Posted by CREEPING DEATH [208.240.64.130] on Friday, January 08, 2010 at 00:00:59 :
In Reply to: OT - M1 Garand Rifle posted by Vaughn [99.58.166.111] on Sunday, January 03, 2010 at 00:48:27 :
Operating rod MUST be "bent" for the rifle to function, but it can be bent wrong. Using the wrong ammunition is usually the cause, .30-06 hunting ammo is NOT correct for the Garand and can bend the op rod due to the different pressure curve.
Go and look around the link below, those guys can tell you a lot more than I can!
CD