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Another Garand Question for Mark Christian

AmbroseAmbrose Member Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2014 in Ask the Experts
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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  • 101AIRBORNE101AIRBORNE Member Posts: 1,252 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    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 WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,046 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "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 christianmark christian Member Posts: 24,443 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    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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