Derek Zeanah
New member
After posting my "Battle Rifles on a Budget" thread I decided I liked my M1 Garand enough to go ahead and have a B-grade receiver built up by a good gunsmith rather than investing in another firearm. I was going to save for an M1A until I realized that I can buy enough M1 clips to load 800 rounds (I dare you to carry that ) for less money than it would take to load 20 rounds for the M-14 clones.
Now, I need to decide what to have done and who to have do it. Fulton Armory seems to have the best reputation, and their 6-month wait time can be viewed as a good thing as it means I don't need to come up with the money until Christmas.
Orion seems to do a good job too, for about $100 less.
So, I guess I'm looking for more information to help me make my decision. This is going to be for practice at the range (these things are a blast to shoot), and for any/all TSHTF scenarios. So, if it were you, what would you decide re:
1) Caliber. 30-06 has a lot going for it, but the supply of cheap surplus ammo seems to be drying up. What does the .308 really give up over the '06?
2) Who to do the work? Anyone excellent that I'm not aware of?
3) What work to have done? I'd like a nice trigger, and I don't know if a "new" M1 trigger will need work or not. How accurate can an M-1 be is using a USGI barrel? Are NM sights that big of a deal?
4) What about reliability? Is a bedded 1-MOA Garand (like Fulton's Peerless Grade) less reliable than a "stock" gun?
I know there's more, but these are enough to have me confused already.
Thanks.
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Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic, but will they keep it, or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction. -- Thomas Jefferson
Now, I need to decide what to have done and who to have do it. Fulton Armory seems to have the best reputation, and their 6-month wait time can be viewed as a good thing as it means I don't need to come up with the money until Christmas.
Orion seems to do a good job too, for about $100 less.
So, I guess I'm looking for more information to help me make my decision. This is going to be for practice at the range (these things are a blast to shoot), and for any/all TSHTF scenarios. So, if it were you, what would you decide re:
1) Caliber. 30-06 has a lot going for it, but the supply of cheap surplus ammo seems to be drying up. What does the .308 really give up over the '06?
2) Who to do the work? Anyone excellent that I'm not aware of?
3) What work to have done? I'd like a nice trigger, and I don't know if a "new" M1 trigger will need work or not. How accurate can an M-1 be is using a USGI barrel? Are NM sights that big of a deal?
4) What about reliability? Is a bedded 1-MOA Garand (like Fulton's Peerless Grade) less reliable than a "stock" gun?
I know there's more, but these are enough to have me confused already.
Thanks.
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Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic, but will they keep it, or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction. -- Thomas Jefferson