M14 and the .30-06

Kurosawa · 04-16-2002, 12:20 AM

Is it possible for the M14 to chamber a .30-06? Just doing some off hand research for it.

PAPA G · 04-16-2002, 12:25 AM

i think the receiver, and op rod are too short to accomadate the 06 round.

WyrTwister · 04-16-2002, 06:52 AM

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Originally posted by Kurosawa
Is it possible for the M14 to chamber a .30-06? Just doing some off hand research for it.

Yes , the earlier ones were chambered in .30.06 . That version was called M1 Garand . :-)

Sorry , I could not resist !

Wyr
God Bless

jamsalot · 06-20-2002, 01:56 AM

After WWII, italian armorers (berretta i think) converted some M1 garands to take detachable box magazines like the m14. You can find them at gun shows occasionally. Some were 30-06 i think and some were .308. They also converted garands to .308. You can find some US navy garands chambered in .308 as well as Isreali garands and 98kar mausers. It is easier to make 30-06 into 308 than the other way around. My only complaint about m1a1 is the lack of caliber variety.

Wayne · 06-20-2002, 01:58 PM

Saw a M1A recently on Gunbroker .com Chambered in .243. Anyone else see this ?

BattleRifleG3 · 06-24-2002, 03:52 PM

Heard of it. .243 Win is just a necked down .308 Win. Nothing but a barrel change.

m14nut · 07-17-2002, 07:29 AM

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Originally posted by jamsalot
After WWII, italian armorers (berretta i think) converted some M1 garands to take detachable box magazines like the m14. You can find them at gun shows occasionally. Some were 30-06 i think and some were .308. They also converted garands to .308. You can find some US navy garands chambered in .308 as well as Isreali garands and 98kar mausers. It is easier to make 30-06 into 308 than the other way around. My only complaint about m1a1 is the lack of caliber variety.

Beretta manufactured some squad style GArand conversions, Designated them the BM59. I believe those were actually select fire.:assult:
Beretta also converted some to be semi auto, like the M1a, only it had an 18" bbl, bipod and proprietary mags that will only work with that gun

Called it the BM69... Looks like the M1A bush gun, only in a Garand stock.
A friend has a BM69, personally, for what he paid for it and the trouble he went through with the ATF/NJSP to get it in NJ, it can stay in Italy!!!

Wizard · 07-20-2002, 11:30 PM

I have owned a BM 59 for several years, and it is great! Very well made, shorter and lighter than a Garand or M1A Scout, and very accurate. This gun runs! Use it with or without the flash supressor, and it works (accurately) every time.

Magazines are about $70 via mail order,versus $40 or so for M1A, but in spite of what you might have heard, magazines are still readily available. Actually, the last ones I bought were from a gun shop that had three of them and didn't know anyone who had a BM59, so I got them for $20 each. Beretta magazines are very well made, much more substantial than the M14 magazines, and you only need three or four.

I think that BM 59s are among the great "sleeper" bargains around!

Wizard

PAPA G · 07-20-2002, 11:47 PM

m14nut sorry to hear about your miss fortunes in the PRNJ i remember IL DUCE Florios great assault weapons ban, couldn't go duck hunting with an UZI anymore:rolleyes but now i leave in guntucky where me and my guns are free of all those little bureaucratic hitlers

when they said i had to turn in my m1a mi carbine and maarlin 22. i didn't no stand in the door -come and get me, just hid them

so i guess that makes me a fugitive or something. when the state gets to the point to ban your guns again what you gonna do???

m14nut · 07-21-2002, 07:21 AM

head for Vermont!!!!:target:

10-16-2004, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by m14nut

head for Vermont!!!!:target:

God's country...too cold for me though..if I want to live with that kind of weather I'll move back to Alaska

DANA · 10-16-2004, 07:32 PM

I live in Vermont and Alaska is my second choice.

DANA

gdphelps · 04-16-2005, 04:31 AM

Nope!!!

gdphelps · 04-16-2005, 04:32 AM

Want and 06 get a Garand

04-16-2002, 12:20 AM	#1
Kurosawa Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 1 Trader Rating: (0)	M14 and the .30-06 Is it possible for the M14 to chamber a .30-06? Just doing some off hand research for it.

06-20-2002, 01:56 AM	#4
jamsalot Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 9 Trader Rating: (0)	Italian assault guns After WWII, italian armorers (berretta i think) converted some M1 garands to take detachable box magazines like the m14. You can find them at gun shows occasionally. Some were 30-06 i think and some were .308. They also converted garands to .308. You can find some US navy garands chambered in .308 as well as Isreali garands and 98kar mausers. It is easier to make 30-06 into 308 than the other way around. My only complaint about m1a1 is the lack of caliber variety.

06-20-2002, 01:58 PM	#5
Wayne Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Copperas Cove TX Posts: 308 Trader Rating: (0)	Saw a M1A recently on Gunbroker .com Chambered in .243. Anyone else see this ? __________________ You give peace a chance. I'll stay back here and cover you, just in case it don't work out. Moderation is for Monks

06-24-2002, 03:52 PM	#6
BattleRifleG3 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,401 Trader Rating: (0)	Heard of it. .243 Win is just a necked down .308 Win. Nothing but a barrel change. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

07-21-2002, 07:21 AM	#10
m14nut Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 28 Trader Rating: (0)	head for Vermont!!!!:target: __________________ Gun control is hitting 'em consistently!

04-16-2002, 12:25 AM	#2
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 12 Trader Rating: (0)	i think the receiver, and op rod are too short to accomadate the 06 round.

07-20-2002, 11:30 PM	#8
Wizard Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Great State of Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 3 Trader Rating: (0)	I have owned a BM 59 for several years, and it is great! Very well made, shorter and lighter than a Garand or M1A Scout, and very accurate. This gun runs! Use it with or without the flash supressor, and it works (accurately) every time. Magazines are about $70 via mail order,versus $40 or so for M1A, but in spite of what you might have heard, magazines are still readily available. Actually, the last ones I bought were from a gun shop that had three of them and didn't know anyone who had a BM59, so I got them for $20 each. Beretta magazines are very well made, much more substantial than the M14 magazines, and you only need three or four. I think that BM 59s are among the great "sleeper" bargains around! Wizard

07-20-2002, 11:47 PM	#9
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 12 Trader Rating: (0)	m14nut sorry to hear about your miss fortunes in the PRNJ i remember IL DUCE Florios great assault weapons ban, couldn't go duck hunting with an UZI anymore:rolleyes but now i leave in guntucky where me and my guns are free of all those little bureaucratic hitlers when they said i had to turn in my m1a mi carbine and maarlin 22. i didn't no stand in the door -come and get me, just hid them so i guess that makes me a fugitive or something. when the state gets to the point to ban your guns again what you gonna do???

10-16-2004, 07:32 PM	#12
DANA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WAITSFIELD VERMONT Posts: 1,588 Trader Rating: (0)	I live in Vermont and Alaska is my second choice. DANA

04-16-2005, 04:31 AM	#13
gdphelps Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12 Trader Rating: (0)	Nope!!!

04-16-2005, 04:32 AM	#14
gdphelps Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12 Trader Rating: (0)	Want and 06 get a Garand