Another Garand Question for Mark Christian

Ambrose

November 08, 2014 09:50

A friend had a 1917 Eddystone with a 2-groove barrel. Since my research has indicated that Remington was the only maker of 2-groove barrels, it must have been a replacement. I read somewhere that Remington also made 2-groove replacement barrels for Garands. Have you ever run across one or can you confirm or discount that as a rumor?

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  101AIRBORNE

  November 08, 2014 10:21

  Not Mark but....
  Your friend with the 1917 Eddystone and two groove barrel, well
  the two groove was a replacement. As originally manufactured, all
  1917's came with a five (5) groove barrel.
  MC can address the Garands.
  Edit for clarification-Remington did not make a two groove barrel
  for the 1917.

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  MIKE WISKEY

  November 08, 2014 10:36

  "Edit for clarification-Remington did not make a two groove barrel
  for the 1917."..........no, but High Standard did. very good barrels too. the front of the barrel 'should' be marked H.S. and the date.

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  mark christian

  November 08, 2014 11:26

  There were some experiments made with two groove M1 barrels during WWII, but the time savings in making a two groove barrel verses time spent retooling to produce them did not add up. Marlin, Line Materials (LMR) and H&R were the largest producers of M1 replacement barrels and all of them were four groove.

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