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Posted: 11/28/2011 4:32:02 PM EDT
| Looking at picking up a M1 and was looking for help is the field grade good for hunting and match shooting thanks |
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Looking at picking up a M1 and was looking for help is the field grade good for hunting and match shooting thanks Absolutly not, I have personally handled many, many hundreds of FG at the North Store and most of them will swallow a Muzzle Gauge. It is possible to find a good one or two mixed in but would NEVER mail order a FG Basically they are canidates for rebarrel. Go with a Service Grade when they come back in stock or better , you wont be dissapointed |
| Definitely wait for a service grade, unless like the above poster said you are able to hand select a rifle at the north or south store and check the muzzle and throat erosion. I have two service grades that are essentially like new and a Winchester field grade that was hand selected for me. Doing a luck of the draw mail order on a field grade will not get you what you are looking for. |
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Looking at picking up a M1 and was looking for help is the field grade good for hunting and match shooting thanks Absolutly not, I have personally handled many, many hundreds of FG at the North Store and most of them will swallow a Muzzle Gauge. It is possible to find a good one or two mixed in but would NEVER mail order a FG Basically they are canidates for rebarrel. Go with a Service Grade when they come back in stock or better , you wont be dissapointed Agreed with the above 100%. I have been to the NS several times and handled almost as many with the same experience. I found one with ME and TE both less than 1, but that was one of more than 50 in the store at that time. Nearly all the others swallowed ME gauges. Service grade is worth your time and money. |
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