Garand question..

[bombdog]

Maybe i'm a novice, but as long as i take the time to kinda clean my ammo a bit and insert it into the enbocks, i've never had to bump her... However, if i use some of my old surplus m2's w/o cleaning them i've had to give her a little nudge of her op-rod...
Just my thoughts, but i don't believe there's a problem, springs or otherwise...
bombdog, out...

[gwp]

Years ago at the range there was a know it all with a Garand, that insisted on being a pest. The subject of the M1 thumb came up and my friend plunged his thumb into the empty rifle several times to release the bolt. He was not moving real fast but he was not caught by the bolt. A little while later we heard cussing from the line. The other guy did not know my friend squeezed the op rod with his finger tips when he plunged his thumb into the receiver. This slowed down or would stop the bolt completely.

[bombdog]

Years ago at the range there was a know it all with a Garand, that insisted on being a pest. The subject of the M1 thumb came up and my friend plunged his thumb into the empty rifle several times to release the bolt. He was not moving real fast but he was not caught by the bolt. A little while later we heard cussing from the line. The other guy did not know my friend squeezed the op rod with his finger tips when he plunged his thumb into the receiver. This slowed down or would stop the bolt completely.

Laughing Out Loud!!!
bombdog...

[bombdog]

Funny story to go with these, a friend who runs a gun store near by was checkin miss alices' new tube with his 'new' bore light, and her being a self-conscious tractor gun can be anal... i had just said to him "make sure to pull the oprod fully to the rear", thought he'd heard me but when he inserted the light into the chamber and went to look into her muzzle, he bumped her and she bit the end off his light... Gave me one of those monkey working a math problem looks then busted out laughing...
Fun stuff...
bombdog, out...