So, you want to build a M1 Garand.

L.Parratt said:
And hard to find. Op rods seem to be the hardest for me.


For this thinking on doing this yourself, its still cheaper to send your parts to a gunsmith, a rough estimate of all the tooling is near $800
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Planning to have a fellow enthusiast from Edmonton do the work...

PS, my Op Rod just got released from CBSA!!! Just waiting for Criterion to manufactured my barrel.
 
can14 said:
I find that you have to try a few gas cylinder's to find the one that just slides on the barrel with not much difficulty.
Tapping on with a hammer is to tight
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Match rifles were set up with a tight fitting gas cyl -drive on/off with a hardwood block on the bayonet lug. An overly loose gas cyl can cause front sight variations. The splines on the barrel must be lightly peened to correct loose fit.
 
Looks great Logan. There isn't enough material available online for those wanting to do this themselves. Good pictures are infinitely valuable. I really enjoyed building mine, and even as a one-off build, I sold the tooling after and recuperate most of my costs. The only thing I still have is my homemade barrel vise.

can14, purple is right, it is essential to have a tight gas cylinder. I peened mine and carefully drove it on so it interfaced perfectly with the gas cylinder lock. Keep in mind it's not going to come off again anytime soon.

-Fox
 
I look forward to a kit i have coming in soon as well. Bought the reamer and gauges and made a vice. Have a few Breda receivers to try the best fit/look. Seems the new barrel will be a wait till the fall unfortunately. But im ready to go. :) Should be fun.
 
I have had new gas cylinder's that were so tight that I didnt want to tap them in place in case they wouldnt
come off!
It appears that new Danish VAR barrels are very tight to start with , when it comes to gas cylinder's
 
Just a comment on bushing style barrel vises- I use one that I made, that accepts split 1 1/2" diameter bushings which I machine as needed. For M-1/M305 barrels, I use two different halves. One fits the top radius, the other, the bottom. Should any aluminum smear appear on a barrel, clean it off with metal fouling removing bore cleaner.
I have two receiver wrench options. Both commercial. A Brownells universal with appropriate inserts, and a dedicated M-1/M305 unit. A lot of M305s had their barrels indexed or changed just using a wrench that fit top and bottom receiver ring flats.
A pull reamer is really slick. Much better than the alternatives. I think it was US Ordnance than developed the system for rebarreling M-1s.
 
I'd kill for one of these barrel fixtures.


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