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Shameless M1 Garand Plug
mark christian
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I am selling this rifle for one of my neighbors. It was "sold" 3 weeks ago, but the buyer (who was not a newbie) was a deadbeat, so I'm relisting it:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/872273241
it's a good looking Harrington and Richardson, and it's in a hard to find serial number range: nearly all of the 5.4 million serial block was assigned to Springfield Armory. For the shooter, the collector- or both, this rifle would be a great addition to your gun safe.
Now I need to get to work on getting my auction fees refunded
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/872273241
it's a good looking Harrington and Richardson, and it's in a hard to find serial number range: nearly all of the 5.4 million serial block was assigned to Springfield Armory. For the shooter, the collector- or both, this rifle would be a great addition to your gun safe.
Now I need to get to work on getting my auction fees refunded
Comments
Nice rifle, Mark!
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Brad Steele
I have a well used H & R that gauges close to a 3 and it is as accurate (or even more accurate) than those I have that gauge between 1 and 2.
I am no expert in these things, and one would think that generally closer to 1 would be more accurate than closer to 3. As I only shoot out to 200 yards max, and typically at 100, it may not be as much of an issue.
Brad Steele
An M1 barrel- if properly cared for, was expected to have a lifespan of 8000 to 10,000 rounds. Post Korea era rifles were, for the most part, fired only non corrosively primed ammo. This made cleaning less critical and it could extend barrel life even further. How fast it takes to wear down a barrel depends almost exclusively on the amount of rapid fire. In any case, I don't know how the numbers of rounds fired relates to the individual wear indications.
Here you can see the gauges used to measure barrel wear along with a scale. The REJECT marking at the end of the top (throat) gauge means exactly that- the barrel is shot out and is a tomato stake. Finally, a brand new barrel may read a bit higher than 1 due to wear in the drilling equipment and other issues of tolerance (I'm not a machinist).
Barrels measuring zero (0) do show up every now and then, but they are few and far between:
Here is an example of what you NEVER want to see:
I always say that if the seller can't provide the barrel wear numbers, either with his own gauges or with the CMP tag, you should be suspect of the barrel's condition.
As always, all of these photos are my own.
Nice rifle, just dont need another one. Hope it does well.
Thanks for the HS pics.
Thanks to everyone who bid and who took the time to look at the auction.