The "tanker" Garand thread got me to thinking. (I know, you could smell the smoke from there!)
Many moons ago I purchased an M1 from a shady character (my brother) who needed cash. The receiver had apparently been re-welded at some point, and it had been coverted to fire .308 and use an M-14 magazine. It was not a high quality coversion - fit & finish were rough. The 'spacer' in the chamber was loose. It did not look safe to fire.
Since it had headspace problems and a crack on the bolt face (going into the firing pin hole) I decided to sell it at the local gunshow, and got 3 times what I paid for it. And I got to keep the bucket of loose .308, including AP and tracer that came with it.
So, what did I have? A backyard butchery built out of a de-mil, or a piece of intersting history?
Many moons ago I purchased an M1 from a shady character (my brother) who needed cash. The receiver had apparently been re-welded at some point, and it had been coverted to fire .308 and use an M-14 magazine. It was not a high quality coversion - fit & finish were rough. The 'spacer' in the chamber was loose. It did not look safe to fire.
Since it had headspace problems and a crack on the bolt face (going into the firing pin hole) I decided to sell it at the local gunshow, and got 3 times what I paid for it. And I got to keep the bucket of loose .308, including AP and tracer that came with it.
So, what did I have? A backyard butchery built out of a de-mil, or a piece of intersting history?