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this Garand. Look at the gas errosion around the primer pocket and the firing in hole.. One tough rifle!!!!!
And here is the FP with the primer material that flowed past the firing pin!!!!
I wonder how many rounds were fired in
this Garand. Look at the gas errosion around the primer pocket and the firing in hole.. One tough rifle!!!!!
And here is the FP with the primer material that flowed past the firing pin!!!!
"Give Me A Fast Ship And I Will Sail In Harms Way" John Paul Jones, U.S. NAVY
Yikes ! ! !
John Garand designed one tough rifle!
It may have been just 1 primer! I bought a No 1 Mk 3 that was in Ex. condition - until I disassembled the bolt. The firing pin looked like an ice pick & was similarly pitted like your bolt face.
Just one shot with primer blowback...
from a corrosive primer with no cleaning...who knows.
Bruce
I've got one that has worse bolt face erosion than that. Its a NM in 7.62, the guy I bought it from was running 190 grain bullets with nuke loads at 600 yards.
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