[gunadvocate]

Id say we at least have a company... Garands of the world UNITE!

[corsair34]

All SA's
1.19
1.75
1.85
2.74
3.50
4.21
4.28
sorry, don't know how to make the pics smaller

[Iron_Colonel]

Beautiful Garands you have there. Thanks for the post!

[Iron_Colonel]

Boomer, do we add one then to the total?

After a count from my last post, I counted 19 to add. 20 if Boomer confirms to add this one. Until then, I have a total of 172 Garands so far. So, we are closing in on enough Garands to outfit a large company

Keep adding the posts of your Garand rifles! We have a ways to go to catch up to the Mosin Nagant forum and the roll call thread. Looks they have enough rifles to outfit a large batallion at 890 rifles so far, and counting!

[gunadvocate]

corsair that NRA display case is bad a*s

[corsair34]

Gunadvocate, Thanks. All hand made by yours truly..

[imlne]

The BWT came today and gave me the gift of my first Garand and Carbine. It was a long wait, but worth it. The rifles were service grades from CMP, they deliver amazing rifles.
The Garand came with a new stock and I think it was manufactured in October of 44.
The Carbine looks like it has its original parts and from the was one of the first million made by GM. She looks great.
I had the joy of field stripping my rifles and that was a fun experience.
Shooting them will be even more fun. Can't wait. Now I just have to wait for the ammo to come in and then I'll rock and roll.

[tbird430]

"imlne" is that a Type 2, milled rear sight rather than the stamped Type 3 on the Carbine?

[imlne]

Quote:       Originally Posted by tbird430

"imlne" is that a Type 2, milled rear sight rather than the stamped Type 3 on the Carbine?

TBird430 I'm new to the sport of shooting so I don't know. Any thought on what I have? I did look up the different types and this is what I found:

Quote:       Originally Posted by off the internet some where

"USGI sights were staked together and were not intended to be repaired, just replaced. There were three types of original USGI sights. The first was a simple "L" shaped non-adjustable sight. The second was adjustable for windage and elevation, and was made of milled steel. The third was a stamped version of the second. The "preferred" sight is the second type made of milled steel. It's just better quality than the stamped version. Many parts houses and surplus dealers have original or "replica" models of this sight."

[obie1946]

I posted earlier in this thread but wanted to share the photo's of this rebuild.
Some of you may have seen this photo elsewhere.

This is a Danish M1 from the CMP with a LMR barrel that was in fantastic shape.
I purchased a new stock from the CMP and refinished it with a couple of coats of BLO and finished up with TUNG oil. No stain was used. It took about ten minutes to fit the action to the stock. We had a slight bind in the trigger guard area that was shaved with a file after that it locked up nice and tight.


All internal parts were checked and it was parked by my gunsmith (who did a great job)

I gave this rifle to my son in Aug of 07 for celebrating his 20 yrs in the USMC.

[gunadvocate]

wow what a good job on the finish... thats what i want to do to my rifle's wood!

how much did that tung oil and BLO cost and where did you get it?

[Orlando]

Good looking Boyds stock, I like

[obie1946]

Quote:       Originally Posted by gunadvocate

wow what a good job on the finish... thats what i want to do to my rifle's wood! how much did that tung oil and BLO cost and where did you get it?

You can get BLO (Boiled Linseed Oil) almost anywhere paint is sold, even Wally's. Tung oil can be found at most "woodworking" shops. NOTE: you want 100% Tung Oil not a Tung Oil finish like "Forby's"

I just rubbed in the BLO, let dry and repeated about 3 times.

The same with the Tung Oil just use a very small amount on a very clean rag. I usually rub it into the stock let it sit for a hour or so and wipe it down and let it dry then repeat if necessary.

Jim

[obie1946]

Here are a couple of pictures (we all like pictures) of the CMP stock.
These pictures were taken in natural light, no flash.

You can see the "CMP" stamp in this photo. If I remember correctly this picture is after the 1st coat of Tung Oil.


Close up of the rear of the stock below. I think this is after 3rd coat of Tung Oil. Notice how much more shine is on this picture compared to the one above.

Here the whole stock set sitting outside during the drying process. The finish was a little "shiney" for me so I knocked down the shine by "burnishing" (Rubbing hard) with 0000 steel wool dipped in Tung oil, then wiped down. This gave me the finished look you see on the picture of the complete weapon. It ended up in what I call a "dull" shine.
Jim

[gunadvocate]

very informative! Thats my new project now! (when i can get some time)

Thank you very much obie

[obie1946]

Glad I could help.
Only thing to remember is not to rush. Rub on the BLO let sit for an hour or so, wipe off excess and let dry then repeat.
Same with the Tung Oil, just be sure to cover the whole stock at one time, you don't want to stop half way on the stock and come back later.
You need to cover the whole stock, let it sit, wipe it down & let it dry.

As I said if the finish has too much of a shine you can always knock down the shine by rubbing will 0000 steel wool dipped in Tung Oil and then wiped down.

Have fun, I think the whole process took me about 4 days.

Jim..........aka...........Obie

[imlne]

obie, that looks great. know i have direction on what to do, thanks

[Iron_Colonel]

Nice posts guys. I have a CMP Garand as well, and it is in a CMP stock. I want to add a little finish to it, and I was considering BLO. I like this Tung Oil. Did you do any preparation to the stock before you started coating?

[Orlando]

One thing to remember, a few coats of BLO or Tung Oil isnt going to make a old stock look like the one pictured. Thats a nicely grained Boyds stock which is fairly easy to be made to look nice

[obie1946]

To All,
The only prep I did was to rub the stock with "dry" 0000 steel wool to remove any small fibers of wood that were raised. This stock was in excellent shape right from the CMP and no other prep work was needed.