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My M1 Garand has oft been left at home when the AKs go to the range, and now that it has been eclipsed as my most expensive gun by my AR-15, it's been feeling kind of lonesome.
So I made sure to give it a good firing when I went to GunGeek's today. It was my tightest group fired using open sites, all into a groundhog sized area on the target. Not the tightest group I ever shot out of it, but it was enough to be happy about. Later, we took some steel cored rounds and shot a snowplower blade. Not every shot penetrated, probably due to variations in the plate, but the sparks did fly, and there were a couple holes straight through. One shot hit near the edge of a tab, and blew it clear off (this blade was 3/4 to an inch thick!)
Now for the bad news. It failed to feed on each clip at least once. I mean it cycled over the rounds below and didn't raise them up high enough. Suppose it could be some sort of magazine spring issue? I doubt it was short cycling, because it did this with any ammo fed to it, not apparently due to underpowered rounds.
The action did have to be slammed home on the first round of every clip, but I'm told that's normal.
Any ideas on how to improve its function?
So I made sure to give it a good firing when I went to GunGeek's today. It was my tightest group fired using open sites, all into a groundhog sized area on the target. Not the tightest group I ever shot out of it, but it was enough to be happy about. Later, we took some steel cored rounds and shot a snowplower blade. Not every shot penetrated, probably due to variations in the plate, but the sparks did fly, and there were a couple holes straight through. One shot hit near the edge of a tab, and blew it clear off (this blade was 3/4 to an inch thick!)
Now for the bad news. It failed to feed on each clip at least once. I mean it cycled over the rounds below and didn't raise them up high enough. Suppose it could be some sort of magazine spring issue? I doubt it was short cycling, because it did this with any ammo fed to it, not apparently due to underpowered rounds.
The action did have to be slammed home on the first round of every clip, but I'm told that's normal.
Any ideas on how to improve its function?