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Post by roma on Mar 14, 2010 15:44:02 GMT -5
Hello again! I decided to try to make AEG Garand as close to an original one as possible. That is the result of my work. Kart Ì-14 is inside, I used the reciever details and outer barrel from old marushin Garand, wood and other metal parts are original RS.    Several pictures more s634.photobucket.com/albums/uu70/romuil2000/M1%20Garand%20AEG/ |
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Mar 14, 2010 15:47:59 GMT -5
Looks very nice. Is the receiver from a Marushin Garand. Must have been a lotta hard work carving out those parts to fit. I wish I had more time to work on my M1 Garand.  You really do nice work though! |
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Post by roma on Mar 14, 2010 15:57:12 GMT -5
Looks very nice. Is the receiver from a Marushin Garand. Must have been a lotta hard work carving out those parts to fit. I wish I had more time to work on my M1 Garand. You really do nice work though! Thanks! But with drill and special "heads" for it it is not a hard work at all. The really hard work was to carve the stock.  |
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Mar 14, 2010 16:13:12 GMT -5
With the right tools anything can be easy ;D. If I tried it I would have to use a dremel. Was the stock from a Marushin M1 Garand or is it custom made? Do you have a drill press or did you just do it with a hand drill?
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Post by 2nd Bat on Mar 14, 2010 23:12:54 GMT -5
That looks terrific great job!
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Post by roma on Mar 15, 2010 1:14:46 GMT -5
With the right tools anything can be easy ;D. If I tried it I would have to use a dremel. Was the stock from a Marushin M1 Garand or is it custom made? Do you have a drill press or did you just do it with a hand drill? This is an original birch M1 Garand stock. I used small electrical drill, sand paper and several hand cutters. That all I have at home. |
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Mar 15, 2010 10:28:34 GMT -5
Ah so it can be done! Very well done, you certainly have one of the nicest Garands out there.!
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Post by roma on Mar 15, 2010 11:43:21 GMT -5
That looks terrific great job! Thank you! Yes, it was terrific boring carving job.  |
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Post by CptJericho on Mar 15, 2010 14:46:46 GMT -5
Ive heard if you carve out the m1 garand stock its quite thin at some parts.
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Post by roma on Mar 15, 2010 15:42:48 GMT -5
Ive heard if you carve out the m1 garand stock its quite thin at some parts. If you do it carefully, without unnecassary wood removing, walls are thick enough for robust original stock. But I am planning to reinforce them with thin epoxy layer, just in case. |
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Post by 2nd Bat on Mar 15, 2010 16:08:39 GMT -5
I highly highly recommend that. What few wood stocks I sold almost all eventually split at the stock neck. If you can get it to hold up God love you. It looks terrific.
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Post by elder90 on Mar 22, 2010 1:50:17 GMT -5
My wood stock is holding up great I do have a thin metal bands and epoxy inside though. It has taken some beatings at sudden strike I dropped it off a 5 foot "cliff" and nothing
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Post by sarge12 on Mar 26, 2010 16:56:35 GMT -5
The best m1903a3 I have ever seen now this! The garand even has the correct trigger guard , how do you do it?
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Mar 26, 2010 17:29:35 GMT -5
He uses one from a Marushin M1 Garand. Of course it probably needs sanding and such to fit. Thinking about buying a real milled trigger guard and attempting to fit it in, as most WWII Garands had the milled trigger guards opposed to the kind the M14 comes with.
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Post by roma on Mar 26, 2010 18:30:31 GMT -5
He uses one from a Marushin M1 Garand. Of course it probably needs sanding and such to fit. Thinking about buying a real milled trigger guard and attempting to fit it in, as most WWII Garands had the milled trigger guards opposed to the kind the M14 comes with. No, this trigger guard from m-14. I bent it a little to match with garand and cut out the "ear" from real steel garand trigger guard and attached it to this with small bolt and epoxy |
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Post by sarge12 on Mar 26, 2010 19:07:24 GMT -5
sounds tricky
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Post by Sgt_Tom on Mar 26, 2010 20:13:10 GMT -5
Ah sorry for the mistake.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Mar 26, 2010 22:04:38 GMT -5
It looks great and was a wonderful job!
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Post by roma on Mar 27, 2010 3:13:43 GMT -5
It looks great and was a wonderful job! Thanks to all. Your opinion is very imortant for me. |
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Post by roma on Mar 27, 2010 3:18:15 GMT -5
That is much easier than trying to fit marushin trigger guard. I had spare RS trigger guard and used it. You can do it another way. You can make the "ear" ring from piece of plastic and glue it only with epoxy, then sand and paint it. Will be good enough. |
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