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Post by hairy apple on Mar 17, 2010 0:35:19 GMT -5
So with all the projects I've done I've never built a Garand. But tonight I built my first one for a buddy of mine. Took about an hour and a half or so to put it all together. Tomorrow I'm going to repaint the stock, and fix the buttplate and bolts on the side and a few other minor little things. But It think it came out good. We're going to leave the selector switch as his gearbox as locked up before on semi. Still have some finishing work to do, but it's lookin' pretty awesome.
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Post by hairy apple on Mar 17, 2010 21:30:14 GMT -5
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Mar 17, 2010 22:45:41 GMT -5
Nice job Harryapple! The more Garands the merrier! One suggestion. For the buttplate what I did is cut on the line in the picture. This gets rid of the thing that allowed the buttplate flap to go up and down. Now the shape is the same as a real Garand buttplate. Then cut a peice of wood, sand it to shape, and super glue it over the hole. Then go over it with epoxy. Then you have a decent looking cheap garand buttplate that can be removed. i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh11/Fighten3rd/Weapons%20Folder/DSC02497.jpgBut anyways you beat me to making a working AEG Garand ;D
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Post by hairy apple on Mar 17, 2010 22:47:59 GMT -5
Yeah, it's not totally done. We still need to do the butt plate. Other then that, it works
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Mar 17, 2010 22:55:55 GMT -5
Yea I envy you!
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Post by hairy apple on Mar 17, 2010 23:21:02 GMT -5
Well, the photo is kinda fake in that only one AEG is mine. The other is a friends. The last AEG was my loaner but I've sold it and just haven't given it to him yet... and the last one is real. So, not AS cool as it looks. Next weekend I'll be sure to get a photo of all 6 M1s in our group.
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Mar 17, 2010 23:44:46 GMT -5
Well, the photo is kinda fake in that only one AEG is mine. The other is a friends. The last AEG was my loaner but I've sold it and just haven't given it to him yet... and the last one is real. So, not AS cool as it looks. Next weekend I'll be sure to get a photo of all 6 M1s in our group. Nah still cool! The one farthest to the left is a 2nd Bat one right? You guys are really doing good with rifle dominance in your group though.
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Post by hairy apple on Mar 18, 2010 0:17:37 GMT -5
Nah still cool! The one farthest to the left is a 2nd Bat one right? You guys are really doing good with rifle dominance in your group though. Yeah, the one farthest to the left was the first one I bought and upgraded the heck out of it. I got it used but it's a 2nd bat one. It's sorta mine.. although my girlfriend pretty much claims it as her's these days. The next one in is a loaner one I had that was a 2nd bat kit that I put on an m14 a while ago. The third in from the left is the one I just built for one of the guys in my unit. Then the one of the right is my real one.
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Post by sheep on Mar 19, 2010 12:35:56 GMT -5
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