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vette81
I recently purchased a M1 Garand that looked to be in pretty good shape for the money. I mainly bought it because my grand father carried one in Korea and My father carred one in basics. Im Having pronblem with the shell extraction, the extractor is ripping a plug out of the rim after firing, Im using Lake City ball M2 ammo, the rifle seem to be function flawless except for the extraction.
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  • nmyers
    The manufacturer's name should be stamped on the receiver; we need to know that.

    Have you had a technical inspection by a gunsmith? Did you clean it? Did you clean the chamber with a chamber brush & solvent? Did you lube the rifle with grease at the designated wear points?

    Neal

    EDIT: You really don't need to know the Muzzle Wear or Throat Erosion measurements, as they only affect accuracy. Both measure wear within the bore (rifled part of the barrel), & have nothing to do with the chamber. If you don't have J-B Bore Paste, auto polishing compound is mildly abrasive & may be worth a try.
    EDIT: Jim makes a good point. If it is a "drill rifle", it will probably have a spot weld where the barrel meets the receiver & on the front of the gas cylinder (drill rifles are not safe to fire with live ammo).
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  • vette81
    I havent had the throat or muzzle gauged, the reciever is stamped springfield armory, I cleaned the rifle before and during firing thinking i might have missed something,i cleaned the chamber with a chamber brush and Hoppes #9 solvent, the rifle functions flawless except for extracting the spent shell, It seems to be stuck in chamber after firing,It will chamber and extract unfired rounds with no problems. quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    The manufacturer's name should be stamped on the receiver; we need to know that.

    Have you had a technical inspection by a gunsmith? Did you clean it? Did you clean the chamber with a chamber brush & solvent? Did you lube the rifle with grease at the designated wear points?

    Neal
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  • perry shooter
    THE chamber is dirty or pitted. from storage. a long timw without cleaning.
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  • wpage
    Check the gas tube. Its at the fore end. Remove it with a large phillips type end throughly clean it and make sure the gas port is clear while you have it apart. While at it...

    Take your time and break down the entire gun. Clean and inspect it. Generally after about 300 rounds it needs a good take down cleaning.
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  • jonk
    I have to agree with Perryshooter on this one. If the bolt is moving back and ripping through the rim I would normally have 2 suggestions.

    First, I'd guess the shooter was using commercial ammo loaded with a slow powder and/or heavy bullet resulting in too much pressure in the gas system and too vigorous a rearward bolt travel.

    By stating that you are using M2 ammo though, that's no longer an issue. In which case I'd suggest a pitted chamber, or excessive fouling.

    If you want to try an experiment, remove the gas plug and fire a round. You will have to hand operate the bolt now as all the gas will dump out the nose. See if you can manually remove the spent shell or if it locks up.

    If it does lock up and resists extraction, you just proved the chamber is a bit messed up. In this case, you can try polishing the chamber a bit with a .45 brush and JB bore paste, then letting it soak overnight with hoppes or similar. Finally blast out with some brake cleaner to make sure the chamber is clean, and try again.

    If it still hangs up, your chamber is too messed up to fix and you'll have to re-barrel.
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  • vette81
    I think the chamber is pitted or maybe needs a good cleaning, because after firing, have insert cleaning rod down muzzle to extract spent shell. Will take it to a gunsmith monday to get his opinon, thanks for the info fellows
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  • Hunter Mag
    Do you have headspace gages? TE(throat erosion)may be high also in addition to pitting mentioned above especially if you M1 has a WWII barrel. Did you compare a spent casing with an unfired casing to see if there's any distortion,expansion ect? A micrometer is usefull in checking this.
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  • vette81
    Thanks everyone, I think after looking more closely at the barrel, I think the chamber may be badly pitted, I will take it to a gunsmith tomorrow to let him have a look, sure hope he can polish it out,
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  • 32 Magnum
    If the chamber is that badly pitted, I believe you will also find that the leade will be extended and the barrel bore will also be pretty badly pitted. This is a typical condition found on VFW and American Legion "funeral" and salute guns - the result of firing corrosive and/or black powder blanks and no cleaning when returned to the arms room. I've seen quite a few over the years.
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  • vette81
    Just got my garand back from the shop,, He said that chamber was pitted a little but buffed out, Shot it this afternoon with no ejection issues, He also said barrel was in pretty good shape so it should shoot pretty accurate.[:D]
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