Restoration M1 Garand

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Gentlemen,
No files to look at on this post just a question or two about restorations. How many of us have done what I would call a Semi Restoration on your M1 Garand ? What I mean by that is let's say changing a Trigger Group, Op-Rod, Stock, Sling, Gas Cylinder, etc., etc., However, no Bolt or Barrel changing or reparking a Receiver or Barrel. Just the Basic parts that can be easy to change, to make it all SA or WIN, IHC or HRA. Or reduing a Stock i.e. cleaning, steaming dents. Take an SA and changing all the parts to SA, maybe not by REV #, but all SA. At what point is it no longer a Semi Restoration but a complete Restoration? Here's the point, if you had to sell or show off your M1 Garand to someone would you tell them about the changes you have made to the Rifle or just let it stand as is ?
Odd question but I have been seeing a lot of really odd things that guys are doing out there.
Thanks again
Clancy
ps NO!! you can't push 220gr rounds in your Garand
 
For my part, I left my 1944 Springfield exactly like I got it, with all of its different revision parts and its VAR barrel. The only thing I would change would be the Italian front sight and gas cylinder lock, mostly because the park is a light grey as opposed to the green gray on everything else.
 
My 42 SA came as reciever only. I had nothing to start with so i just tracked down parts that it would have been built with from the armory.
 
my 42 springfeild came from the danes.i did damage the op rod by using the wrong load ,so this was replaced,i don't know the manufacture of the replacement.the stock was in bad shape so this was replaced with a breda i beleive,at least it came off a breda.most of the garands that were sold a few years ago here were refurbished by them [danes]anyways.
if i was to sell it,sure, i would state the changes and offer the origional parts,although damaged,with it.
not much chance of me selling it though, i like it too much.

i was always much more interested in a shooter than say,having an all matching manufacturers parts rifle,so i'm really not interested in finding all SA. parts.
 
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Gentlemen, I don't really understand all of the hooplah about putting these rifles back together with all matching manufacturers parts. All of the changes made to these rifles are legitimate. Changeing them back isn't. It won't be very much longer, especially after so many of these Danish/Korean whomever mixmasters will become the sought after rarities. I wonder what will happen when someone is able to access the far eastern storage facilities? There were hundreds of thousands Garands lend leased to Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam just to name a few. Being lend lease, they are all eligible to be returned to the US, though may not be eligible for import into Canada ( I don't know, I am under the impression that the guns have to be paid for by the recipient countries before they can sold or given away as they are still US property) bearhunter
 
Actually there was a very limited blurb on the CBC a few years back dureing an Allen R interview when he was still our ambassador to the UN. One of the things he commented on were the huge stockpiles of arms that the US left behind in the far east, there was a short film clip of Cambodians, I think, showing off a warehouse of M1 Garands and Carbines as well as 1911s and S&W revolvers. The armorer was very proud of the firearms and while walking on the tour would just reach out an pick up a piece and show it to the reporter. They were well serviced and taken care of. There were also several Thompsons in the racks, but none of them were picked up. It was mentioned that these armaments were being kept as emergency reserves.That was appx 2+ years ago, so unless something has changed drasticly those toys are just sitting there, waiting, for some unscrupulous entrepreneur to bribe some communist official and ship them back to Canada whole and to the US as parts. They are captured arms so don't qualify as lend lease and can't be returned to the US. bearhunter
 
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"...you can't push 220gr rounds in your Garand..." They didn't bother mine. Not a lot of 'em mind you, but the rifle showed no ill effects whatsoever.
 
Gentlemen,
I am in a different world on this. I teach as an NRA INST and NRA Training Conls to make NRA INST. After teaching the NRA courses. I offer an M1 Garand course. The rifles I use are as they came from CMP. After the course of firing is done I teach them how to take the rifle apart and then clean them. Then into the history 4 Builders ect. ect. Marking as to drawing numbers and then BINGO. Why is this rifle have a SA receiver and an HRA Trigger Housing, IHC Hammer and on and on. Then I explain that over the many years the M1 Garand Rifles were rebuilt over and over again updating the parts that needed it. WOW !!! many of the people say " Well if they needed all those parts why didn't the Gov't just build new one and get rid of the old rifles???" Now I have them. Because of the steel and wood type rifles were built to last however updates and part changes made it the rifle you are working on now. If you look at your targets they still seem to work pretty well after all those years. AS their jaws come up from the table and in some cases the floor you can hear the massive DUH!!!!. Point Taken
Thanks again guys
Clancy

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I also have 2 other Garands that I havent touched. They still put half inch groups at 100 yards and i bet it could be improved on my end. As for my 42 SA that started out as a receiver I think I made the right choice for that one.
 
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