Real Italian T2 Garands
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Coyote Ugly
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I guess it's a post war Collectors Dream. Nice to see a variation.
Kind of like the scenario as the Norwegian K98's converted to .30-06 from 8mm, and the postwar M1D Sniper Danish .30-06 Garands that Districorp brought in back in the 90's. Remember the Gunrunner newspaper ads!
Kind of like the scenario as the Norwegian K98's converted to .30-06 from 8mm, and the postwar M1D Sniper Danish .30-06 Garands that Districorp brought in back in the 90's. Remember the Gunrunner newspaper ads!
I bought the M1 d scope kits Distrcorp was selling for about two days.
Scope, flash hider sling. Then I bought 10 M1d's Winchester's and Springfields
Then they quit selling them, and parted them all out and sent them to America
All in about two weeks!
Scope, flash hider sling. Then I bought 10 M1d's Winchester's and Springfields
Then they quit selling them, and parted them all out and sent them to America
All in about two weeks!
Coyote Ugly
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I remember at the Calgary Gun Shows in the mid to late 90's, there were M1 Garands there for $99. They were all mismatched colors of wood.
One guy had probably about 30 for sale on his table. I should have bought them all! Lol
One guy had probably about 30 for sale on his table. I should have bought them all! Lol
The Italian Dane M1's are a prize, Danes take marksmanship very seriously. The VAR barrels are top notch...now the beech stocks they made were hideous, they were meant for durability and shooting stability, not esthetically pleasing at all, but they were beefy and solid. If you could get the2 ones with original Italian SILE stocks they looked good and shot good. The Beech versions shot good but looked a mess on an M1.
I picked up 2 in early 2000's for $300 each, Breda still had the SILE wood and it is a great shooter, I almost traded it at the range to a guy for a USGI 1911 because they were worth alot more at the time. I asked to put 1 more clip though it, and it was about a 1" group with 8 rounds at 100m and told buddy sorry, this is a keeper lol.
The Beretta was restocked and had a VAR barrel but nearly everything was newly parked except the receiver. I had to ditch the beech stock at the time as it was too nice in that mess of green/grey half mooned stock, put it in a Boyds I finished myself, and it rarely comes out.
All the T2 are sold now it seems...but here's my $300 Dane in a Boyds.
I picked up 2 in early 2000's for $300 each, Breda still had the SILE wood and it is a great shooter, I almost traded it at the range to a guy for a USGI 1911 because they were worth alot more at the time. I asked to put 1 more clip though it, and it was about a 1" group with 8 rounds at 100m and told buddy sorry, this is a keeper lol.
The Beretta was restocked and had a VAR barrel but nearly everything was newly parked except the receiver. I had to ditch the beech stock at the time as it was too nice in that mess of green/grey half mooned stock, put it in a Boyds I finished myself, and it rarely comes out.
All the T2 are sold now it seems...but here's my $300 Dane in a Boyds.
Two questions:The Italian Dane M1's are a prize, Danes take marksmanship very seriously. The VAR barrels are top notch...now the beech stocks they made were hideous, they were meant for durability and shooting stability, not esthetically pleasing at all, but they were beefy and solid. If you could get the2 ones with original Italian SILE stocks they looked good and shot good. The Beech versions shot good but looked a mess on an M1.
I picked up 2 in early 2000's for $300 each, Breda still had the SILE wood and it is a great shooter, I almost traded it at the range to a guy for a USGI 1911 because they were worth alot more at the time. I asked to put 1 more clip though it, and it was about a 1" group with 8 rounds at 100m and told buddy sorry, this is a keeper lol.
The Beretta was restocked and had a VAR barrel but nearly everything was newly parked except the receiver. I had to ditch the beech stock at the time as it was too nice in that mess of green/grey half mooned stock, put it in a Boyds I finished myself, and it rarely comes out.
All the T2 are sold now it seems...but here's my $300 Dane in a Boyds.
1) What is a SILE stock?
2) I have a Berretta M1 30'06 I bought about 10 years ago. it has a pretty Beech striped stock. i shot it once when I bought it, then prepped it for life in the safe, so i can't remember all the details but the gas plug was Beretta marked , the barrel i think was a Springfield. This was long before the influx of receivers and the homebuilt craze arrived. What should I look for to find it's background?
Besides making stocks for the Beretta and Breda Garands, Sile also made replacement Garand stocks for the Italian military. You can find the "SILE" stamp in the barrel channel or under the buttplate of their stocks. The Sile stocks are well made; I've installed a number of new ones.
Some of the European walnut stocks original to the Beretta and Breda rifles are very pretty.
Some of the European walnut stocks original to the Beretta and Breda rifles are very pretty.
A few M1D TS rifles were offered by a well known dealer in the US (https://www.classicfirearms.com/bre...rd-includes-m84-sniper-scope-crate-breda-m1s/). It was reported they lasted less than 20min. the description and associated video isn't the best historically but does provide a general understanding of Tipo2 (T2) rifles.
I believe the M1D TS variants were US$4,999.95. The likelihood is they will hit the market in small increments.
I've built a number of Tipo 2 rifles on Breda and Beretta receivers using Italian surplus T2 components incl barrels, stocks, op rods and the mag spacer blocks. I've found that the barrels were always lightly used and gauge like new. NOS stocks and op rods were in as new condition as well. Standard M1 Garand op rod springs and rear handguards can be shortened to T2 dimensions.
Overall they make a very nice rifle and have proven to be excellent shooters. I just range tested my latest build on a Breda receiver using UK Radway Green ball ammo and handloads with IMR 4895 and Nosler 155 gr match bullets. It functioned and shot very well.
Overall they make a very nice rifle and have proven to be excellent shooters. I just range tested my latest build on a Breda receiver using UK Radway Green ball ammo and handloads with IMR 4895 and Nosler 155 gr match bullets. It functioned and shot very well.
I wonder what happened to the original Italian flash hiders on the m1d's?
I have a couple and they are very nicely made, each one has the maker's marks stamped on the opposite side of the other one. Wonder how that happened
It is also interesting to see that the American's have the Italian factory Breda receivers and Canada has the
SA converted receivers.
So, then do the Canadian one's also have the SA converted op rod's?
Beretta made 7.62 op rods etc for their guns
Do these guns have the steel 7.62 calibre blocks made by Beretta or FIAT?
BM 59 's had cut down SA barrels and SA op rods.
I have a couple and they are very nicely made, each one has the maker's marks stamped on the opposite side of the other one. Wonder how that happened
It is also interesting to see that the American's have the Italian factory Breda receivers and Canada has the
SA converted receivers.
So, then do the Canadian one's also have the SA converted op rod's?
Beretta made 7.62 op rods etc for their guns
Do these guns have the steel 7.62 calibre blocks made by Beretta or FIAT?
BM 59 's had cut down SA barrels and SA op rods.
