Are the botls from M1 Garands identical or otherwise compatible with those of the M1A?
I ask because I am playing with an idea for an M1A bolt I am modeling. The M1A bolt is not the easiest to CAD up and the prints I have are fuzzy-at-best. Someone sent me a partially completed model but it suffered two problems, one being there were slight errors in the model and the other being that it had no history attached, making changes very cumbersome. Over on GrabCAD there is a very promising looking Garand that is complete, meaning I should be able to work with it, but am not quite sure if it is compatible with the 1A. I don't want to make a prototype, put it in my Loaded and blow my face up real good. Sadly, my best ffriend who has both Garands and a Supermatch passed away this past June 13, so my source of sure and fast information on this subject is no longer among us. I believe he was also a member here as well. I sure do miss him, but I digress.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
I ask because I am playing with an idea for an M1A bolt I am modeling. The M1A bolt is not the easiest to CAD up and the prints I have are fuzzy-at-best. Someone sent me a partially completed model but it suffered two problems, one being there were slight errors in the model and the other being that it had no history attached, making changes very cumbersome. Over on GrabCAD there is a very promising looking Garand that is complete, meaning I should be able to work with it, but am not quite sure if it is compatible with the 1A. I don't want to make a prototype, put it in my Loaded and blow my face up real good. Sadly, my best ffriend who has both Garands and a Supermatch passed away this past June 13, so my source of sure and fast information on this subject is no longer among us. I believe he was also a member here as well. I sure do miss him, but I digress.
Any help would be very much appreciated.