10-01-2009, 02:40 AM
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#21 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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So if i print out the paper work fill it all out, and drive there i can hand pick and get it then n there? Or do i send the app and wait to hear back? My buddie has bin look for a good excuse for a road trip.
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10-01-2009, 06:26 AM
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#22 | | Firearm Zealot
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They are out of Service Grades at the Stores, they would have to be mail ordered.
Field Grades are available and if you can handpick are definatly worth looking at.
Yes you can fill out paperwork at the Store, pick out rifle and take it home.
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10-01-2009, 06:00 PM
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#23 | | Firearm Zealot
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No, they are crap, don't buy one!!!
JK. They are great, you should go for it. Get the service grade. 
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10-01-2009, 06:08 PM
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#24 | | Firearm Zealot
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Man, if I lived anywhere east of the Mississippi, I'd drive there and get it in person! And a buncha ammo too. Waiting just sucks.
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10-01-2009, 11:15 PM
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#25 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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Mailed order Aug 5, Fed X is coming by tomorow at ten, 58 days.
Field grade SA Garand
This makes 5 rifles and two barreled receivers
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10-02-2009, 12:07 AM
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#26 | | Firearm Aficionado
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Originally Posted by rondog  | Man, if I lived anywhere east of the Mississippi, I'd drive there and get it in person! And a buncha ammo too. Waiting just sucks. | Ammo gone.They will be set up here,get your paperwork qualifications done and in order and pick one out.You will not be able to take it with you they have to ship it from Anniston but it will be the rifle you picked out. Match Information You might even get to meet Gunny Ermey.
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10-02-2009, 03:44 PM
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#27 | | Firearm Enthusiast
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FedX came through
SA Garand 5850XXX Field Grade
SA barrel great shape
HRA bolt and opp rod
Win sight and safety
Mailed order Aug 5, thats 58 days
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10-02-2009, 04:13 PM
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#28 | | I can justify anything.
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Originally Posted by blu97 | FedX came through
SA Garand 5850XXX Field Grade
SA barrel great shape
HRA bolt and opp rod
Win sight and safety
Mailed order Aug 5, thats 58 days | Blu,
Not sure if you're even remotely interested, but my HRA arrived with SA bolt and opp rod.. I'd be more than happy to swap the two parts with you to make both of our rifles closer to correct..
Just a thought..  
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10-02-2009, 04:15 PM
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#29 | | Firearm Aficionado
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: East Central Illinois
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If you swap bolts you need to check headspace.
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10-02-2009, 04:19 PM
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#30 | | I can justify anything.
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Originally Posted by JimBob | If you swap bolts you need to check headspace. | I was informed by an old time gunsmith that that could be done with an unfired round and masking tape. It should close on one pc. of masking tap that covers the base of the round to be correct. Closing on 2 thicknesses of tape is at the end of the go, and closing on 3 thicknesses is a no-go.. Safety in the ON position, of course..
Seems crude, but this man's been working on these and most rifles for longer than I've been on this earth.. And I'm 44.. 
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10-02-2009, 04:21 PM
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#31 | | Firearm Zealot
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Thats not a safe method of checking headspace.
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10-02-2009, 04:22 PM
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#32 | | I can justify anything.
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Originally Posted by Orlando | Thats not a safe method of checking headspace. | As I said, it's crude, but it's how he was taught by his Marine Armorer.
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10-02-2009, 04:25 PM
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#33 | | Firearm Aficionado
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Originally Posted by Orlando | Thats not a safe method of checking headspace. | Ditto Length of time doing something incorrectly doesn't prove expertise in the field.
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10-02-2009, 04:25 PM
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#34 | | I can justify anything.
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10-02-2009, 04:28 PM
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#35 | | Some People's kids....
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Better safe than sorry. All it takes is one bad day......
What do you do if the head space isn't correct? Is there an easy way to change the head spacing?
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10-02-2009, 04:29 PM
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#36 | | I can justify anything.
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Originally Posted by JimBob | Ditto Length of time doing something incorrectly doesn't prove expertise in the field. | Again, it was passed onto him by his Marine Armorer, and this man has tested the process time and time again with proper gauges and found it to be correct..
Don't kill the messenger.. And I completely trust the person who told me.. He just said it was a quick and easy way to check if you don't have gauges, and he had never found it to be incorrect..
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10-02-2009, 04:29 PM
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#37 | | Firearm Aficionado
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: East Central Illinois
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Go to Clymer direct,order a Field guage.That is all you really need when swapping bolts.
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10-02-2009, 04:31 PM
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#38 | | I can justify anything.
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Originally Posted by JimBob | Go to Clymer direct,order a Field guage.That is all you really need when swapping bolts. | Looking at them as you were typing.. 
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10-02-2009, 04:33 PM
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#39 | | Firearm Zealot
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While I prefer Clymer, if money is tight Midway USA has Foster gauges for less than $22.00 each. If you have a curio relics license you can get dealers discount for around $16.00 each
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10-02-2009, 04:33 PM
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#40 | | Firearm Aficionado
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Originally Posted by Paper | Again, it was passed onto him by his Marine Armorer, and this man has tested the process time and time again with proper gauges and found it to be correct..
Don't kill the messenger.. And I completely trust the person who told me.. He just said it was a quick and easy way to check if you don't have gauges, and he had never found it to be incorrect.. | LOL Like my old man said,poor people got poor ways.If given the choice of doing it that way or no way,I'd probably do it that way.
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