You just gotta love Filipino ingeniuity......
This is from the JANES website:
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Although the M1 Garand 0.30 rifle had long since passed from operational use with the US armed forces and others, large numbers remain stockpiled in the Philippines, where their use is limited by a shortage of 0.30-06 ammunition and the necessary eight-round feeder clips. The Floro International Corporation proposed that these stocks could be modernised to M14 standard, firing standard 7.62 × 51 mm NATO ammunition from 20-round magazines. The conversion procedure includes changes to the barrel, trigger and receiver assemblies as well as the introduction of the 20-round magazine. During the conversion, the barrel is reduced in length by 40 mm. Outline details of the converted rifles are provided in the Specifications table.
It has been proposed that a two-track programme could be initiated. The first track would involve approximately 50,000 operational 0.30 M1 rifles, while the optional (and more involved) second track will involve bringing an unspecified number of non-operational rifles up to a matching operational standard to the first-track rifles. Each converted rifle will be issued with two M14-pattern box magazines.
The converted rifles will be available to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to augment their current rifle holdings or for issue to internal-security and similar organisations.
It has been estimated that the programme could take five years to complete, using entirely local resources and establishing a local spare parts and skills base. The Floro International Corporation owns a complete set of manufacturing drawings for the conversion process."
This is from the JANES website:
"
Although the M1 Garand 0.30 rifle had long since passed from operational use with the US armed forces and others, large numbers remain stockpiled in the Philippines, where their use is limited by a shortage of 0.30-06 ammunition and the necessary eight-round feeder clips. The Floro International Corporation proposed that these stocks could be modernised to M14 standard, firing standard 7.62 × 51 mm NATO ammunition from 20-round magazines. The conversion procedure includes changes to the barrel, trigger and receiver assemblies as well as the introduction of the 20-round magazine. During the conversion, the barrel is reduced in length by 40 mm. Outline details of the converted rifles are provided in the Specifications table.
It has been proposed that a two-track programme could be initiated. The first track would involve approximately 50,000 operational 0.30 M1 rifles, while the optional (and more involved) second track will involve bringing an unspecified number of non-operational rifles up to a matching operational standard to the first-track rifles. Each converted rifle will be issued with two M14-pattern box magazines.
The converted rifles will be available to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to augment their current rifle holdings or for issue to internal-security and similar organisations.
It has been estimated that the programme could take five years to complete, using entirely local resources and establishing a local spare parts and skills base. The Floro International Corporation owns a complete set of manufacturing drawings for the conversion process."
