I could watch your content for hours. Love the down to earth easy to listen to info. I just got my first garand for my birthday from my mother. Her father served in ww2. I feel connected to him when I handle it. He passed when I was a teenager. I never was able to get him to talk about the war.

These are fantastic pieces of history, I picked one up last summer. It is a favorite at the range, everyone wants to shoot it. Just picked up an 1884 Springfield trapdoor also. A couple of fun old timers.

Dave, your 'gun nerdery' videos are interesting, informative, and entertaining. Keep 'em coming!

The “blood groove” on the bayonet is called a fuller. It’s designed to make the blade lighter while allowing the blade to keep its strength. You see the same thing on a many types of medieval swords.

Dude this videos was great!! I’m looking to purchase my own M1 Garand and this was absolutely informative. Great piece of history used by the greatest generation.

I remember which is very nostalgic feeling, during the time I was training in ROTC ADVANCE TRAINING RANGERS COURSE way back in the early 70's. We trained to assemble and disassemble the M1garand BLINDFOLDED. There were times we had competition on it which sometimes I won blindfolded. I remember that during mock battle at night I was told by our TO to assemble and disassemble my garand in the darkness which I was so adeft in doing. I really miss those times that is why I was so happy watching this video. I am from the Philippines watching I wanna thank you bro for uploading this video God bless. I am hoping and longing that I could get a garand to reminisce those moments.

I enjoyed the video and learned a couple things. Thanks for making it!! Mine is on order through the cmp. Can't wait!!

My bayonet was loose like that as well. Thought something was wrong. Thanks for clearing things up!

Great video. Slowly becoming a gun nerd and this video was perfect. Had a lot of detail/info but was still simple enough for me to understand as a newer gun enthusiast

That was the best example of how to attach the sling. I have two Garands and I always have to refer to the other one when putting the sling back on the one I am working on (because I take it off about every 5 years and I am old).

I was introduced to this rifle in 1957 at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex, for a Boy Scout outing called "Basic Training"

Don’t have an M1 Garand, but am looking at a M1A. Basically the same, but I enjoy learning about the history and some of the stampings, etc. Great video!

David, wish I could sit on the porch with you and watch this all again! Excellent! Haven't bought my Garand yet, just learning! Thanks, friend!

I bought an M1 for my father recently, its sitting at my gun store back home and I'm hoping to make it home on leave in time for his birthday to pick it up and really make it a special day for him. Thanks for the informative video!

Great video. Very informative.

Great video ! I’m trying to learn everything I can on these rifles. I have one lined up to buy this spring, can hardly wait. Thanks.

Throughly enjoy having and shooting my 1945 SA Garand for 4 years now. Hands down is my favorite rifle in the safe. I need to find the 10" bayonet that you've got there too. By the way 150 gr. Remington corelokt runs perfectly in mine and eats any ammo I put in it. But I had also installed a ported gas plug that relieves the higher pressures from some modern loadings with no op rod damage to worry about.

Awesome job teaching us about this rifle well done my friend

The little ding on the bolt is actually where they did a Rockwell hardness test. They did it on the reciever as well.

Enjoyed your video !! Keep em coming !!

clip is loaded backwards. Training videos from WW2/Korea show the first round is always on the side of the "dimple" on the clip. I know it will still function the way yours are loaded but just wanted to point out what the military told its servicemen to do.

Very helpful show and tell thanks

YAAAAAYYYY! Another owner who takes pride in his mid-fifties Garand. I had an inferiority complex about my H&R and Springfield! Marvelous match on the forestock and a beautiful rifle! You are correct, David, re the ping fable: it's bull dust!

9:06 The idea behind pulling back the slide with your little finger, palm up, is to prevent injury if a round goes off unexpectedly. The CMP manual details this procedure under the _Stoppages_ section, especially relevant after a misfire.

Awesome video, David. Just won a bid for a 43 Garand on Gun Broker. I'm excited about it.

Overhand grip for the bolt is accurate and the underhand on the slide rod also correct. Best accuracy with the foregrip is with it shimmed. As a former armorer details are extremely important. Never remove the assembly from the stock then you have to.

