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Posted: 11/20/2007 6:20:28 PM EDT
I thought i would ask the experts!!
 Is it possible to use a M1 Garand Receiver to build an M1A? I believe it is but i do not know what would need changed on the receiver. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Guys 
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Posted: 11/20/2007 6:21:57 PM EDT
[#1]
Your talking Dogs and Cats............
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Posted: 11/20/2007 6:26:30 PM EDT
[#2]
I know lol
But we want to assemble an M1a and i can not find a receiver i can afford but i can get an M1 Garand receiver. What can one due lol
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Posted: 11/20/2007 6:36:26 PM EDT
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NO
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Posted: 11/20/2007 6:40:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/20/2007 6:41:55 PM EDT
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There are guys who build M1 type rifles that take M14 Mags. Try Warbirds.
www.warbirdscustomguns.com/M1%20Garand.htm |
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Posted: 11/20/2007 6:45:23 PM EDT
[#6]
Hey that is some cool stuff. Makes me want to get some more garands lol
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Posted: 11/20/2007 7:07:47 PM EDT
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Yeah, the "Tanker" that takes M14 Mags looks like a neat little rifle. The down side is that it probably costs more than an SA Inc. Scout rifle. I don't see the point in boogering up an M1 to do what an M14 type will do. |
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Posted: 11/20/2007 7:32:51 PM EDT
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The Tanker is a nice brush gun. The one in this pic is a .06....same lenght as a 20in A1 AR....
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Posted: 11/20/2007 7:38:35 PM EDT
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Nice rifle
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Posted: 11/21/2007 5:58:25 AM EDT
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Sarco used to have Armscorp M1a receivers for $360. I wouldn't mess with a Garand receiver over that price differential-what you're paying for the Garand receiver vs. the M1a.
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Posted: 11/21/2007 6:11:29 AM EDT
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Your question should be 'Is it practicable to build...' No. You could use a Garand receiver, but the cost of modifying (cut, reweld, blah, blah) would exceed the price of a M1A receiver quickly. You could probably get one machined out of billet cheaper than modifying a Garand receiver. Anything is possible, including building pyramids with bronze age tech, given a big enough budget and enough manpower. I suspect that you do not posses either an unlimited budget or a endless supply of expendable manpower. BSW |
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Posted: 11/23/2007 8:31:10 PM EDT
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Well that is the thing.
The Garand receiver is next to free and i have most of the m1a parts to build. I always enjoy a good project so my time is does not matter. 
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Posted: 11/23/2007 9:17:54 PM EDT
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There was a guy at TFL who did it and he was able to use the M-14 gas system on it too. It looked just like a M14/M1a but the reciever was a tad longer. I don't know how he got it into a M14 stock though. It looked good and he said a ran well too.
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Posted: 11/29/2007 11:41:16 AM EDT
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THINK........you could just get a BM59, instead? Course, mags are different. Aloha, Mark |
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Posted: 12/5/2007 1:19:49 PM EDT
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Juswt a bit of history...
Before the M1A was introduced (the Devine, TX rifles) you couldn't get M1As. Even M1s were limited to either 1 DCM rifle per lifetime or an M1 made with a rewelded receiver. Some guys who had the cut M1 receivers modified them extensively and rewelded them into interesting M14 type receivers but it left you with, guess what? A rewelded rifle. Lotsa work, but it was all you could get. And rare at that. Later Springfield Armory Inc offered rifles and receivers. They were a better deal, but with cast instead of machined receivers. They've served well. I'd really recommend you don't bother cutting and welding an M1 receiver. Sell it and get a Springfield receiver. If you have about $300 more to spend you can get an LRB receiver that's machined from a forging. They're beautiful receivers. |
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Posted: 12/5/2007 3:00:47 PM EDT
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its already been done. here is a picture of one i found on gunbroker. it is suppposedly built on a winchester M1 garand receiver. the only obvious sign is no scope mount hole on the side of the receiver.
the guy wants more for it than a used M1A. interested piece but i'm passing on it. www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=85685737  |
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