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Posted: 7/23/2008 10:27:15 AM EDT
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Well, my Grandfather totally blew me away today. He was a Paratrooper back in the day and was issued an M1 Carbine. He always told me how the M1 Garand was the "riflemans rifle" so about 20 years ago he got one for himself. I told him how I was at the local gunshop the other day and the owner got several M1's in. He had some work to do on them, but he was asking $800 ea. I though my Grandpa would get a kick out of how much they are asking for the rifle he trained with in Basic. Of course he balked and told me if I wanted an M1 I could have his. I did want an M1, but I didn't want to take his rifle. After about twenty minutes of realizing I would hurt his feelings if I refused, I accepted the rifle and eight clips of unknown 30'06. I love old service rifles, but I know nothing about M1 Garands. I have never even fired one before. This one needs some cleaning since it has twenty years worth of dust, but other than that it's perfect. No rust anywhere. I will probably clean it up and take it to the local shop and have him gauge the chamber and barrel to see what kind of shape they are in. I would like to know what I have: It's a Springfield Armory SN: 25839XX Bolt: D28287-2SA Also the ammo has a crimped and sealed primer and the headstamp reads: 60A 30 59 From what I can gather it's Tiawanese. What bullet weight is it and is it corrosive? Is it OK to shoot this stuff? Thanks for the help. I can't wait to shoot this thing and maybe refinish the stock. If it shoots well enough I may take it to the serivce rifle matches here. 
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Serial number puts it somewhere around February 1944.The bolt is correct for that timeframe. The rear sight nut is not correct. It should have a Type II, lock bar with rounded ends. Should look like this. All in all, it is a nice looking Garand. Try to get us some more info on it (drawing numbers, etc.). |
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Once I get it cleaned up I will get some detailed photos. I just ran it by my 'smith. The throat gauges a 4.5-5. The muzzle accepts the entire gauge. So I guess the barrel is shot out. I am still going to try to throw some good ammo down the tube to see what it will do. Who is the "go to" if I want to rebarrel it? I am not looking to build a National Match rifle, but I do require some degree of accuracy from a rifle of this type. |
Dean's Gun Restoration is a good choice. Never needed any work done, but several here have had work done by him. www.dgrguns.com/ |
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