WWII Springfield M1 Garand Recievers
- Thread starter Chemist
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- Location
- chilliwack BC.
yep, quality, price, etc etc. It would be a good way to start a Garand build, and not have to pay what they go for these days.
With lots of money.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
Built my garand on one of the Italian receivers for less than a grand. Plus it's fun.
How soon is soon??? Price???
One of the receiver looks to have a blank heal, no markings. Are there variations in markings?
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- Location
- chilliwack BC.
you just have to hunt around for all the parts. Either individually, or in bunches. It will probably be easy at first, but some things will be hard. But if you can get it done for less than a g(a)rand, then it will be really great. No it won't be numbers matching, and it will be a mutt of epic proportions, but it will be yours, very shootable, and still worth more than you payed for it.
plus, being a mutt, and being that you have the parts one at a time, you can clean, smooth, tweak and refinish each part as you get it.
plus, being a mutt, and being that you have the parts one at a time, you can clean, smooth, tweak and refinish each part as you get it.
Dumb question of the month (so flaming is fine):
How come there are receivers and that is it? Where is the rest of that garand?
Just wondering if they are arsenal leftovers, salvage parts, from guns with destroyed barrels, war time battlefield pick-ups, or what? I don't know: so I am asking.
How come there are receivers and that is it? Where is the rest of that garand?
Just wondering if they are arsenal leftovers, salvage parts, from guns with destroyed barrels, war time battlefield pick-ups, or what? I don't know: so I am asking.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
My guess, ex lend lease rifles that can't ever go back to the US. The rifles were stripped, the parts sent as kits to the US and the receivers were left over. SFRC picked up the receivers on mass as that is the part that can't go to the US, and sells them to ya.
Just a guess.
Reasonable guess: thanks.
There are no matching numbers for Garands, the only serial number on the rifle is on marked on the heel, every other part if marked will have a drawing numbers dont match each other either, all the info needed to build a parts correct US Garand are here http://usriflecal30m1.com/, I have made my Garand 99% parts correct, just need a 1944 barrel.
Indeed that is correct, but that website I listed is excellent, just type in the serial number on the heel stamp in the "my Garand" section and it will give you a list of everything that should be on your garand for that year/month/ serial number range of production, so example, milled or stamped trigger guards, short forked long forked op rod guide rods, lock bars sights and so on and so on. really good site check it out.
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- Location
- North Of The DMZ (US border)
My Springfield is not like other Springfield's 
So glad I didn't send my Breda for reparkerizing, now that these are available!!!
WRT parts I sourced the following from these sources:
- Barrel / Stock -> Dean's Gun Restoration
- Trigger Group (Complete) -> Numrich
- All other parts -> eBay.
WRT parts I sourced the following from these sources:
- Barrel / Stock -> Dean's Gun Restoration
- Trigger Group (Complete) -> Numrich
- All other parts -> eBay.
