Winchester Garand receiver.

WRA made slightly more than 500,000 Garands, but some parts are very hard to find for a parts correct build or restoration. I've been down this path a few times and was never able to locate a WRA stock or barrel. You can find all other parts over time, altho the WRA gas cylinders are very scarce. Drawing numbers changed on quite a few parts throughout production, so it is necessary to find revision numbers which are approptiate for the mfr date of the receiver. Finding a WRA stock with the right cartouche is a double challenge and there are a lot of fakes out there.

When blasting a WRA receiver for parkerizing you need to be careful not to wash out the stampings, some of which are quite light.
 
purple said:
WRA made slightly more than 500,000 Garands, but some parts are very hard to find for a parts correct build or restoration. I've been down this path a few times and was never able to locate a WRA stock or barrel. You can find all other parts over time, altho the WRA gas cylinders are very scarce. Drawing numbers changed on quite a few parts throughout production, so it is necessary to find revision numbers which are approptiate for the mfr date of the receiver. Finding a WRA stock with the right cartouche is a double challenge and there are a lot of fakes out there.

When blasting a WRA receiver for parkerizing you need to be careful not to wash out the stampings, some of which are quite light.
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There are lots of hobbyists out there who spend a fortune in time and effort attempting to make their rifles "correct". This is nothing more than rampant foolishness. The rifle was only correct once. It does not matter if you throw a gun together using only Winchester parts. Such a rifle is not correct because it is not original.

My receiver was only correct once--back in January 1944.

I plan on using a Winchester bolt, perhaps as a concession to sentiment. But the rest of the gun will consist of the finest parts I can find.

When holding the completed rifle, I will feel like a .30 calibre warlord. I will have a serious weapon of war and not some cobbled together "correct" schmoe-gun.

The Parkerizing is beautiful and does not need to be touched.
 
Whatever people decide to do with their guns is a matter of personal taste and choice. Your choice is but one of several options. A lot of people on the collector track do prefer to go the restoration route at one level or another and this is certainly a rewarding hobby for those who wish to do it. Tastes in women, guns, and dogs are highly personal. What pleases one may disgust another, so it's a generally a polite practice to refrain from judging another person's choices on any of them too harshly. Too much braggadocio about one's own choices isn't always the best idea either.
 
I'm not bragging about anything. But I do have the hottest b*tch in town.



And my dog has several properly built Garands.

 
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I un-boxed my receiver and i am very happy, the park is perfect there are no scuff or wear marks anywhere; it appears it has never been assembled. However whatever they coated these with is on there good lol.

 
live4therut said:
I guess if your into zoophilia.

I have an unissued 44 Winchester, I much prefer my original wartime garand over a built up one but that just me
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You are either sick or you have no sense of humor. And there is no such thing as an "unissued 44 Winchester"
 
I'm not sick and I have a sense of humor just obviously different then yours, Same with our tastes in garands. I value my original wartime garands as I'm a collector. I do have several some rebuilt and some original. Some I shoot some I don't. Yours to me are just rebuilt garands with nice wood & probably quality parts, they don't have the historical meaning that I look for when I purchase collectable firearms. Maybe I used wrong terminology and should of said my 44 never seen European or pacific theatre or any theatre as it's a mint original example and to most serious collector would be highly regarded over a garage garand
 
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My Garands are not "garage Garands". They are better in every single way than anything that left New Haven in 1944.

My rifles may lack history, but they do not lack class. Nor do they lack accuracy. Krieger and Criterion barrels are better in every way than Winchester's substandard garbage.

Every single part on every single one of my rifles is perfect. Every part was measured and gauged and you are a totally dope to disparage my rifles.
 
Perfect you say? Including the $50 Italian receivers. I have gauges, micrometers, tape and scales in my garage just because something is gauged and measured doesn't mean it wasn't made in a garage. I'm well aware of Krieger and criterion barrels as I have them on my LRB m25's, and the only dope around is the #### your smoking either that or the ft mac air has you gassed up, your rebuilt garands do nothing for me
 
i would love to have any garand. garage built attic built Italian american hell even those killed Korean ones. Any m1 would be good for me i just appreciate the rifle and the history behind the name.
 
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