I won one of the Lottery slots for the CMP AMCs (Advanced Maintenance Clinics in Anniston Alabama. Just finished the clinic yesterday.
The clinic provides students with the knowledge of the function, assembly and maintenance of the M1 Garand. During the course you build a Garand choosing from hundreds of parts with a new barrel and stock.
First you choose an action. Some people try to make collectors, some, shooters. I went the shooter route. A Garand is a Garand and as a military rifle, they have been rebuilt at least once, and in the process from different parts.
The later post war garands have the best steel so I went that route, a late mode SA action.
Then I installed and head spaced the barrel. Since this will be a target rifle I chose to have a tight chamber.
Checked and fitted the gas system, op rod. Put the trigger and bolt together. Installed the sights.
You chose between the later sight or the earlier lock bar. I'm a shooter, I don't favor I adjust so I skipped on the lock bar sight.
Fitted the stock and checked for any rubbing. Ending up with something that looks like this.
Of course there is a lot more detail involved and I have more pictures but you get the point with out making this post huge.
The rifle is test fired for function. You can take it home or save the sales tax and have it shipped. I took the rifle with me because I wanted to shoot it.
The CMP Talladega Range is without a doubt the best in the world, 500 acres of rifle, pistol and shot gun ranges.
I chose the 200-300,600 yard range with electronic targets so no target pullers needed. You go to the Club House, pay the fee for the range you want to shoot ($20 for the high power range). Load your gear in a golf cart (provided) drive to the firing point tell the range office what range you want to shoot and they put up the target.
Again this is a target rifle so I started at 200 to get zeros. Shot a couple rounds, reset the screen and shot ten rounds. The ammo I used was the Greek HXP Surplus M-2 ball
I then had the targets changed to 300 yards, made my come ups and fired a couple rounds to confirm the Garand sights and fired another 10 shot string.
Then changed the 600 yard target. Made the required sight corrections, fired a couple sighters then a 10 round string.
The rifle worked and cant shoot. I however need work. It was 98 degrees and humid. (I don't like hot) switching winds and instead of checking the wind in the spotting scope I was watching the shot screen. Plus I think I could have loaded some better ammo.
But, since this rifle will be shoot in CMP Garand Matches at 200 yards, I think it will work.
Got to love the M1 Garand.
Again that CMP Range is simple amazing, regardless what you shoot, pistol, rifle shotgun, 3-gun, whatever they have a range for you.
Sorry about being long winded. Now I get to head back to Wyoming with my new rifle.
The clinic provides students with the knowledge of the function, assembly and maintenance of the M1 Garand. During the course you build a Garand choosing from hundreds of parts with a new barrel and stock.
First you choose an action. Some people try to make collectors, some, shooters. I went the shooter route. A Garand is a Garand and as a military rifle, they have been rebuilt at least once, and in the process from different parts.
The later post war garands have the best steel so I went that route, a late mode SA action.
Then I installed and head spaced the barrel. Since this will be a target rifle I chose to have a tight chamber.
Checked and fitted the gas system, op rod. Put the trigger and bolt together. Installed the sights.
You chose between the later sight or the earlier lock bar. I'm a shooter, I don't favor I adjust so I skipped on the lock bar sight.
Fitted the stock and checked for any rubbing. Ending up with something that looks like this.
Of course there is a lot more detail involved and I have more pictures but you get the point with out making this post huge.
The rifle is test fired for function. You can take it home or save the sales tax and have it shipped. I took the rifle with me because I wanted to shoot it.
The CMP Talladega Range is without a doubt the best in the world, 500 acres of rifle, pistol and shot gun ranges.
I chose the 200-300,600 yard range with electronic targets so no target pullers needed. You go to the Club House, pay the fee for the range you want to shoot ($20 for the high power range). Load your gear in a golf cart (provided) drive to the firing point tell the range office what range you want to shoot and they put up the target.
Again this is a target rifle so I started at 200 to get zeros. Shot a couple rounds, reset the screen and shot ten rounds. The ammo I used was the Greek HXP Surplus M-2 ball
I then had the targets changed to 300 yards, made my come ups and fired a couple rounds to confirm the Garand sights and fired another 10 shot string.
Then changed the 600 yard target. Made the required sight corrections, fired a couple sighters then a 10 round string.
The rifle worked and cant shoot. I however need work. It was 98 degrees and humid. (I don't like hot) switching winds and instead of checking the wind in the spotting scope I was watching the shot screen. Plus I think I could have loaded some better ammo.
But, since this rifle will be shoot in CMP Garand Matches at 200 yards, I think it will work.
Got to love the M1 Garand.
Again that CMP Range is simple amazing, regardless what you shoot, pistol, rifle shotgun, 3-gun, whatever they have a range for you.
Sorry about being long winded. Now I get to head back to Wyoming with my new rifle.
