The Garand is definitely an iconic rifle. I was introduced to it by my father, who used it at the end of WWII in the 6th infantry. My dad is sadly not here any longer and I needed to look up some info on how to care for a M1 Garand and thought I would share some resources with you in case you want to learn more about how to care and feed one. There are a ton of videos on Youtube and I tend to learn faster if I can see someone do something so after a fun session of watching videos, I cherry picked some to share:
Here’s a nice video on shooting the M1:
This fellow shares some tips he has on how to load an M1:
M1 Garand Tips and Tricks – Quite Informative
This video on field stripping is nice and to the point:
Now for more detail around field stripping, cleaning, lubrication and reassembly, Brownells did a nice video series:
I hope this saves you a bit of time hunting for info on the M1 when it comes to care and feeding of the rifle. You’ll find a ton of videos on Youtube on the Garand if you want to learn more.
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Two Rivers Arms is an impressive group – they can really build Yugo rifles (and just about any other AK for that matter). I recently had them build a replica M72 RPK that looked like it came fresh from the factory. I also had them build this rifle and it took some creativity on their part and our’s.
I sent them a Yug0 M72B1 kit from Apex with a Green Mountain barrel, Tapco FCG, Nodak Spud NDS-9 receiver and asked that they turn the barrel down to 16.5″ and not bother with the bipod. I also asked Tim to fabricate a scope rail so I could mount my RS!Regulate rail system there. Thus, they got started and did their assembly and tuning of the rifle. As many of you know, AKs can be pretty gritty until they wear in. The guys at Two Rivers have tuning the AK down pat and when it arrived, everything was silky smooth. By the way, I had them put the original funky wood on it so it looked pretty funny when it arrived and then I went to work.
We’ve been working on a custom M72 RPK handguard set off and on all year. First we had problems with the gas tube and then the lower turned out to have issues twice! Finally, with this generation, we nailed the M72 handguard set and I am very happy. You’ll notice it is very thick as the mold was cast from wood originals and is a very snug fit.
What you see in these photos is the M72B1 rifle from Two Rivers but to it I have added our custom Yugo M72 handguard set, a custom Bulgy Arm-9 grip and one of the Magpul ZHUKOV-S butt stock with the 3/4″ riser as I needed to get my cheek into better position to look through one of my favorite Vortex Crossfire II 1-4x scopes. These are one of the best values in scopes in my opinion.
I also replaced the original Yugo hammer and operating springs with fresh ones from Falcon Arms to give everything a bit more life. To top it off, I added a Precision Armament M4-72 AK-47 Severe-Duty Compensator.
The rifle about 1/2″ groups at 50 yards with Golden Tiger FMJ. I am very happy with the results. The rifle handles great and between the weight and the aggressive Severe-Duty compensator, recoil was very, very mild.
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I’ve seen other animations in the past that didn’t get into as much detail as this one. In this video you get a pretty good demo of how the various parts work during the firing and automated loading of the AK-47 but they got the trigger wrong, etc. This one shows the disconnector and trigger hook operating in the right manner for example. I’m posting it because I think it always helps to understand what is going on inside a firearm for when you want to tune it, figure out what might be going wrong, and so forth.
Once in a while I get to have fun. For years I have worked with Two Rivers Arms making their grips so I knew they did a good job. Well over a year ago, I bought two Apex M72B1 kits to have as prototypes but never had time to build them. I must admit I have fun building rifles but the time just isn’t there any more. So, given our new M72 handguards were almost ready, I called up Tim at Two Rivers and asked if they could build an M72B1 that looked like it came straight from the factory and that is exactly what they did. Here are the amazing results of their efforts:
Note, the following is our Yugo M70/M72 grip:
Let me give you a quick run down of the parts you see above and a few you don’t:
Yugo M72B1 kit from Apex with a new Green Mountain barrel
Nodak Spud NDS-9 receiver
New virgin stock set from R-Guns
One of our Yugo M70 pistol grips
Tapco G2 FCG
RSA FCG retainer plate (I hate the shepherd hooks)
Real Yugo BHO Magazine
Two Rivers did the assembly, engraving, bluing and hooked me up with the right muzzle nut and cleaning rod. This rifle looks simply amazing. If you ever are looking for a builder, give them a shout … now if I can just afford one of their Tabuk DMRs some day 🙂 Tim, Shawn & Ed – thank you!!
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