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Post by parallaxbill on May 21, 2022 17:11:42 GMT -5
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Post by squawberryman on May 21, 2022 17:21:47 GMT -5
"Part"
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Post by parallaxbill on May 21, 2022 17:34:09 GMT -5
Yeah, there are a couple missing. I have a buddy that has over 100. I have three now. A 1945 Springfield with its original barrel and lockbar sight. Nice International Harvester and a December 41 dated Winchester. I love em! |
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Post by 45MAN on May 21, 2022 19:49:31 GMT -5
VERY COOL, YOUR BUDDY MUST HAVE A HELL'uva M-1 COLLECTION.
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Post by ncrobb on May 24, 2022 19:11:32 GMT -5
A man after my own heart. I’m down to 6 from 13. I used to shoot NRA Highpower with one that was “prepped” my an old Marine armorer.
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Post by nolongcolt on May 24, 2022 21:15:05 GMT -5
Shot my '43 Winchester yesterday with a hand load of 175gr Nosler Match over IMR 4064 and it really liked that load.
46.0 grs gave me a 4 shot MOA group at 100.
Have two others, a DCM H&R and a CMP Springfield. All good shooters.
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Post by bula on May 30, 2022 6:55:49 GMT -5
School me ! Was there a short version, "Tanker" ?
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Post by greenchile on May 30, 2022 7:06:29 GMT -5
Yes, there is a Tanker Garand. I have one. I don't know much about the numbers of them, etc.
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Post by bradshaw on May 30, 2022 8:40:20 GMT -5
School me ! Was there a short version, "Tanker" ? ***** bula.... never heard mention of a “Tanker” Garand from my WW II mentors----including Hartley Perry “High Power” Smith, Sam Burkhalter, and Robert “Doc” Carroll----and don’t recall seeing any such thing at Springfield Armory (aka Springfield Armory Museum, Springfield Armory National Historic Site). The M1 Carbine and M3 Gease Gun were standard ride-along arms. An aspect of John Garand’s development: placing the gas port close to the muzzle of a standard length rifle barrel to lower pressure on operating rod and reduce bolt velocity and receiver wear. Post-war shortening of .30-06 by 1/2-inch to form .308 case required raising chamber pressure to duplicate .30-06 velocity. Learned at the same time, gas port could be set back on M-14 without damaging rifle; in fact increasing service life of operating rod. Doubtful this stuff established during WW II, although that doesn’t eliminate experiment. parallaxbill.... beautiful to see these preserved Garands. David Bradshaw |
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Post by bula on May 30, 2022 9:42:51 GMT -5
Well then, any white (painted) stocked ones still floating around ? An Uncle long gone now, served in the 10th Mtn..
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Post by nicholst55 on May 30, 2022 10:48:15 GMT -5
School me ! Was there a short version, "Tanker" ? According to R. Blake Stevens in his book U.S. Rifle M14, from John Garand to the M21, Springfield Armory did make at least one prototype rifle, the M1E5, which is supposed to be on display at Springfield, that had an 18" barrel and a folding stock. A picture of it is on page 19 of the book. According to Stevens, this eventually led to the fixed-stock, short barrel T26 rifle. Unfortunately, the book is about the development of the M14, and doesn't provide any further information on the T26 rifle. In A Collector's Guide to the M1 Garand and the M1 Carbine, author Bruce Canfield states that 'The T26 was the short Garand, intended for use in the Pacific Theater. It was fitted in a basically standard M1 wooden stock. This gun was the inspiration for the commercially produced "Tanker Garand."' Estimates of government production levels of the T26 vary from none, to at most a mere handful - most/all of which were supposedly destroyed during testing. I would be very, very skeptical of a rifle that someone claimed to be an original T26 - even if the receiver was so marked. |
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Post by bula on May 30, 2022 13:28:11 GMT -5
To the Tanker version then, VERY rare prototype or commercial made variant ? Still cool.
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Post by greenchile on May 30, 2022 13:47:01 GMT -5
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Post by bula on May 30, 2022 16:27:25 GMT -5
Thank you.
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Post by magnumwheelman on May 31, 2022 8:00:27 GMT -5
Nice... I sold off most of my milsurp collection, including my Garand, 2 years ago... I got to look over the salute rifles at the memorial service yesterday, talked to, & thanked the guys for their service, handling them... the rifles seemed to have a plug, with maybe a 17 caliber hole in the end of the barrel... anyone know if these are salute only rifles??? the plug didn't appear easily removable so they may have been tuned to only be able to semi auto fire blanks...
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