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Posted: 4/7/2011 11:43:47 AM EDT

HRA rifle, modified by ADCO to accept a 308 Battlecomp, and shortened by Shuff's Parkerizing. Also has an Ultimak scout railed rear handguard installed. Rifle has a new 308 Criterion barrel as well. Buttstock pouch is from Olongapo Outfitters.

Just need to order my stormwerkz rail, some optics, and maybe an AFG.

Oh, and figure out how to mount a sling and secure the buttstock pouch, as normally the rear sling swivel goes through a slot in the pouch and secures it, but the ramline stock just has a simple stud. Maybe a discrete roll pin through it?

What do ya'll think?

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:44:38 AM EDT

[#1]

I think it looks alright. I've never really had much lust for a Garand, but that one is pretty cool.
In before the pissers and moaners complain about ruining raping a piece of history.

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:44:53 AM EDT

[#2]

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:47:08 AM EDT

[#3]

I think that it is pretty cool. looks like a handy little rifle.

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:51:48 AM EDT

[#4]

What directly the fuck did you just do with a Garand?

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:52:52 AM EDT

[#5]

I kinda like it. Not traditional, but cool nonetheless. Looks handy.

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:53:37 AM EDT

[#6]

Would it have been cheaper to get a SA Scout?

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:54:00 AM EDT

[#7]

looks good, but I wouldnt have used a garand

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:54:03 AM EDT

[#8]

That would be a pretty sweet setup in .308 and its even california complaint.

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:54:46 AM EDT

[#9]

poor old girl

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:55:05 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Would it have been cheaper to get a SA Scout?

Scouts are around $1300 now.

Garand is about $400 from CMP IIRC. I dont think there is $900 in gunsmithing on that thing.

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:56:50 AM EDT

[#11]

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:57:07 AM EDT

[#12]

Eh, if it really needed a rebarreling, I guess you might as well have.

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:58:18 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
What directly the fuck did you just do with a Garand?

Ok
I laughed out loud

BUT

I say its cooler than the tricked out M1s you see at Perry with all the duracoat and fancy colors.

Not sure that the BC .308 looks good on it though.

Either way good job OP way to make that rifle yours!

Posted: 4/7/2011 11:58:41 AM EDT

[#14]

Heretic! Burn him!

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:00:26 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Eh, if it really needed a rebarreling, I guess you might as well have.

This and I like it

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:03:29 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Would it have been cheaper to get a SA Scout?

Scouts are around $1300 now.

Garand is about $400 from CMP IIRC. I dont think there is $900 in gunsmithing on that thing.

No, Garands are not $400. You can get a Field Grade for $495 but that doesn't include shipping or the cost of the club you'll join.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:04:04 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Heretic! Burn him!

This! My M1 Garands are demanding blood!

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:04:12 PM EDT

[#18]

Couldn't you have done that with any rifle that wasn't a Garand?

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:05:09 PM EDT

[#19]

Why not just buy a M1A scout?

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:08:55 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Would it have been cheaper to get a SA Scout?

tag to hear the answer

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:10:17 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Would it have been cheaper to get a SA Scout?

Maybe.

However this is much lighter and has a forged receiver.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:11:00 PM EDT

[#22]

I actually have my doubts that modifying the receiver, getting a new barrel, and replacing the stock comes in under $800. You can't get a Garand for $400.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:11:26 PM EDT

[#23]

That picture makes me angry, but I suspect you knew that before you posted.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:11:58 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Would it have been cheaper to get a SA Scout?

tag to hear the answer

Would have been a few hundred cheaper than the scout without the rebarrel and the battlecomp, and just the conversion.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:12:12 PM EDT

[#25]

its a little tacticool for me but if you like it then its your gun. I recently added that same mount to my garand i set it up with a variable 2-7 scope. Havent shot it yet but i like it so far.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:12:33 PM EDT

[#26]

Is that you in your avatar?

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:12:47 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
I actually have my doubts that modifying the receiver, getting a new barrel, and replacing the stock comes in under $800. You can't get a Garand for $400.

No mods have been done to the receiver. Rifle can be returned to original configuration easily.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:14:26 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
Is that you in your avatar?

