Some of you might have seen my post about the 1903 I got. And as some of your predicted, I got a M1 Garand haha. It's all correct for September 1943. Barrel is a 1 and the stock has all the correct markings for 1943 (cartouch, circled P, ordnance symbol, and It also has a 98 painted on the stock behind the trigger. Probably a rack number or something). The guy I got it from today also threw in a sling and 3 full enblocs with surplus M2 ball. I payed 1600 for it so I thought that was a pretty good deal with how much correct M1s go for these days. Haven't shot it yet but hope to soon. Enjoy!
 

Nice! Are you going to feed it some surplus M2 ammo (non-corrosive) rounds? It looks hungry!

 

Before you do this let's see some closeups of the stock markings. If the stock is an original EMcF w/ correct handguards. Don't shoot it with that stock.  You can switch the current stock with a replacement, while seeing what it was designed to do.   

If you can't read it, It says S.A GAW. If it was an EMcF (earl something I believe) am I not shooting it because its deffective or because its rare lol? and yes, I am shooting M2 ball from 67.

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what is you guys cleaning/lubing routine for M1s. Like how often, how in depth, etc

Since you have just acquired the rifle give it a complete cleaning including running cleaner through the barrel. Then field strip and oil all the parts and mechanisms and wipe down all the surfaces. Do your best to keep oil off the wood. If you are going to shoot it soon after, then go for it. However, if it is several months after oiling the moving parts apply oil again before you shoot. 

got it, thanks

On 7/24/2022 at 12:52 PM, Persian Gulf Command said:

Since you have just acquired the rifle give it a complete cleaning including running cleaner through the barrel. Then field strip and oil all the parts and mechanisms and wipe down all the surfaces. Do your best to keep oil off the wood. If you are going to shoot it soon after, then go for it. However, if it is several months after oiling the moving parts apply oil again before you shoot. 

So should I field strip it, wipe the existing oil off, brush every part with cleaner, let it sit for a couple minutes, wipe it down, oil/grease it, then hang it back up? just want to keep it protected. I won't be shooting it for a couple months

If you feel the gun is clean as you received it, then no need to put yourself and the rifle through a full field strip cleaning. If all the internal parts are oiled and clean as it sits then just put a oiled rag through the barrel and hang in in the wall. In a few months, when you plan to shoot it, pull out the trigger assembly, separate the stock from the receiver and barrel.  Oil the op-rod and all the internal moving parts in the trigger assembly and receiver you have access to. Put it back together and its ready to shoot.

ok, the guy I bought it from said its ready to go (and he had taken it apart to confirm it was correct) so I will let it be

$1600 for a correct Garand is a very good price.  Where is Texas are you?

Im in the marble falls area. I will let you know if I ever have some time in Houston

Congratulations. Find some good quality gun grease and keep parts like the op rod etc well greased and enjoy shooting it. Here is a good series by Brownells on taking care of the garand

 

 

Congrats Elliott on that addition.

Go shoot it and become a member of the 

Ping Club!!

 

Semper Fi 

Phil 

I will for sure become a member of the Ping club! forgot to post some pics of when I broke it down to inspect everything and it all looks pretty good. cleaned the bore and around the throat and greased/oiled everywhere. I also found that on the right side of the stock towards the rear there is remenants of white paint that was probably like a arsenal marking like the picture below. 

 

That looks like a South Korean paint marking. 

 

Is your barrel import marked up between the rings of the gas cylinder by chance? 

thats not my garand, I just put a picture because you cant tell there was anything there on mine. Mine just has some white paint remenants that look like some marking like that could have been there.

Get a tub or tube of Lubriplate 130A.  I was told that if it rotates or spins, it gets oil. If it slides, it gets grease. 

I use high temp axle grease for mine!!

Most likely the white paint is a remnant of its inventory rack number. Not factory, But when issued.

 

Semper Fi

Phil

1 hour ago, AZPhil said:

I use high temp axle grease for mine!!

Most likely the white paint is a remnant of its inventory rack number. Not factory, But when issued.

 

Semper Fi

Phil

thats what I was thinking. The stock has 3 different rack numbers. The white remenant one, a white 98 still very visible on the bottom, and a 45 carved into the stock on the top

And to think my high school R.O.T.C. Battalion had an armory full of them.  Hundreds.  

2 hours ago, Zack Miller said:

And to think my high school R.O.T.C. Battalion had an armory full of them.  Hundreds.  

yeah the military makes me jealous. They get to have all those military firearms but I don't 

😭

1 hour ago, Elliott R said:

yeah the military makes me jealous. They get to have all those military firearms but I don't 

😭

Recruiters are looking!

 

Semper Fi

Phil

$1600, dang Garands really got expensive I remember paying only $900 for mine. The number on mine was 500,000 something it was an early one. However, don't have it anymore traded it for an original 43 dated ppsh 41 it's all original except the receiver is semi auto. 

 

Your Springfield is not far from my Springfield serial number.

 

My Winchester M1 is a Sept 1941, and my H&R M1 is a 1955. Here's the Springfield 

nice M1. Maybe ours were on the same rack for a while 😳. Idk probably not but they are pretty close.