Ok folks, trying to decide on what to build next. My last project was a 1911 officer's and it came out looking like a brand new Wilson Combat, but now the itch has started and I need to build something else.
I've owned an SKS, and a Yugo Mauser, but I've never owned one of the grand ol' US Service Rifles. So I'm looking to build either an M1 Carbine or a Garand.
This won't be an untouched surplus piece of perfection, I'll be putting this together from parts, getting a new production barrel probably, and I can get either a new repro stock or a surplus stock from a local place. The rifle may be refinished, I'll have to decide that when I'm finished with the build. Blueing is easy, I have a blaster and my smith friend has a glass bead setup with tanks for hot blue, BUT I may just refinish to a park'd or get a robar-type of grey, depending.
I'm in NY so keep that in mind for keeping any rifle legal, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on which rifle to build and to make into a shooter.
I've owned an SKS, and a Yugo Mauser, but I've never owned one of the grand ol' US Service Rifles. So I'm looking to build either an M1 Carbine or a Garand.
This won't be an untouched surplus piece of perfection, I'll be putting this together from parts, getting a new production barrel probably, and I can get either a new repro stock or a surplus stock from a local place. The rifle may be refinished, I'll have to decide that when I'm finished with the build. Blueing is easy, I have a blaster and my smith friend has a glass bead setup with tanks for hot blue, BUT I may just refinish to a park'd or get a robar-type of grey, depending.
I'm in NY so keep that in mind for keeping any rifle legal, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on which rifle to build and to make into a shooter.