The M1 Garand was a totally different rifle than the bolt action Model M1903 Springfield which it replaced as the standard US service rifle, yet there is some parts commonality between these two rifles. Which parts are interchangeable between these two very different rifles?
M1 Garand Quiz #3
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The M1 Garand was a totally different rifle than the bolt action Model M1903 Springfield which it replaced as the standard US service rifle, yet there is some parts commonality between these two rifles. Which parts are interchangeable between these two very different rifles?
Travis Bickle
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I'm going to say the barrel?
Nope, they are totally different. The Garand barrel is lighter with an entirely different outside contour to mount the lower band, rear handguard clip and the gas cylinder. It also has the muzzle end splined for the gas cylinder, a port drilled to conduct gas from the bore to the gas cylinder, and a threaded end for the gas cylinder lock. They are the same caliber and approx the same length though.
Winchester-1897
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bayonet lug
Winchester-1897
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front sight?
Yes, but no
.The two rifles do accept both the M1905 and M1 bayonets and the lugs are similar for this purpose, but the bayonet lug is an integral component of two different parts, the M1903 upper band and the M1 Garand gas cylinder.Nope. They are entirely different.
You got one
. The upper sling swivel on the M1903 lower band is interchangeable with the stock ferrule swivel on the M1 Garand. Buttplates are different.The sling, like the bayonet, is an accessory-not part of the rifle.
Winchester-1897
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You got one
Darn I was going to say that
seriouslyThey both fire 30-06!
What do I win?
There is no prize, other than the warming glow of more MILSURP knowledge.
Winchester-1897
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stacking swivel? Grasping at straws now.
Both rifles have a stacking swivel for the same purpose, but they are not interchangeable.
They both used this same accessory during WW2 Paul, but it's not a part of the rifle. In the 1950s they devised another cleaning kit for the Garand-take down cleaning rod w/handle which was stored in the little "sock" in the butt socket along with a grease ctnr, a bore brush, and the oiler.
