Posted: 3/11/2005 4:55:47 PM EDT
| Is it hard to convert an M1 Garand to a 7.62(.308 win)? |
| it isnt a do it yourself kind of thing thats for sure unless you happen to have a bunch of tools. with the inexpensive milsurp ammo on the market right now you'd probably be better off buying a few hundred dollars worth of that and enjoying the garand in its full glory. |
I understand that a special jig is required. Your best bet would be to use http://www.fulton-armory.com/ to do the job. A Fulton Armory Mil-Spec (D35448) Barrel is $299.95 for (.270, .308 or .30-'06 ). Chrome bore & chamber is +$50 and reparkarizing is +$99.95. Be prepared for a never ending line of feces from the purists about ruining a piece of history. Granted, it wouldn't be financially smart to convert an all matching # pristine NRA 98%+ M1 Garand to 7.62. The purists pay unbelieveable amounts of American dollars for such. So, get a Greek Rack Grade with a sewer pipe barrel and fire wood grade wood for such a conversion. Or run the numbers and get an FAL or Saiga for a 7.62 shooter. It is cheaper to buy one of these than to jump through hoops to moderinze an M1 to a decent 7.62 shooter. My 2¢, wganz ¶ |
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Check here as well: www.champchoice.com BTW, whatever you do, do NOT use one of those chamber inserts. They did NOT work for the govt. and they won't work for you. |
| I don't see anything wrong with converting it to use a more readily available source of ammunition. I wouldn't convert a nice collectible Garand though as there are plenty of "rack grades" available for such conversions. I mean it's not like you cannot convert it back to 30-06 and ballistically speaking there is not much difference between it and the .308 Win as far as military loadings go. |
| Yeah, but who knows what going to be "readily available" from year to year? A buddy of mine converted his M1 Garand to .308 about ten years ago, when there was plenty of .308 ammo available and for some reason, 30-06 was hard to come by. Not long after that 30-06 was plentiful and .308 was scarce. My buddy says he wishes he'd never converted it now. |
7.62 is much more plentiful now than .30-06. Lucky for me, neither is exactly difficult to find, so I'm stocking up on both. I currently have a 1944 Garand in .30-06, and she's going to stay that way, but I'm planning on a RG Greek to have rebarreled to 7.62, then a new stock and a full repark. That will be my true shooter. 
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I don't know. He moved to NC last year for a new job. I've been in contact with him and I may be moving there myself within a year. 
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| I have one of each. Both CMP Greek rackers. Both shoot excellently and I wouldn't trade either. Now whichever ammo is readily available is useable by me. The milsurp 7.62 does seem to be more plentiful and cheaper at the moment though. I don't mind the corrosive Korean 06, but honestly the .308 goes bang alot more times for the same amount of money. |