[eclancy]

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Gentlemen,
During early rebuilding of the M1 Garand Rifle Ordnance states the following:

"Under Barrel and Receiver Group...
Inspect rear of receiver behind rear sight for cracks or distortion cause by......" What ?

This is an easy one.
Have fun with this one.
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Torsion?

[nextjoe]

As I recall, there was an issue with recievers being too hard in the heel area during the early years of production. Later guns had the heel annealed to prevent cracking, I think.

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Joe

[eclancy]

Gentlemen,

The answer to the above quiz is as follows:

The Bolt Slamming against the back of the receiver. Steps were taken to correct this problem in a number of ways, but that's another quiz.
You are just about all coorect on this one.

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ps nextjoe you are correct Sir.