Very nice and informative. Thanks

Well done,thanks!👍

I have a friend who worked a cmp in ala. He picked out two m1's in near collector grade. A Sp and a H &R. All matching num. I kept the H and R and sold my brother the Spr. The stock was near perfect. I mentioned to him i may refinish it He told me, dont you dare touch the stock and re-do it. Keep it orginal. The only thing i did was clean it as much possible. Still all orginal. Accurate as heck Bought 2000 rds. Fired 32 rds out of it and it grouped 2 inches, bench rest at only 50 yards. But didnt shoot passed that because the gun range wouldnt let me since i wasnt a member, just a guest. Im sure in The right hands it would group much better.

Good Video!

Great job and god bless you Sir!

Appreciate it, learned a lot. Thanks!!!

I have a November of '41 Springfield armory Garand marked Blue Sky on the barrel .But I am heasitant to get it rebarreled since it's the boriginal October of '41 barrel. Real nice program!!

Great explanation

FYI they are drawing numbers corosponding to updated improuvment to manufacture.there is a web sight you can look up the dates. Most of these are frankenstines with no regards to dates, just good parts that work in the rifle. Mine is an 54 H & R with most parts from that era, excerpt the trigger group which, which is WWII era, not the stamped you have on your example. Got mine from CMP years ago. Dinged up stock but after. Rubbing in many coats of tung oil I got a good red look that retained the cartouche and look of the old gals wood. Happy trails.

Dave, did you just run acetone on with a rag and wipe off? Did it take any finish off or just grime. I was thinking about acetone rubbed on and off with a piece of cheese cloth to try to capture more grime but I don’t want to take my finish off.

With a over hand charge pull you can block ejection is the reson to charge the m-1 palm up

Probably a more accurate term for the stamped numbers on the parts would be "drawing" numbers....since these numbers don't correspond to the serial number on the receiver heel

I own am M1 Garande. Great rifle.

Excellent! You are right, the "ping" myth is a myth. Your rifle as you mentioned is pretty new. The older ones may have some problems. Most commonly, I see broken op rod springs on rifles from the CMP. They usually come out in pieces. Make sure you get all of it. Parts are readily available. To take out the op rod from the rifle, make sure the rifle is upside down. Some rifles will not come willingly. Inspect the op rod for burrs and wear. These can be rebuilt which is cheaper than a new one. Going back together I always have trouble getting the bolt to go in. Do not force it, the key is the firing pin has a slot it goes through. Firing pins will also break, so keep a spare or two, and an extra standard strength Op Rod spring. If it slides grease it, if it turns oil it. Wipe all parts down with oil.

The receiver is pretty dark. Is this maybe a Greek return? If you acquired from the CMP, they might be able to tell you, if it isn't already ID'd as such on the CMP COA.

Are we having a garand, old time, or what? Great video, thanks. The parts numbers are the original print numbers that refer to the design and manufacture by various armories involved in the garand's manufacture.

Good job

Good takedown view of the M1. I've had mine (circa 1944) apart many times but never miss somebody else doing it. My stock was totally gone and was so spongy, a thumbnail would leave a mark. I replaced with a kit made from maple and cured it with several coats of linseed oil so lost the campaign look but it's still a beautiful weapon. You probably know this but another purpose for the clip release is to top it off. I've heard it said that troops carried loose rounds in their pocket for that purpose. You didn't go into the gas tube in this vid but one thing I did was to get a ported tube plug that increases the volume and allows newer ammo to be cycled through the rifle without risking damage to the tube. Great story there regarding the burn rate of newer powder and expanding gas for another day maybe but it does enable M1 owners to put newer rounds that might marginally exceed the original velocity and burn rate specs without worry. Thanks for doing this one.

Very cool. Enjoy.

Dan can you name the dye you used on the stock?

You can take rhe plug out and clean the gas tube because the gas can get dirt in ir to

Gun Nerds UNITED!

