RIFLE COMPLETED! (UPDATED)...The M1 Garand BoB tribute rifle project

Those concerns are taken into consideration, the last thing I want is the receiver blowing up or splitting as I plan to use this for service rifle shoots.

The company we use for the metallurgy portion is a specialist.




Claven2 said:
Umm... this would have me worried. For starters, unless your buddy can for certain say what alloy Breda used (US M1's were, I believe, 8620), then he will need a material composition gun or mass spectrometer to say for sure what the receiver is made of. I'm in serious doubt that he has either.

Next, the M1 Garand went through more than one change to it's heat treating process starting with a whole-receiver treatment followed by localized lead-dip heat treating of the heel and ending in a whole-receiver process later on in production that involved several steps. Unless you happen to know exactly the heat treat process for the M1 rifle, I'd be hesitant to have some local shop "wing it". They would probably get the receiver exterior right, but getting a ductile yet tough core is not easy.

In short, I hope you know what you're doing.
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Yes, the family kept it very low key. It's a shame really how little a now "blinged out" America appreciates the people that made it all possible.

For that matter I am shocked how little Canadians at large know about the sacrifice's made by generations before them.



Claven2 said:
I heard #### Winters just died a few weeks ago.
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It is a real shame, because the statue of Winters is going to be unveiled in Ste Marie DuMont, France this summer during the D-Day anniversary celebration.

It would have been great for him to have seen it.

Google: #### Winters leadership project
 
Well this one has been a LOOOONNGGG time coming. Almost finished now fellas. We plan on a complete pictorial/video log of the project so stay tuned...

2-3 more weeks at the most.
 
Im excited to see the end result but I am puzzled at why i it is a tribute you chambered it in .308 ? Call me a sucker for authenticity but I just dont understand.

Mclean
 
Why .308?

I wanted something special that I could shoot in service rifle matches. I have a few 30-06 M1 shooters already. Instead of a run of the mill Breda it will be something that I could be proud to show and shoot.
 
OK PFM, We've been sitting on the edge of our seats for almost a year now. I this thing going to be done this year of are you going to lead us on for another year? ;)
 
Okay small grainy teaser pic. Not quite ready for the reveal but soon...

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KodiakII said:
Also had a skating rink...in his living room!:eek:
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He was part of a huge emmigration of French Cdns to the New England states in search of industrial jobs, many of which were in the firearms industry. Kind of ironic that the decendants of many of those who stayed behind seem to be so in favor of gun control...and don't have real jobs any more.:rolleyes:
 
Another teaser shot...

The BoB Tribute is the one in front. Both are soaked in oil (stocks are oily to) just letting it soak in before a good wipe down.

The rifle in the back is the British Lend Lease brought back from the dead after bubba tried to make into Swiss Cheese!

The finish on the BoB tribute is Black Oxide, we wanted something different for this one. Better pics & video showing the laser engraving with the full detailed build report next week...

Just another day at the office at Vulcan :D

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Hot black oxide

A hot bath of sodium hydroxide, nitrates, and nitrites,[5] at 285 °F (141 °C),[6] are used to convert the surface of the material into magnetite (Fe3O4).[3]

Water must be periodically added to the bath, with proper controls to prevent a steam explosion. Explosion of these caustic baths has repeatedly claimed lives[citation needed], making this a dangerous process.

and it looks darn fine on a M1 rifle...:D
 
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