Young Blood
Corporal
Dog Co. 504 PIR, 82nd Airborne (SoCal)
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Post by Young Blood on Oct 29, 2008 13:26:33 GMT -5
If anyone knows how or knows where I can get this done, that would be awsome, if not.. you might still be cool... maybe, -Eddie
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elder90
Private 1st Class
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Post by elder90 on Oct 29, 2008 22:01:40 GMT -5
if i cant find a part for my garand i plan on using the parts from it to convert a m14 to a garand just if you wanted to know
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Post by chasem on Oct 30, 2008 5:33:46 GMT -5
I think it could be possible but it very hard. I personally think it would be so much easier to just try to get some money from that and start with a M14.
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Sgt_Tom
Technical Sgt.
Combat!
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Oct 30, 2008 6:42:55 GMT -5
I am sure you could but you'd need to buy an M14 and use its motor and its stock. You could probably even use the Marushins receiver and bolt handle making it a very realistic conversion. Good luck!
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2nd Bat
Master sergeant
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Post by 2nd Bat on Oct 30, 2008 14:57:28 GMT -5
It would be extremely difficult and would require significant compromises that would render the project impractical in my opinion.
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Post by tinydata on Oct 30, 2008 20:32:08 GMT -5
the tech working on my M1 said that the stock is WAY too thin to dremel out. It would be very weak if it worked, meaning you could possibly break it by holding it wrong.
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Post by troyluginbill on Nov 2, 2008 2:24:41 GMT -5
I am going to try it but using 1 major modification. 1. turn the M14 motor 90 degrees and 2. put a thin copper tube around the motor that will extend from the meat of the stock to the M14 receiver. That will strengthen up the neck of the handgrip on the stock. Did that to my M1 from original parts and it made a rock solid stock. Made it alot easier to slide the motor in and out too.
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Post by blitz on Nov 2, 2008 7:58:28 GMT -5
I think your going to destroy your M1, but good luck.
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Post by tinydata on Nov 2, 2008 9:11:39 GMT -5
Perhaps you could use 2ndBat's Version II M1 Garand lower stock and attach the Marushin front end. That would make for a 99% correct M1.
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Post by troyluginbill on Nov 3, 2008 0:03:11 GMT -5
I also thought about getting the wood stock M14 and just using the stock and back chunk of the body and gluing on the Marushin front stock, refinishing it and calling it good. Either way I am not too concerned about the Marushin as that is a wholly useless piece, so I might as well make it a moderately useless piece.
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Post by blitz on Nov 3, 2008 7:19:28 GMT -5
Actually, i was considering doing a similar conversion. It seems like the wood would be easier to work with.
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