I have the same bayonette as well

Just a note.....the numbers on the parts are Drawing Numbers and revisions....-9; -12; -19, etc. The only part serialized on the rifle is the receiver and depending on where the rifle was used and which country used it, the stock and the bolt may be marked with the receiver's serial number.

That spot on the bolt isn't a proof mark, it's where they Rockwell(hardness) test all the m1 bolts

Nice!

Very impressed with the handgaurd. Give yourself a big pat on the back

24:04 My butthole tightened so much when you had your finger on the follower while the bolt was stuck on it not locked 😂 Wow what an awesome video!!! Love the M1 and all the nerdery you talked about and explained! I learned some new things and really enjoyed watching, thanks for the great video! Subscribed!

That's why guns are cool. Human ingenuity and engineering

My UFH M1 bayonet fits just like yours.

DRD, Your version of "gun nerdery" is far more acceptable than other channels. Yeah, I never heard a WWII or Korean War Vet moan about revealing his position from the "ping."

Very interesting

In 4 years of Army ROTC, I took apart and put back together an M-1 Garand probably 500 times.

Thanks

Wrong sling and bayonet for a Korean era Garand,great job on the rifle and the comments!

how d you make a make shift ww2 gi toilet?

You need to do some research on the sling. When properly installed it can be lengthened for shoulder carry by pulling on it , there is no need to move any hooks. It is also designed to be used as a shooting assist in prone, sitting and kneeling positions.

My bayonet slips inside the gas plug and doesn’t fit over the barrel.

What does Demilitarized by US ARMY - 1995-10-27 relate to an SA - M1 Garand? Serial Number 4,310,XXX

Do you work at gun crafters

Why didn't you show us putting the small parts back together?

Damn nice m1. The one I got has a lot of rust and pitting on the op rod , and magazine base plate. It still shoots okay but its not nearly as clean as yours.

where did you buy this?

If you have never got an M1 thrumb you will at some time LOL. Shooting an M1 make sure the gas cylinder locking piece is nice and tight before screwing in the gas cylinder screw .

The color is just a bit off but it's beautiful

The m1grand one world war 2 it was the best rifle ever made

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It is not a gun but a rifle a gun is smooth bore a rifle has grooves in it.

No man should die his hair. Own it!

Fastest M1 reload: 11ccom

Not sure if you are right about the loose forend stock. On NM M1s they bed the forend stock solid to the barrel after they are finished only the main stock is removable. Everything needs to be tight and rattle free for accuracy to keep harmonics consistent. Check out " Old school match condition M1 garand" on KZfaq. He used to compete at Camp Perry he contradicts everything you said pertaining to the accuracy. Great gun and info otherwise. Thanks

Next time you work on your rifle put a blanket or pad on table better for the gun and better for table nice rifle .

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Just so you know any round you chamber will have a dimple on the primer of the ejected round. Not to worry it made that way. Military rifles are great because there so easy to learn. They are very accurate. Learn how to calibrate the sights.

It took until 5:22 to get to the point.

Help a old man out with ammo for my 1st m1 garand any help would be appreciated

Also there is no magazine it is called a clip.

It's a clip, not a magazine

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Too much music for a gun

I FIND IT INTERESTING/COMPELLING THAT AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND MARINES PREFEFFED THE LONG BLADED/UNMODIFIED M1905 BAYONET WHEN '' DEALING WITH '' JAPANESE SOLDIERS. TRUE STORY.

I have a CMP Special Grade and just clean the barrel after each shoot. After 12 months or 500 plus rounds, I hand it over to a gunsmith to field strip, clean and grease. The M1 is way to complicated for a guy who barely knows how to screw in a light bulb to break down!!

Hello, you are an very good gun enthusiast, but when it comes to doing presentations you must be aware that gun people like children can take things apart and NOT put them back together the same way! You disassemble of the M1 Grand was excellent, however you fell on your face by not showing a complete reassemble especially lining up the pin and it’s attachments, I could easily disassemble my Grand using your video but putting it back the same way I probably would screw it up if I cannot follow a step by step procedure.

You completely destroyed the color. Such a shame.

The numbers on the parts are Drawing numbers.