Bob Wright
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What caliber are the ROK M1s? I believe some governments converted them to 7.62mm NATO (.308 Winchester). Seems to me the US Navy had a supply of 7.62mm M1s.
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
ROK Garands
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Bob Wright
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I remembered seeing/reading somewhere of several sources of M1s converted to 7.62mm NATO.
I remember seeing many KATUSAs trying to handle M1 rifles without much success. The stocks were just too long for many of the small statue Koreans. When standing at "attention" some were just barely taller than their rifles.
Bob Wright
I remember seeing many KATUSAs trying to handle M1 rifles without much success. The stocks were just too long for many of the small statue Koreans. When standing at "attention" some were just barely taller than their rifles.
Bob Wright
tahunua001
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Bob,
the US Navy converted a number of M1s to 308 by putting in chamber adapters but they had a nasty habit of extracting with the spent casings so they started getting barrels already chambered in 308, CMP has these barreled actions for sale right now and they also offer a special grade garand with new stocks and converted with new criterion barrels in 308 and have magazine blocks to prevent accidental loading of 30-06 into them.
the US Navy converted a number of M1s to 308 by putting in chamber adapters but they had a nasty habit of extracting with the spent casings so they started getting barrels already chambered in 308, CMP has these barreled actions for sale right now and they also offer a special grade garand with new stocks and converted with new criterion barrels in 308 and have magazine blocks to prevent accidental loading of 30-06 into them.
Ignition Override
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Maybe The Largest supply -by far- of various surplus US military rifles etc is very tightly locked away in various buildings at a Naval facility.
There is no possible access by any commercial firms
or the CMP. I won't name the state, but a few of you might know where it is.
As to how much they have of which types, my contact was not told, but the huge quantities could stretch back to WW1. He chatted in person with a guy who was on active duty there about two-three years ago. The guy indicated that the vast numbers are beyond what anybody could ever imagine.
The previous commander wanted to delay his retirement, being concerned that after he retires, a certain "element" of our civilian govt. might somehow learn about, and contemplate doing something really bad and stupid with the surplus "supplies".
There is no possible access by any commercial firms
or the CMP. I won't name the state, but a few of you might know where it is.As to how much they have of which types, my contact was not told, but the huge quantities could stretch back to WW1. He chatted in person with a guy who was on active duty there about two-three years ago. The guy indicated that the vast numbers are beyond what anybody could ever imagine.
The previous commander wanted to delay his retirement, being concerned that after he retires, a certain "element" of our civilian govt. might somehow learn about, and contemplate doing something really bad and stupid with the surplus "supplies".
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Earlier in this thread i asked the question of what nations received Garands. Well, i found some info and thought i'd share with the forum. Nations receiving the Garand through either lease or gift in alphabetical order: Austria, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany(West), Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Philipines, South Korea, South Vietnam, Thailand, United Kingdom and Uruguay. Most European countries returned theirs. Who knows? Maybe the CMP will see some rifles from one of these countries in the future.
About 20 years ago when the first batch of korean M-1s and carbines came in (the ones marked "blue sky") I bought one from IIRC, Southern Ohio gun.It was a mixed parts gun,I.H receiver ,Win trigger group and a lot of Springfield parts just like an arsenal rebuild here.It was in good working order but the bbl was pretty tired.I put a new bbl on it and am still shooting it.I believe they were about 390 dollars then from SOG.