 Garand ......... it hast be WOOD


even a pc of beaver bark wood on a garand ...... its still a nice Garand
 
I have always toyed with the idea of turning a Garand into a race gun for action events with the following modifications,

- convert to 22-250 with a shorter barrel
- 22-250 should work pretty smooth as it's still based of a 30-06 cartridge and loads in enblocs rather well
- compensator (22-250) will provide plenty of gas to run a comp
-fatty goes on a diet (remove as much steel / wood as possible,
-play with spring tension / mechanism to assist with faster reloads,
-re-work (weld/machine/polish) the top of the receiver to work in a bit of a mag well for the enbloc clips
-aimpoint mounted forward of the magazine
- serious trigger work
 
you can not make a garand run any faster with out lots of $$ and lots of spare parts

its a long action and will always be a Long action ... and with a long oprod and a long spring

not a lot of places where you could shave off weight M1 Garand they weigh 9 to 9-1/2 pounds

?? custom titanium metal bits .... carbon fiber stock ????

its a Classic wood stock rifle the only way to make it better is a another coat of BLO
 
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