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    M40 Build Guide

    Should there be any doubt, just look at "tokiwartooth's" persistence in replicating the anodizing finishes and his work towards replicating the Accu-Range reticle for the Redfield Gen.1 and Gen.2 scope, or "MescaBug's" purchase of a 'possible/probable original' M40 stock, sight-unseen, by a...
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    M40 Build Guide

    Stocks, Slings and other such stuff... rlm8541, It's just these sort of details that maybe most, but as little as some of us are looking for answers on. We've covered details, like this, on swivels, butt plates, bolt shrouds, butt plate screws, manufacturing sources, etc.; providing answers...
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    M40 Build Guide

    Someday, I'll come across a nice clean "PC" cotton web sling for my project and by PC/correct, please see the photos in Post #1109 of member rlm8541 M40 clone projects. When I do, I'll get it. I read somewhere, that on the Internet, something done twice is defined as a 'trend.' That... that...
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    M40 Build Guide

    Mossyrock, This one was found on Ebay, but you might stumble into one on any site offering various parts/accessories for firearms. This one was advertised as 'just' a "M1/M14/M1A" sling. If you're happy with a nylon, or a leather National Match sling, you'll find uniformity. If, on the...
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    M40 Build Guide

    Sling selection... I wanted a cotton web sling for my build. A short and ill-fitting sling, no matter how you cut it, will always be short and ill-fitting, but on the other-hand, a longer sling can always be made shorter. I recently located and purchased a M14E2 sling which is 66 inches OAL...
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    M40 Build Guide

    The first post barely scratches the surface. There have been so many more contributions made on the many details and questions surrounding this rifle and it's parts, in the rest of this forum. Your attentions are called to the following: Pg. 09 Post #429 Pg. 13 Post #638, #649 Pg. 14 Post...
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    M40 Build Guide

    What is there to say, except they are simply 'OUTSTANDING' !!!
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    M40 Build Guide

    Mossyrock, You don't have to torture yourself. The early tombstone safety came in single and twin sear versions, both issued in the same production year (1968.) See Post #429/Pg.09. Three things: 1.) nobody can actually see the guts of your trigger group, 2.) it's a clone... and 3.) the...
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    M40 Build Guide

    Thanks for the heads-up Mossyrock! I've just updated the settings on my thread subscriptions. It's all great information and the close-up photos, accompanied by detailed explanations, shared by those owner/SH members with original, as-issued and complete M40's is very encouraging to see...
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    M40 Build Guide

    Essentially starts on Pg. 18__Post No.'s 895 and 896. Questions, yes. Details, no. These are really some of the very last details, on the M40, to be defined.
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    M40 Build Guide

    Culpeper, You've got a Remington Sniper Scout Association/SSA M40 Commemorative Rifle. When you've got a chance, would you kindly share, with us, what the measurement is between the sling swivels, on your rifle?? Thanks... The M14 forum? - I'll check it out, see what I can find on this...
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    M40 Build Guide

    Garand cotton web slings for the M40... ?? For sake of discussion, my 1952 Garand MRT marked sling, measured with a cloth tape, from the end of the metal tip to the wrap over the steel ring is 44 inches in total length. Seems on the short side... perhaps the slings with some nylon, in them...
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    M40 Build Guide

    Last Parts Group To Master Gunsmith... What NO SLING ?? I've got a new 1952 MRT web sling, but I'm sitting on it pending further discussion...
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    M40 Build Guide

    Parts Lot To 1-1/4" M40 Front Swivel... From miscellaneous parts lot find to M40 front swivel with machined post: Found In Parts Lot Select 1-1/4 Inch Swivel from Unused 513T Swivel or Substitute ** Use Piece of 1" X 4" with Hole Drilled to Accept Wood Threads ** Drift Pin Out Flat -...
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    M40 Build Guide

    There's no debate over the National Match. The leather National Match sling has never gone out of style. The questions arise out of the different apparent lengths of the "Garand" COTTON web sling, which is illustrated in the photo content, in Post #1067. This isn't a new topic. "MescaBug'...
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    M40 Build Guide

    What, NO SLING ?? Then, a full discussion on the 'correct' web sling for the M40, should definitely benefit you... and me. There are others... lurkers... lurkers who want to know also.
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    M40 Build Guide

    Question(s)... back to the top (or bottom, depending on your format preference) Please excuse me, but is there an answer to this question that someone can provide or, possibly a link, that someone knows about and can provide, that I can read for myself? And, whatever happened to the...
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    M40 Build Guide

    That's just great- Another M40 Conundrum!! 0.850" - .0815" and 0.823" Thank goodness my gunsmith has an original, so I won't be torturing myself with this detail. CORRECTION 07/30/2014: SEE POST #1070_ M722 BOLT SHROUD IS 0.823 INCHES
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    M40 Build Guide

    Final questions... mine is on the bench My M40 project in on the bench, I just finished a short correspondence, with Schuff's and I've a question: Zinc? or Manganese? And one more compound question: The height and width of the individual "7.62 NATO" number/letter stamps and the total...
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    M40 Build Guide

    There's almost every measurement that you could want, on the M40, on this forum, but you'll not find it sitting, conveniently, in one place. The genesis of this topic (and your question) started on Post #509, was elaborated on in Post #709, was pursued in Post #724 and answered in Post #729...
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