M1 GARAND PROBLEM
SPECIAL ATTENTION: NEAL and/or MARK.
One of my Garands, a 1942 Springfield has a problem. When I load a clip, the first round always goes off. The gun then completes battery, ejecting the spent round and loading the next one, however, the weapon then may or not be cocked.
This happens radomly with some (usually 3 or 4) of the remaining rounds. If you manually pull the operating rod, it ejects the unfired round, loads the next one and always fires that round.
Where do I look for the problem? HELP!
Charlie
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One of my Garands, a 1942 Springfield has a problem. When I load a clip, the first round always goes off. The gun then completes battery, ejecting the spent round and loading the next one, however, the weapon then may or not be cocked.
This happens radomly with some (usually 3 or 4) of the remaining rounds. If you manually pull the operating rod, it ejects the unfired round, loads the next one and always fires that round.
Where do I look for the problem? HELP!
Charlie
"It's the stuff dreams are made of Angel"NRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com
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Charlie, it sounds like the hammer is "following" the bolt forward.
Look for wear/grease on the hammer engaging lugs of the trigger and the hammer lug. If you can borrow another trigger group & swap it out temporarily, that will tell you for sure that this is where your problem is.
Neal0 -
Yes, the hammer hooks (disconnector) or disconnector spring.
Take the trigger housing out and cock it while the trigger is being held back. You should be able to see the problem.0 -
quote:Originally posted by nmyers
Charlie, it sounds like the hammer is "following" the bolt forward.
Sooo...with some soft primers, could it become a "full-auto" Garand?0 -
Use of improper primers, or primers that are not fully seated, can cause a slam fire and an out-of-battery explosion. Because of this danger, only factory loaded ammo is recommended for the M1 rifle.
That having been said, there are many careful reloaders who have reloaded for the M1 & fired many rounds without incident. However, they do so at their own risk.
Neal0 -
Charlie, I'd look for a bent operating rod causing some cycling drag or a worn notch on the hammer.
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Slam fire isn't likely because a bridge in the receiver will not allow the firing pin to come forward until the bolt is rotated into the locked position 0 -
Thanks guys........next time I get to the range, I will try Neal's idea of swapping the trigger group.
If you hold the trigger down (in the firing position) while you cock the hammer it catches the lugs and cocks with no problem.
Could the gas cylinder be a part of the problem? The operating rod thing was a good place to look also, but I don't see anything wrong there.
Charlie
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