let me refresh your memory.....
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/984678-Svt-rifles?highlight=svt40
should have prb exported these Garands to an "offshore client" as well and saved us all this trouble.
T2 Garand - Part 1
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let me refresh your memory.....
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/984678-Svt-rifles?highlight=svt40
should have prb exported these Garands to an "offshore client" as well and saved us all this trouble.
The sad thing is that the Garand is an extremely strong action if properly assembled with a properly fitted barrel and correctly headspaced bolt. A 50,000 PSI pressure bloom a couple of inches in front of your face is nothing to fool with.
Certain types of people expect to receive what they paid for...certain types of people are funny like that.
I just re-watched the video. In a few shots, you can see the left bolt lug face and it does not look to be ground, it's parkerized color, not bright. I wonder if the rifle they shot was an earlier pre-production sample (or similar) unaffected by the problems users are now reporting?
I would personally not be shooting strings out of an M1 with welded lugs. If Marstar employees are comfortable with doing so, that is another matter.
I would personally not be shooting strings out of an M1 with welded lugs. If Marstar employees are comfortable with doing so, that is another matter.
I can make a suggestion.
1,000,000 internets
Honestly I would keep mine but because of that bolt, I left no choice but to return them back. As much as I like that Garand but blowing my face is not really my style of passing away this planet.
What piss me off the most is I spent half of the day to clean up one of them, I barely got day off so half of the day is something.
For document purpose, The photos below are both of my bolts from my Garands.
What piss me off the most is I spent half of the day to clean up one of them, I barely got day off so half of the day is something.
For document purpose, The photos below are both of my bolts from my Garands.
Honestly I would keep mine but because of that bolt, I left no choice but to return them back. As much as I like that Garand but blowing my face is not really my style of passing away this planet.
What piss me off the most is I spent half of the day to clean up one of them, I barely got day off so half of the day is something.
For document purpose, The photos below are both of my bolts from my Garands.
Same boat as you, I would keep mine but the bolt modifications scare me.
Certain types of people expect to receive what they paid for...certain types of people are funny like that.
I think expecting to get what you paid for is a fair assumption. I made my comments before receiving the product I paid for and reserved judgement and definitively commenting until I had them in hand and could make a factual statement, unlike some on here who talked sh@t right off the bat and fed the speculation.
No one knew how bad these rifles actually were until they made it into peoples hands. I don't think anyone could have predicted how bad this situation has turned out to be.
If these rifles had made it into peoples hands and turned out to be a legit product all the naysayers would have quietly faded away. If you want to be smug now and crow about being right feel free.
^ Dyspnea... holy... Wow that's ridiculous. Too bad about the waste of time, but at least you didn't blow your own jaw off or some thing if you shot it.
How are people who are not on CGN going to know? Marstar needs to recall these rifles, ASAP.
How are people who are not on CGN going to know? Marstar needs to recall these rifles, ASAP.
Yeah buddy, that bolt is trash. No reputable gunsmith would ever grind the mating surfaces of a heat treated bolt in a Garand like that. Definitely not a professional job there.
I think everyone owes Hitzy a large thank you. Reviewing the thread, some were critical of his questions which turned out very credible.
Think about that. It's kinda freaking me out a bit, I did shot like 8 en bloc of their surplus 308 win from Marstar. The second photo is the bolt from the Garand that I shot.
It might have different outcome if I shot the Garand with bolt from the first photo.
That almost looks like he ran out of welding rods and said #### it, solder is "close enough".....lol.
That would last about 1 enbloc before it was deformed and headspace out, or worse lugs shearing off....
Garands are tough, but not indestructible.
That would last about 1 enbloc before it was deformed and headspace out, or worse lugs shearing off....
Garands are tough, but not indestructible.
That almost looks like he ran out of welding rods and said #### it, solder is "close enough".....lol.
That would last about 1 enbloc before it was deformed and headspace out, or worse lugs shearing off....
Garands are tough, but not indestructible.
I stand by my earlier remarks. Looks like gas-less MIG to me. The bulk of the weld was then ground away.
I'm not "crow-ing"KE, my comment wasn't pointed at you per se, rather at Johnone. You were speaking for him after having spoken to him. What I am pointing out is that apparently in your discussion, John continued with his absolutely arrogant position that he is reasonable and everyone else is either uniformed (read stupid) or unreasonable (again...read indirectly stupid).
Expecting not to be lied to, is not unreasonable (John). Expecting to receive what you have been sold on is not being uninformed (John). These T2's are not legit, and is the third independent example that I'm aware of that Marstar has been untruthful with its client base.
I am no longer part of your client base John.
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