M14s barrel fits onto a Garand receiver
- Thread starter Grizzlypeg
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Grafted the front end of a Norinco M14 op rod spring guide onto the rear of a Garand spring guide. Had to shorten the spring guide by about an inch to make up for the more forward position. As you can see it is more forward, as it has to clear the Garand op rod catch mechanism. Cut down the M14 spring until there is no coil bind. Everything functions as it should, and the bolt locks back when the mag is empty. Next step is to assemble a trigger group and modify an M14 stock to fit the action. This is getting close to being ready to test fire.
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Used the Norinco trigger components to complete a Garand trigger housing. Pleased that the parts fit and work perfectly. That's a bit of a cost savings. Some grinding and filing to fit the action to the fibreglass M14 stock. I will do a proper bedding of the action after I cut and extend the forend of the stock. I still have to move the rear sight assembly from the M14 to the Garand action, and then its ready for a test firing.
Brutus
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Yes sir looking good. Gonna miss easy optics though. The only real downfall here. Uhm. An optics company could build a tiny optics to fit into rear sight slot. Apparently it was an American experiment back in the day. Maybe a scout optics?
Yep, for sure going to miss having a scope. I had a nice Smith Enterprises mount on the m14. Hard to insert ammo with a scope in that position on a Garand. And I'm not thrilled with the look of a red dot mounted over the rear sight pocket. Looks out of place to me on an old gun.
Too bad someone didn't make a scope mount that hinged to the left. Press a little release, swing the scope out of the way, eject the clip, and insert a fresh one, swing the scope back over the receiver and lock it in place. Someone does make a component that eliminates the auto eject of the clip when its empty.
Too bad someone didn't make a scope mount that hinged to the left. Press a little release, swing the scope out of the way, eject the clip, and insert a fresh one, swing the scope back over the receiver and lock it in place. Someone does make a component that eliminates the auto eject of the clip when its empty.
notsorichguy
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The guys who made the "Black Feather" chassis and the "CASM" M14 optics mount also made a RDS adaptor (replaced the rear sight) and a Garand Length CASM mount.
Pacmayer made a ‘Low Swing” side mount for the Garand. It had a knurled ring you loosened and the scope would swing to the left. If you continued to loosen the ring the scope and rings could be detached, leaving the side mount on the side of the receiver. It worked on two male cone shaped pins that were moved by the knurled nut axialy in and out engaging matching female cones in the side mount.
Brutus
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Sounds pretty slick!
Finally got the gun to the range, fired off some XM-80 308 ammo. Fun functioned fine, except that on the last clip, it ejected the clip after only firing 6 rounds. After I got it home, took it out of the stock to explore the timing, I noticed the pin that the clip latch pivots on, and is ordinarily held in position by the stock, had walked rearwards, and the clip retainer end was free to move away from the receiver. I overlooked that detail in preping my stock for the garand receiver. That will be filled in on the stock soon, so it doesn't happen again. I still have cosmetic finishing to do to the M14 fiberglass stock from the nose extention, and the build up around the plate bottom of the magazine.
I'm pleased that it functioned properly using a cut down M305 op rod spring. That was entirely guess work that it would create the right amount of tension at open and closed bolt. Being a shorter spring, it should produce more tension upon compression, as shortening a spring, increases its spring rate.
1ShootaMugavin
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Very interesting builds. I purchased a Breda m1 receiver to tinker with a potential hybrid rifle myself. The m305 barrel threads pretty hard into the Breda receiver. For those of you who have installed m305 barrels to m1 receivers, is this normal or could my parts be incompatible?
They ought to be compatible. Check for damage to the threads. If someone didn't remove the set screw from the M14s receiver, it might have damaged the barrel threads.
For an update, I bought a used M14.CA Scout Handguard scope mount and installed a Vortex 2-7x Scout scope. It's a pretty decent setup. I do however need to clearance the stock so that the screws at the tip of the handguard don't create zero clearance between the handguard the stock. The gun is functioning 100% with zero problems cycling and ejecting the clip after 8 shots.
For an update, I bought a used M14.CA Scout Handguard scope mount and installed a Vortex 2-7x Scout scope. It's a pretty decent setup. I do however need to clearance the stock so that the screws at the tip of the handguard don't create zero clearance between the handguard the stock. The gun is functioning 100% with zero problems cycling and ejecting the clip after 8 shots.
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- Edmonton area, Alberta
Oh my word, I just collected all the bits for my current project and now I want to build one of these. If anyone needs an op rod modified in the Edmonton area, I have a little lathe and a tig welder at your service.
