Springfield Armory Iwo Jima Garand

[BIGRETIC]

My brother and I both purchased one.Since we have had these,neither one will function the way they are supposed to.Both will jam(will not extract,ftf..etc)He has 3 guns from CMP that are flawless!(1 '45 2 '54 models)Those guns run like a champ.Both of our guns have been sent back to Springfield.We have been trying to shoot Greek ammo.Anyone else have this problem with the new Iwo Jima models?

Thanks in advance!

 

[dmazur]

I don't have a Iwo Jima model, but I do have a Springfield Armory Inc. NM Garand. It doesn't like anything but minimum SAAMI spec ammo. The chamber is "tight".

I don't know how SA put together its various Garand models. It is just possible that the tight chamber was not limited to their NM model.

From research, I believe I understand the typical "real" Garand has a generous chamber.

If the Greek surplus didn't slip into the chamber easily, that is probably the cause, IMO.

It took me quite a while to get my dies set right so my NM Garand would chamber my reloads. New Winchester brass wasn't a problem, but the once-fired wouldn't feed, extract, etc. after reloading. Kind of like what you're describing, I think.