M1 Garand Owners .308 Rebarrel Opportunity

The receiver on the "Tanker" is a 1942 made Springfield.

It is apparent this rifle has seen very damp and/or wet conditions, from the pitting near the rear of the receiver. Of course the surface corrossion is long gone, expertly removed, and re-parkerized.

I would have bought this carbine if it was available in 30-06, with or without an 18 inch barrel, as well.
Just try to find any T-26 copy, bcshooter........there are not many out there, especially non-restricted.
 
Brutus said:
Sorry about the delay in getting the picture up!

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Fun little carbine you have there! :D
 
Vimy Ridge said:
Fun little carbine you have there! :D
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Thank you Vimy, it operates great now.

Personally I looked for weld lines.
From what I can see, there is no visible signs of any reweld. Silverback has a book on Garand variants, post war, as a guidebook, that we used for examples. I cannot remember the title offhand. Probably a Wolf Publication at least.

I can only suppose that this may have been one that Atlantic Ordnance built up in the 1980s or so. Just a guess, as these are the only .308 non-restricted "Tankers" I can remember of, available in Canada then.

As an aside, it had a Redfield 2-6 power pistol scope on it at first. And within 100 rounds, the reticles were knocked loose.
It was replaced with a Leupold 2.5 scout scope, no problems at least 200 rounds ago.
During preliminary accuracy 'testing' using 6 power at 100 yards, 5 shot groups, under 1.5 inches no problem using factory Remington ammunition.
 
Kuhnhausen's book may be the best reference describing what to look for.
During the period when the rewelds were being made up, Springfield 03A3 barrels were also being reworked for use on M-1s.
 
tiriaq said:
Kuhnhausen's book may be the best reference describing what to look for.
During the period when the rewelds were being made up, Springfield 03A3 barrels were also being reworked for use on M-1s.
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This was the second manual we used, but the first book had better full color detailed photos as well. I am pretty sure if we could view corrossion pitting, a weld line would be discovered also.
You are right though, the Kuhnhausen book is an invalueable referance.
 
Seems there are lots of Garand owners around. There might be interest in shooting something like the NRA John C. Garand Match. Perhaps as a side match during one of the normal Service Rifle Matches.

Rifle: Any Garand.
Targets. Fig 11, scored 5,4,3,2.

Course of Fire. 35 rounds total, 5 sighting shots and 30 rounds for record, fired at the 200-yard line.

*Stage 1, 5 Sighting shots and 10 shots for record, prone position, slow fire, time limit 12 minutes.
*Stage 2, 10 shots for record, standing to prone, rapid fire, time limit 70 seconds.
*Stage 3, 10 shots for record, standing position, slow fire, time limit 10 minutes.
 
P&S Militaria had some Garands with cracked and bent barrels, would have been perfect for a project like this. They have to be replaced anyways, so why not replace in .308.
 
Shelldrake said:
Seems there are lots of Garand owners around. There might be interest in shooting something like the NRA John C. Garand Match. Perhaps as a side match during one of the normal Service Rifle Matches.

Rifle: Any Garand.
Targets. Fig 11, scored 5,4,3,2.

Course of Fire. 35 rounds total, 5 sighting shots and 30 rounds for record, fired at the 200-yard line.

*Stage 1, 5 Sighting shots and 10 shots for record, prone position, slow fire, time limit 12 minutes.
*Stage 2, 10 shots for record, standing to prone, rapid fire, time limit 70 seconds.
*Stage 3, 10 shots for record, standing position, slow fire, time limit 10 minutes.
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The US has been holding matches like this at Camp Perry for several years now. One for Garands, one for bolt action rifles. They are getting hundreds and hundreds of entrants.
DCRA used to have a classic rifle match as part of the annual TR matches, but discontinued it. I won a gold with a M-1, and a silver with a II** Ross.
ORA does have their Vintage Rifle Matches.
I think that there is an opportunity here for a rather popular match - trick is to get it publicized, and get shooters to come.
 
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