My stimulus payment finally got here . . .

[nittany03]

. . . and she's a beaut. CMP claimed 30-45 days, and then delivered in a week and a half.

The wood is brand new; it's got a CMP cartouche on the pistol grip. I'm surprised at the thickness of the front handguard as well. It's a good 1/8" thicker at the bottom than the drill pieces I remember from ROTC. I wonder who their supplier is. Methinks a refinishing is in order; the factory coat of linseed oil or whatever they use looks a trifle blotchy and tiger-stripey in places. Overall, looks to be a post-Korea armory queen. Just gotta wait for the ammo to arrive so I can see how she shoots.

 

[FLYTPAY]

You are set to go Commi-hunting now! Round'em up and git'ter done!

 

[nittany03]

You are set to go Commi-hunting now! Round'em up and git'ter done!

Somehow it and the Mosin-Nagant have refrained from having cagefights in my safe . . .

 

[AllAmerican75]

I'm regretting not getting that stimulus check now.

 

[Spot]

You could always use your stimulus ckeck like these people.

 

[Afterburner76]

My stimulus check went pretty much to filling up my tank. Thanks govt! umm...

 

[Schnugg]

Make sure the bore is cleaned before the first shot.

Nice rifle.

 

[Herc_Dude]

Awesome choice, awesome rifle. I'm jealous ...

 

[Cron]

Beautiful weapon, definitely one I'd love to own someday.

What CMP grade is it?

 

[nittany03]

Beautiful weapon, definitely one I'd love to own someday.

What CMP grade is it?

Service Grade. There's a disclaimer on their website that Service Grade rifles may come with new wood; methinks that way they can still get good money for ones with good bores but bad stocks.

Now I need to find M2 ball or the equivalent, as the CMP is backordered to a fare-thee-well.

 

[DangerousDan]

. . . and she's a beaut. CMP claimed 30-45 days, and then delivered in a week and a half.

The wood is brand new; it's got a CMP cartouche on the pistol grip. I'm surprised at the thickness of the front handguard as well. It's a good 1/8" thicker at the bottom than the drill pieces I remember from ROTC. I wonder who their supplier is. Methinks a refinishing is in order; the factory coat of linseed oil or whatever they use looks a trifle blotchy and tiger-stripey in places. Overall, looks to be a post-Korea armory queen. Just gotta wait for the ammo to arrive so I can see how she shoots.

Awsome stuff I love the color on that stock though mine is the darker wood. I actually finally got all the cosmoline out of mine and got her all put back together and 4 stipper clips of ammo loaded and ready to go. Need to call my sherriffs buddy from church to see when we can hit their range.

I am going to have to be at Dobbins to mobilize so I was thinking of hitting Anniston the day before to pick up a M1 Carbine and some more ammo since its only an hour and a half from the base. Unless theres still a gas shortage
My economic stimulus check is going to go towards help paying for a Gun safe to keep the arsenal in. Im going to go with the AMSEC BF series rather than spending 4k on a fort knox one.

 

[Prod]

Great choice. Mine came with a pretty beat up stock, but it shoots great so I don't really care.

 

[nittany03]

Great choice. Mine came with a pretty beat up stock, but it shoots great so I don't really care.

That was the only disappointment I had with mine; I'd almost have rather gotten an original stock. CMP actually stains the wood on the new stocks, but they're birch which is a BITCH to stain right. They didn't and the blotches won't come out. I gave up and bought a walnut stock for mine. 4 coats of BLO later, I started using something I found called "Gunny Paste."

To wit:

Equal parts beeswax, turpentine, BLO. Melt wax in a double boiler and add the rest before taking it off heat. Stir well and put in an old shoe polish tin. If you rub it into the stock, buff with a towel and let it dry, it comes out superb.

 

[HackerF15E]

Awsome 4 stipper clips of ammo loaded and ready to go.

FWIW, I think the term you're looking for is "en-bloc clip". A "stripper clip" is what's used to load an M1903 (among many other rifles with a built-in magazine).

En bloc:

Stripper clip:

 

[Single Seat]

Make sure the bore is cleaned before the first shot.

Nice rifle.

Concur. I've shot "Fly Navy's" M1 a few times. If that thing sits for any period of time the casing always gets jammed from even the lightest traces of corrosion.