Last week my son n law put a M1 Garand in my hands and said, here, this belongs to you now. Shocked, yes. Big grin on my face, you bet. He said it had some issues, I didn't care. Today he and I took the M1 to a member of our wildlife club. I believe this man knows just about everything about the Garand. Within one minute he had it totally disassembled and started telling stories about each part. I got home an hour later with a new receiver and barrel, and no more issues. Now I'm waiting for some clips to arrive so I can hear it talk.
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