That's a lot of Garands...wow.
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I took my new to me M1 Garand apart tonight and greased her. ( 1945 SA with original Barrel )
I followed along with the Brownells video series.
Did all the normal areas that need grease not just lube.
So far this week i have done the following to her.
1. Don't freak out--- I lightly used a rag and mineral spirits on the stock and got a bunch or crud off her. Looked better.
2. Read some old army posts about crappy stocks and washed her with liquid detergent and hot water. Looks way better. I am done. May do tung oil but whatever.
3. Dissambled and greased all internals and reassembled.
4. Found my socket wrench so I can dissemble the gas plug and install a Garand gear plug when needed.
I followed along with the Brownells video series.
Did all the normal areas that need grease not just lube.
So far this week i have done the following to her.
1. Don't freak out--- I lightly used a rag and mineral spirits on the stock and got a bunch or crud off her. Looked better.
2. Read some old army posts about crappy stocks and washed her with liquid detergent and hot water. Looks way better. I am done. May do tung oil but whatever.
3. Dissambled and greased all internals and reassembled.
4. Found my socket wrench so I can dissemble the gas plug and install a Garand gear plug when needed.
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I agree. Your M1 looks nice add some BLO or Tung oil to that stock, use drops on finger tips and run in , wait an hours or so wipe with dry paper towels. Then shoot her.
Probably going to do a stock sweat out in my attic when its 155* up there....then tung oil her.
WHOA! WOW! She was converted?
