M14-Barrels on an M1???

[Eightball]

I saw this pic lately, and it got me to wondering---what would be the work required for such a weapon? It's an m14 barrel & gas system on an M1 receiver. Since I was contemplating rebarring my M1 (dunno if i'm going to pick .308 or .30-06 for that, though), I was wondering what the pros/cons of a custom-ish job like this could be.

 

[nbkky71]

Wow... interesting pic. Whereabouts did you come across that?

 

[Kurac]

That looks more like an M14 with an M1 trigger group to me

 

[Erinyes]

No, it doesn't have a stripper clip guide on the reciever like an M14 does.

 

[Farnham]

That's very cool. Hoping someone else has some info on it.

S/F

Farnham

 

[Eightball]

I came across said pic while online researching M1 Garand rebarreling jobs. Thought it was interesting enough to warrent an inquiry of the bright minds of THR.

 

[Eightball]

Bump.

 

[soul_rapier]

may i ask something is that a springfield or polytech . also is it been tricked out yet ? i have 2 of them i had to do so work to them jamming problems and very mag picky drill out the gas port and refit the bolt them 5 round mag work good but the old 20 round gi one dont work to good. heres you a gun to chk out look at the link you want see many of them out there http://world.guns.ru/assault/as54-e.htm

 

[B.D. Turner]

I had a Beretta BM-59 it was a mix of the M14 and M1 with the M14 action and the M1 barrel. It was in .308 too.

 

[Eightball]

Thing is, instead of M14 action and M1 barrel, that's an M1 action with an M14 barrel--doesn't take mags (in fact, it can't). Any ideas on how it'd shoot?

 

[Owen]

Wow. that is interesting.

Would the M14 Gas system allow heavy bullets and slow powders without damage?

I'm off to daydream for a few hours...