Does any knows of an online gunsmiths service that would install a detachable magazine to a an M1 Garand Tanker model? Fulton Armory is out, they would not do this work.
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Basque 1
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Installing a detachable magazine to a M1 Garand Tanker model
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Um no...these sell for more than regular garands. 3k? God posts like yours are just idiotic
Op, schuffs or tony at garand guy will do this. Cmpforums has plenty on this. Ive 2 like this and 5 garands. Good luck, they are great
If someone is making them and has a system it could be cheaper. If done as a one off by a quality smith who has to design and fab it it’s going to be a very expensive process.
If you are screwing up an original USGI M1 Garand it’s going to be worth far less.
If it’s some crap repo or parts rifle, drive on.
If you are screwing up an original USGI M1 Garand it’s going to be worth far less.
If it’s some crap repo or parts rifle, drive on.
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It was ab off the wall idea but in hindsight is not financially practical, you are correct.
There is no way that a bastardized M1 is worth more, in general, than an unmolested example.
You say they sell for more.............I bet the market is minuscule and it takes forever to find a sucker.
Hi,
Am I missing some new technology or something, lol????
So someone can actually perform this as an "Online gunsmith service"?????
I definitely have the wrong computer.
Sincerely,
Theis
I have a Socom 16 I enjoy that one, I was just considering the conversion of my Tanker which I live shooting, but not fond of the magazines
One of the original Garands was chambered in .276 Pedersen (really a .284”/7mm), with an internal 10rd magazine. It was a lighter rifle with less recoil, handled much easier, and sustained fire a bit longer.
.276 Pedersen Garand in the middle:
In 1942, Garand made a BAR magazine-fed, select-fire Garand that never went anywhere since it was hard to control, heated up quickly, and was unreliable in automatic fire.
How about the next best thing a Beretta BM 59?
After World War II, Italy adopted the US-designed M1 Garand rifle in .30-06 Springfield (7.62×63mm) and also manufactured it under license. This semi-automatic rifle proved itself well during World War II, but in the late 1950s it was considered outdated and obsolete and the Italian military also wanted a new rifle chambered for the NATO-standard 7.62×51mm round.
To meet these requirements, Beretta designed the BM 59, which was essentially a rechambered M1 fitted with a removable 20-round magazine, folding bipod and a combined muzzle brake/flash suppressor/rifle grenade launcher. The BM 59 is capable of selective fire.
The BM 59 was adopted in 1959 and served with Italian, Argentinian, Indonesian, and Moroccan armies. In the early 1980s, semi-automatic versions were imported to the United States and sold to private collectors. The earliest BM 59s were manufactured from U.S.-manufactured M1 parts, including re-chambered barrels.
In 1990, the BM 59 was replaced in Italian service by the Beretta AR70/90 assault rifles, although some may be in service in the Italian Navy.
After World War II, Italy adopted the US-designed M1 Garand rifle in .30-06 Springfield (7.62×63mm) and also manufactured it under license. This semi-automatic rifle proved itself well during World War II, but in the late 1950s it was considered outdated and obsolete and the Italian military also wanted a new rifle chambered for the NATO-standard 7.62×51mm round.
To meet these requirements, Beretta designed the BM 59, which was essentially a rechambered M1 fitted with a removable 20-round magazine, folding bipod and a combined muzzle brake/flash suppressor/rifle grenade launcher. The BM 59 is capable of selective fire.
The BM 59 was adopted in 1959 and served with Italian, Argentinian, Indonesian, and Moroccan armies. In the early 1980s, semi-automatic versions were imported to the United States and sold to private collectors. The earliest BM 59s were manufactured from U.S.-manufactured M1 parts, including re-chambered barrels.
In 1990, the BM 59 was replaced in Italian service by the Beretta AR70/90 assault rifles, although some may be in service in the Italian Navy.
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