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10-19-2009, 09:02 PM
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southwest Utah
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| Front sight problem....
The front sight on my Garand has a slight side to side movement. Actually it's the gas cylinder that's not tight on the barrel which allows the front sight to roll sideways, slightly. I'm thinking about peening the spline on the barrel slightly or possibly peening the groove in the cylinder where it slides over the barrel. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Cat |
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10-19-2009, 09:05 PM
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Ok, so your saying that the entire gas cylinder is moving? I know this sounds stupid but is the + under the barrel tightened all the way? If thats loose then it can cause the cylinder to move.
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10-19-2009, 09:09 PM
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Tight as can be....
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10-19-2009, 09:16 PM
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My guess would be to peen, I know this sometimes happens to Garands... there were pictures with directions on where to peen somewhere on this site... Hopefully someone has them.
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10-19-2009, 09:24 PM
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Damn, broken link wont work.
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10-19-2009, 09:27 PM
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10-19-2009, 10:00 PM
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Why not first and just take a set of calipers and measure the external diameter of the gas pad and then measure the inside dimension of the gas cylinder ring that sits over it and see what the numbers are? If there too far off you'd do and be better off just replacing it then?
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10-19-2009, 10:19 PM
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You may find this thread helpful: http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/m1-...-cylinder.html (M1 garand loose gas cylinder.) HTH Dave
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10-19-2009, 10:37 PM
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Simple fix, peen the barrel splines
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11-11-2009, 01:05 PM
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| Member Join Date: May 2009
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| Loose Gas Cylinder
remove the gas cylinder and either peen the top spleens or add the beer can shim in the top speen...
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11-11-2009, 11:18 PM
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southwest Utah
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I've fixed it... Thanks for all your replys.. Cat |
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