M1 GARAND
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:16 am
I'm looking at purchasing a straight pull M1 Garand - I'm quite far down the rabbit warren!!!!!
The one I am interested in (have not seen it yet as the seller is 200 miles away) has CIP proof marks only, no Birmingham or London marks. Since I started looking at it and contacting various people it would appear most only have CIP proof. I thought all guns had to bear UK proof marks??
And then we get to the more involved part - a gunsmith I trust told me if it was ever a semi-auto, and hence a section 5 weapon in UK eyes, then putting a new barrel on the rifle so it has no gas port and has to be manually operated does not make it a section 1 - apparently once a S5, always a S5. If it has been assembled from parts he reckons it would be okay, if the receiver was new though and had never been on a semi-auto rifle!! What is the chance of finding that info out?
I know a few of you have M1 Garand and Carbine, what are your thoughts??
The one I am interested in (have not seen it yet as the seller is 200 miles away) has CIP proof marks only, no Birmingham or London marks. Since I started looking at it and contacting various people it would appear most only have CIP proof. I thought all guns had to bear UK proof marks??
And then we get to the more involved part - a gunsmith I trust told me if it was ever a semi-auto, and hence a section 5 weapon in UK eyes, then putting a new barrel on the rifle so it has no gas port and has to be manually operated does not make it a section 1 - apparently once a S5, always a S5. If it has been assembled from parts he reckons it would be okay, if the receiver was new though and had never been on a semi-auto rifle!! What is the chance of finding that info out?
I know a few of you have M1 Garand and Carbine, what are your thoughts??