M1 Garand help

[cone256]

Good afternoon everyone,

I've searched on this site but it claims my search words are too broad, and my google-fu is not doing much either :oops:....must be that month I just spent in Ft. Polk for JRTC.

I recently inherited an M1 Garand from my grandfather who passed away 3 years ago. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction as to where I can obtain parts, manuals, etc. The sites I've seen have just been guys' fan sites rather than actual sites I can order stuff from. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!



It does look pretty good in the gun safe right next to my M4 p-)

[ThatHistoryDude]

Here is an online version of the Army field manual for the Garand: http://www.biggerhammer.net/manuals/garand/intro.htm

As far as parts go what are you looking for? Websites like www.Cheaperthandirt.com and www.midwayusa.com usually have most of the standard parts for Garands.

[Frens]

http://www.sherluk.com/ is another good source for parts

as for the manual take a look here: http://www.stevespages.com/page7b.htm
look under "CMP M1 Garand" and "Springfield Armory M1 Garand"

[oswald]

You could try Hoosier Gunworks (http://www.hoosiergunworks.com/catalog.html) and Numrich Gun parts (http://www.e-gunparts.com/products_new.asp?CatID=4619). In the past I had success getting parts on Ebay as well, but I believe they have seriously restricted the types of parts you can sell there now.

[cone256]

Here is an online version of the Army field manual for the Garand: http://www.biggerhammer.net/manuals/garand/intro.htm

As far as parts go what are you looking for? Websites like www.Cheaperthandirt.com (http://www.Cheaperthandirt.com) and www.midwayusa.com (http://www.midwayusa.com) usually have most of the standard parts for Garands.


It looks like I'm gonna need a new bolt and maybe a new trigger assembly, but I'm hoping to be able to see if I can forgo that

[ferguson]

Numrich's for parts. Millions of them.
http://www.e-gunparts.com/

[LineDoggie]

As stated Numrich (egunparts.com) is a good choice.

Fulton Armory
http://www.fulton-armory.com/

Orion 7 enterprises- (these guys do excellent work)
http://www.m1garandrifle.com/

Civilian Marksmanship Program e store
http://www.thecmp.org/stocksets.htm

SARCO Inc.
http://www.sarcoinc.com/m1g.html

Scott A. Duff
http://www.scott-duff.com/

Garand Collectors Association
http://www.thegca.org/

Garand Collector Parts
https://ssl.perfora.net/www.garandcollectorparts.com/sess/utn;jsessionid=154b157cb70b04c/shopdata/index.shopscript

Couple of things to remember, she likes Grease (GAA, Lubriplate, Tetra, etc) instead of oil on the bolt raceways, Op rod
http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/assemblyhtml/reassemblefeed2.html

If not too personal who made it and what serial number range? Mines Springfield Armory 3142211 made in 1944 between July and Late August

Oh yeah we have a group here for the M1
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/group.php?groupid=53

[cone256]

If not too personal who made it and what serial number range? Mines Springfield Armory 3142211 made in 1944 between July and Late August



Mine is not WWII manufactured, Springfield 5942967, which puts it 1956 timeframe.

Thanks for all the help. I know jack about the weapon so I have a lot of reading to do. My only saving grace is that we still used M14's (which the operation is the same as an M1) back at my military college from 2003-2007, so I know how to field strip it.

[Gunge]

enjoy that Garand, i reccomend numrich as well
slightly off topic
if you are lookin for garand ammo
DCM will be rec'g another shipment from Greece in jan '10, it will be avail shortly after (feb mar) from what i heard
it comes in the enbloc clips in 30 cal cans, although im pretty sure its corrosive
so clean it like bootcamp
no idea as to prices