Hi all, hope this is the right forum for this question. I purchased a field grade M1 Garand at Camp Perry a couple of weeks ago. Guys there could not have been nicer. Even brought "mine" out from in back when the guns in the rack were pretty high in muzzle wear gauging. It had a 1 muzzle wear. (In fact another collector checked it later and said it was really a .5! AND he thought it looked like a new barrel...)
After field stripping it to de-csomoline-i-fy, I had trouble re-seating the trigger assembly. Went to my local gunsmith. Whacked it into place with a nylon hammer. When I said "CMP" he got out the head space gauges. "GO" guage" was fine. The bolt closed on the "NOGO" gauge. He started talking like it was time to replace barrel. (CMP's being warn and all). I agreed.
My question, is a barrel replacement the answer? (I had NOT fired it yet). Aren't there 2 "NOGO" gauges? (As in "optimal" and "completely/dangerously" out of spec?) Is there anyway to "adjust" the bolt to make up the difference in spacing?
Thanks. Sorry for the longwinded post. This is my first Garand and means a lot to me!
After field stripping it to de-csomoline-i-fy, I had trouble re-seating the trigger assembly. Went to my local gunsmith. Whacked it into place with a nylon hammer. When I said "CMP" he got out the head space gauges. "GO" guage" was fine. The bolt closed on the "NOGO" gauge. He started talking like it was time to replace barrel. (CMP's being warn and all). I agreed.
My question, is a barrel replacement the answer? (I had NOT fired it yet). Aren't there 2 "NOGO" gauges? (As in "optimal" and "completely/dangerously" out of spec?) Is there anyway to "adjust" the bolt to make up the difference in spacing?
Thanks. Sorry for the longwinded post. This is my first Garand and means a lot to me!