M1 Garand Expertise Needed - Double Firing
My M1 Garand will occasionally double fire on me. Bam! Bam! with one pull of the trigger will certainly get your attention when you aren't expecting it. Any ideas of what is malfunctioning or what to look at?
When the bolt goes into battery, could inertia be slamming the firing pin on the primer with enough force to ignite it? I didn't check while I was at the range to see if unfired cartridges (that had been chambered) were showing any indentations on the primer. I will definitely check that next time I take it to the range. I am using Federal primers which are "softer". If that isn't the issue, what else should I be looking at? Trigger assembly? Bolt/firing pin? All other function of the rifle is working perfectly.
It is a CMP rifle that was converted to a National Match rifle back around 2002 by the Navy's Crane armorers (back when the Navy shooting team still had armorers).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.