I picked up my new Springfield Armory M1 Garand this afternoon (yes I know it is not completely new - but the important stuff is).
Just to get it out of the way for those who consider getting a Springfield Armory Garand heresy:
Bad wolf, bad, bad. Go to your room!
Okay - now that we got that out of the way:
I'm confused. The SA manual says not to tear the thing down unless absolutely needed. This seems to conflict with the FM included in the package (which is basicaly army habit of clean it every chance you get).
So can I lube and grease it without breaking it into the three groups? If not will just breaking it down into the three groups suffice and provide the necessary access to properly clean, apply oil and grease or must I go further.
Should I follow the maintenance and cleaning instructions in the FM or the ones in the SA manual (they differ slightly and the SA manual doesn't specify lube instructions and I know that certain areas of a garand require grease).
So how do I proceed? All you heritage/history guys feel free to flame me (along with providing advice) and all you Springfield M1 owners tell me I done good and provide your advice...
With luck I'll be taking it out to the range Sunday morning to shoot off a 100 or so Portugese manufactured NATO .308 147gr Ball. If anyone is interested I'll relate the results here.
Just to get it out of the way for those who consider getting a Springfield Armory Garand heresy:
Bad wolf, bad, bad. Go to your room!
Okay - now that we got that out of the way:
I'm confused. The SA manual says not to tear the thing down unless absolutely needed. This seems to conflict with the FM included in the package (which is basicaly army habit of clean it every chance you get).
So can I lube and grease it without breaking it into the three groups? If not will just breaking it down into the three groups suffice and provide the necessary access to properly clean, apply oil and grease or must I go further.
Should I follow the maintenance and cleaning instructions in the FM or the ones in the SA manual (they differ slightly and the SA manual doesn't specify lube instructions and I know that certain areas of a garand require grease).
So how do I proceed? All you heritage/history guys feel free to flame me (along with providing advice) and all you Springfield M1 owners tell me I done good and provide your advice...
With luck I'll be taking it out to the range Sunday morning to shoot off a 100 or so Portugese manufactured NATO .308 147gr Ball. If anyone is interested I'll relate the results here.