Maybe...why?

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:16:13 PM EDT

[#29]

Our God is a vengeful God and will smite you for your abomination.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:18:09 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
I kinda like it. Not traditional, but cool nonetheless. Looks handy.

Its unbelievably light. Very pointable.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:18:43 PM EDT

[#31]

Hell, I love it! How much do you have into it?

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:20:30 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:
What directly the fuck did you just do with a Garand?

Ok
I laughed out loud

BUT

I say its cooler than the tricked out M1s you see at Perry with all the duracoat and fancy colors.

Not sure that the BC .308 looks good on it though.

Either way good job OP way to make that rifle yours!

There's a muzzle break that SEI makes for garands, and on M-1's this short, they're kind of a necessity. I went with the battlecomp as its less likely to take down birds and ultralights from the redirected muzzle blast.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:21:45 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
You can't get a Garand for $400.

Whats the bare bones CMP guns go for now? Its been a few years since I got mine (4 of them). But they were $399 or less delivered.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:22:24 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
Hell, I love it! How much do you have into it?

A lot. I'd have to tally it, but it might be less than a scout. I don't think so though. I don't really care though, as the cost was spread out over months, and I've been wanting one setup like this for years.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:22:28 PM EDT

[#35]

While it looks fairly cool and handy, and would probably make an excellent pig gun, you still should be bitchslapped and boiled in oil.

- AG

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:22:35 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Would it have been cheaper to get a SA Scout?

Scouts are around $1300 now.

Garand is about $400 from CMP IIRC. I dont think there is $900 in gunsmithing on that thing.

No, Garands are not $400. You can get a Field Grade for $495 but that doesn't include shipping or the cost of the club you'll join.

So the basic CMP guns are up to $535 delivered now? That sucks.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:23:33 PM EDT

[#37]

Nice white tile floor!

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:23:56 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

Quoted:
You can't get a Garand for $400.

Whats the bare bones CMP guns go for now? Its been a few years since I got mine (4 of them). But they were $399 or less delivered.

Here toy go: http://www.thecmp.org/m1garand.htm

The CMP hasn't gotten any rifles that graded bad enough for rack grade in awhile.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:24:43 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
Nice white tile floor!

Thanks!

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:28:48 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Is that you in your avatar?

Maybe...why?

I'll take that as a yes, you would have answered in the negative if it were otherwise.

If that is in fact the case.... No further questions.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:33:00 PM EDT

[#41]

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:34:44 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Is that you in your avatar?

Maybe...why?

I'll take that as a yes, you would have answered in the negative if it were otherwise.

If that is in fact the case.... No further questions.

You don't take stupid pictures when out having a good time with friends? I guess I just don't take myself seriously enough.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:37:17 PM EDT

[#43]

I like It!

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:39:26 PM EDT

[#44]

Who sells the stock pouch?

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:41:19 PM EDT

[#45]

THE FUCK???

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:43:42 PM EDT

[#46]

It looks nice, the the garand-guy inside of me can't support this.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:44:20 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
Who sells the stock pouch?

http://www.olongapooutfitters.com/

They also make a kind of chest rig for en blocs. Not sure how practical, but definitely cool.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:44:36 PM EDT

[#48]

Cool! you've taken a classic battle rifle and turned it into a socom M1A...with no detachable box magazine...and more weight...and a gayer muzzlebrake....Maybe it's not so cool.

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:45:59 PM EDT

[#49]

i like it

Posted: 4/7/2011 12:48:36 PM EDT

[#50]

Looks like an effective little .308 rifle.

If you want to add a Garand-style rear swing swivel to the Ramline stock, use an AR-15 sling swivel (they have a thinner shank) with a 2" or 2 1/4 inch 10/24 (?) allen head bolt.

Just back out the stud and then dremel the hole wider, then drill a hole for the allen in from under the buttpad, and epoxy or glass bed it all in place.

You have to make a dam out of clay or plumber's putty to contain the epoxy.

You might want to think about glass bedding the front ferrule, as long as you're at it.

Good luck.

––Eight_Ring

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