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Went to the LAKELAND C&R show

finely got my M1 at price I could afford
every body said it was the buy of the show










NORM

that is one nice M1 welcome to the club of M1 ers... Looks like all the wood is matching that is harder to find lately.. If you ever get to CMP you would see almost all the racks are filled with mismatch stock.(when they even have em).Just got a email flyer from them .. you done real real good just by the look of yours....If you can find any greek ammo it is what they use at camp perry for the matches and instruction.I liked it I brought back 2000 rds when I went there.

anjdrifter

I found some with clips witch I really need I only have 3

http://www.jgsales.com/index.php/ammo-f ... Path/12_44


NORM

Norm,

Outstanding Norm, very nice find, I am jealous, I am still with out a M1 Garand, I have had a couple, but sold them both, like a dummy I should have kept one, but no, I had to have something else at the time, anyway, Congrats, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

papabear

papabear

THANKS
The wood on it needs a good going over but I think it will clean up just fine

NORM

Norm that is the Greek stuff I got from CMP I liked the
bandoleers. I use them for other stuff also. the whole package is a good deal.

anjdrifter

I found some with clips witch I really need I only have 3

http://www.jgsales.com/index.php/ammo-f ... Path/12_44


NORM

Get you a can or two of HXP M2 from CMP and you will have plenty of really good clips.

http://www.odcmp.com/ammo.htm

bZinggg.

if you don't mind my asking, how much did you get it for?

thanks bzinggg but already bought ammo from J&G

US RIFLE
CAL. 30 M1
SPRINGFIELD
ARMORY
4263XXX

$ 500.00 OTD with bayonet and sling

NORM

holy cow, that was a good deal

Haven't seen an M1 that looked that clean sell for $500 since the Korean rearsenals dried up...heckuva deal!

What is great about having a nice M1 is everytime they Show Band of Brothers on TV we get a bump up in price..

guys I got it all apart there was still some Cosmolin left in it ,

I striped the stock raise some of some of the dents in it and just steel wool ed it, now applying 20 year old BLO, I have a gal can of it, this old BLO doesn't have a lot of varnish in it like the new stuff dos also added 25% dark raw Tung oil to the mix witch has no varnish in it at all

hope to get all back together by the week end



it still soaking up the oil

NORM

Norm,

Thanks for the follow up on the M1. I cleaned up a Yugo M48 awhile back and did just about the same thing you are doing to the M1, the metal was in good condition [95%] but the stock needed help, and it was loaded with oil and cosmoline,

I cleaned the stock with degreaser and scrubbed it to in'th degree to get the oil and cosmoline out then soaked it in water to raise the dings, etc etc etc, used the steel wool after it dried really good, put a few thin coats of BLO [fairly new stuff] and let it dry for over a week, took it to the range, this was in Port St. Joe, Florida and put about 40 rds through it and the cosmoline started to seep out of the stock from the heat of the barrel, took it back to Ky and did it all over again and finally got all the oil and cosmoline out of it, worse case of cleaning I ever ran across.

By the way, I understand Lakeland had a major fire at one of the electrical substations there, I hope you weren't close by, that goes for Bobby J. too, let us know you guys are OK!!!

Norm,

Thanks for the follow up on the M1. I cleaned up a Yugo M48 awhile back and did just about the same thing you are doing to the M1, the metal was in good condition [95%] but the stock needed help, and it was loaded with oil and cosmoline,

I cleaned the stock with degreaser and scrubbed it to in'th degree to get the oil and cosmoline out then soaked it in water to raise the dings, etc etc etc, used the steel wool after it dried really good, put a few thin coats of BLO [fairly new stuff] and let it dry for over a week, took it to the range, this was in Port St. Joe, Florida and put about 40 rds through it and the cosmoline started to seep out of the stock from the heat of the barrel, took it back to Ky and did it all over again and finally got all the oil and cosmoline out of it, worse case of cleaning I ever ran across.

By the way, I understand Lakeland had a major fire at one of the electrical substations there, I hope you weren't close by, that goes for Bobby J. too, let us know you guys are OK!!!