Tanker Garand!

[Chris_Reeves]

i picked up this beauty on Saturday i cleaned it up and shot it finally, surprisingly it doesn't kick as much as an M1 garand and the muzzle flash isnt that bad its a springfield reciever 1,9xx,xxx reciever all internal springfield parts
it's shown here with my garand and carbine ( i messed around with the carbine alot right now i have the bayonet lug off, i'm thinking of repaking it)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3244/10001445lk.jpg

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1369/10001469rd.jpg
oh and the muzzle is a 1 and the throat errosion is a 1

[crowback]

Nice looking rifle ! I have not seen one in years. Not too many around.
Refresh my memory, that is in 30'06 right ? Didn't the Italians produce one in .308 in the 70's ? Or am I just all confused ???

rif

i picked up this beauty on Saturday i cleaned it up and shot it finally, surprisingly it doesn't kick as much as an M1 garand and the muzzle flash isnt that bad its a springfield reciever 1,9xx,xxx reciever all internal springfield parts
it's shown here with my garand and carbine ( i messed around with the carbine alot right now i have the bayonet lug off, i'm thinking of repaking it)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3244/10001445lk.jpg

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1369/10001469rd.jpg
oh and the muzzle is a 1 and the throat errosion is a 1

[Gary Cain]

The Italians made a rifle called the BM-59 which uses about 80% Garand parts but has a 20 round box magazine. There were two 'Tanker Garands' made and one of those is in the Springfield Armory Museum, I do not know where the second one is. There were a few made by Santa Fe Arms of Pasadena back in the late '60s. About 15 years ago there were a bunch made by Fed Ord(not so good), Springfield Armory ( the civilian company-very good), and a couple of other companies which I don't remember anymore. The originals were in .30-06, and the new manufactured ones are a mixture of both '06 and 7.62x51NATO.


Gary

Nice looking rifle ! I have not seen one in years. Not too many around.
Refresh my memory, that is in 30'06 right ? Didn't the Italians produce one in .308 in the 70's ? Or am I just all confused ???

rif

[Chris_Reeves]

yeah this one is 30'06 and shoots like a dream