WWII Era Garand Barrel? -- anyone?

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Hello Gentlemen,

I've been looking around for a SA wartime (preferably 1942 dated) barrel for my Garand but nothing has really turned up in the EE for quite some time so I was wondering if anyone has and idea where I could find something like this?

Thanks for everyone's time!
 
I saw one on the counter top at Del Selin's on saturday.

He is a sponsor here but not bannered.

250 - 549 - 6413

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Original wartime barrels are very tough to find in shootable condition. Most take-offs of this vintage are well worn at muzzle/throat and will show varying degrees of pitting. They were taken off a rifle for a reason.

Most folks don't have a throat erosion gauge, but you can improvise a muzzle wear gauge to get a good idea of the degree of wear at the muzzle. All things being equal, if the muzzle is not overly worn, the throat will be OK as well. To do this take an M2 ball round, or any .30-06 spitzer ctg (pointed bullet-not round nose) and insert it in the muzzle. If it enters the muzzle up to the cannelure/case mouth you are looking at a well worn .303 cal barrel. If you can see clearance on the bullet between the cannelure/case mouth and the muzzle, and there is no pitting in the bore, the barrel has usable shooting life in it and you should pounce on it.

Take a look at the condition of the threads at both ends to make sure they aren't badly deformed. The threads for the gas cyl lock can be cleaned up with a die, but it's a good idea to try them with a servicable gas cyl lock.
 
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Check North Ridge Inc in California.

Their website is down, but last I check with them (a couple years ago) they had WWI dated barrels, and complete M1 kits (less receiver) for sale at a decent price. They would also ship to Canada at that time. The problem is most of the barrels were in poor-fair condition.

These were all from lease buy backs where the receivers needed to be destroyed before import back into the US - so don't expect much.
 
I did a google search, you're correct, their website seems to be down but I found that they have an ebay store so I contacted them through there. I'm just waiting on a response, thank you for the tip!
 
I bought a stock ferrule for my boyd's stock from north ridge, they were great to deal with. The swivel screw was frozen in place so bad that it stripped and bent the ferrule while removing it, even with lots of heat. They refunded me half the purchase price which I used for a 10 pack of replacement swivel screws.
 
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