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Post by davejh on Sept 2, 2006 14:50:09 GMT -5
Hey guys, i was thinking of buying the garand, but i've heard some bad stuff about it. If i was to get one, what would i need to do to make it skirmishable?
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Post by smokeythebear on Sept 2, 2006 14:55:28 GMT -5
it would help to know the brand,and the only reason say bad things about it skirmishing is because its a big rifle.
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Post by davejh on Sept 2, 2006 15:00:54 GMT -5
Forgot to add, it's the Marushin Garand.
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Post by spector on Sept 7, 2006 10:14:27 GMT -5
Actually, the problems with the M1 Garand have nothing to do with the size. The intense blow back action of the marushin m1 garand will losen the screws internally, and shake everything loose. This causes many problems, and broken parts. You must dissasemble the gun and loctite all the screws. Before you get discouraged, below is a site that shows you step by step instructions on what you have to do. www.gordak.com/ww2aa/garandtut.htm |
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Post by Obergefreiter Raimund on Sept 7, 2006 10:54:54 GMT -5
Actually, the problems with the M1 Garand have nothing to do with the size. The intense blow back action of the marushin m1 garand will losen the screws internally, and shake everything loose. This causes many problems, and broken parts. You must dissasemble the gun and loctite all the screws. Before you get discouraged, below is a site that shows you step by step instructions on what you have to do. www.gordak.com/ww2aa/garandtut.htmhey, i believe you are a memeber of Oct Luft right??? I also believe you got that link from our PVT chat.... haha nice to see you here!!! |
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Post by 2nd Bat on Sept 11, 2006 15:37:09 GMT -5
Other challenges beside the need to loctitie everything and the additional care is the inability (even with a great deal of practice to reload the clips smoothly and quickly.) Obviously keeping track of the clips during a skirmish is also an issue as is the realistic but limiting nature of 8 rounds betweeen reloads. This would be mitigated and acceptable to me if the clips loaded easily and consistently like the real steel variant and if the guns performance offset it's limitations.
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Post by CPL. Mills 2nd Rangers on Sept 12, 2006 3:39:04 GMT -5
I wouldnt loctitie your gun, if you do that, if a part just happens to brake in your gun, it will be a pain in the ass to undo the loctitie the gun to be able to replace the broken part.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Sept 12, 2006 13:26:17 GMT -5
Actually if you use Blue (Not red) loctite it provides enough adhesion to hold in spite of the vibrations but is still capable of being removed. Granted some of the screws are very hard to get at and you need to take care not to effect other moving parts but having owned two of these rifles it is doable and does make the rifle somewhat more functional. In my opinion not enough to be skirmishable unfortunately which is why I sold them both. I know you have one or two yourself. How do you get along when skirmishing with it? Or do you just use your Thompson?
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Post by CPL. Mills 2nd Rangers on Sept 12, 2006 15:17:52 GMT -5
I used my Garand at the last event and it worked out really well. I suggest anyone that is familiar with Gas guns to get one instead of a Thompson.
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