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Posted: 9/23/2004 5:42:37 PM EDT
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Went to the range the other day and fired my Garand. It has developed a feeding problem. Once or twice a clip (ha! I can use the word clip because that's what it is) a round fails to feed into the chamber. I line the sights up, pull the trigger and the weapon goes click. Look at the bolt and the bolt is fine, it's closed and in battery. When I pull the bolt back, the chamber is empty, the round didn't even get picked up. When I release the bolt, the bullet is picked up and the weapon fires normally. This does not occur on the same round, sometimes it will be the third round in the clip, sometimes the fifth, it differs. The op rod spring has just been replaced. It's a Winchester with a SA bolt assembly, and it has been rebarreled by Arlington Ordanance, (never heard of them) The weapon has been fired before several times with no problem prior to this weekend. Used pre loaded clips I obtained from different places. One set of clips I got from JG Sales in Prescott, I don't remember what the brand was, and the second set was the Korean surplus from www.ammoman.com, it was from the corrisve but no KB headstamp. Is this a common problem with the Garand? What should I look for as the cause, or how should I go about remedying this? Thank you |
It seems to be assembled correctly, I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Next time I go to the range, I will double check the gas cylinder. Short stroking is where the bolt doesn't go all the way back? Not sure if it was, but I don't think so. How could I tell? |
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The rifle is almost assurredly short stroking. Assuming you're shooting M2 Ball and not commercial ammo, this can be caused by: (1) Poor cleaning and improper lubrication. (2) Loose or leaking gas cylinder plug. (3) Rough chamber. (4) Improper gas port size. (5) Worn gas cylinder. (6) Worn gas piston (that little stainless steel button on the tip of the oprod). (7) Bad lot of ammo. Lake City light-loaded ammo for small statured ARVN soldiers in the late 1960s. ARVN M1 Rifles had softer recoil springs to handle this ammo. Korean soldiers aren't any bigger. The "rebarreling" is probably just an import mark, but check in the slot opened by the oprod. -- Chuck |
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The late gas plugs have a valve in them designed to release gas when launching grenades (the grenade launcher slightly opens the valve). If this valve is dirty or otherwise leaking the rifle can short stroke. Proper cleaning and lubrication is still at the top of the list with shooting military ammo. ".30-06" hunting ammo often won't work. -- Chuck |
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