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Yeah, that M14 video guy...![]() |
Weshowe brought over a tanker Garand yesterday and wanted me to convert it to standard length, chambered in 308. The barrel is a Criterion and the new stock is a Minelli Italian Walnut stock. A good friend supplied the operating rod. Unfortunately, we didn't know we needed a new follower rod and spring, but the build went off without a hitch. Got everything installed in about 2.5 hours. I threw in my follower rod and spring for function check. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Enjoy the new look, Wes! Tony. Owner, TonyBen, LLC, Type-07 FFL www.tonybenm14.com (Site under construction). e-mail: tonyben@tonybenm14.com | ||
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Like a party in your pants ![]() |
Gorgeous wood! | |||
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Prepared for the Worst, Providing the Best![]() |
Beautiful! Should be a good shooter, too...I've been very happy with the Criterion barrel in my CMP special. | |||
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Fonky Honky![]() |
Beautiful rifle. The figuring on the fore end wood is spectacular! _________________________________________ Dei. Familia. Patria. Victoria. Don't back up, don't back down. | |||
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Fighting the good fight![]() |
That stock is gorgeous. | |||
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E tan e epi tas![]() |
Minelli makes gorgeous stocks in general. That one is pretty exceptional. Take Care, Shoot Safe, Chris | |||
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Simply stunning. Great work - Criterion is an excellent barrel for this too. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes![]() |
I can’t say it better. Wow. ______________________________________________ "If the truth shall kill them, let them die.” Endeavoring to master the subtle art of the grapefruit spoon. | |||
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That is a beautiful M1. Outstanding walnut!!! Enjoy. | |||
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7.62mm Crusader |
It is beautiful. Has the milled trigger guard too. Something how the stock is graceful long grain and its hand guard and fore end are a fiddle back of sorts. I was just a couple nights back admiring some AAA fancy walnut and fiddle back dressed Garands on line. I failed many years back attempting to make a M1 stock from a cherry blank. I did a nice job set up on a Bridgeport mill, machining out most of its interior. The exterior hand work I roughed with a rasp. By golly, I came close to having a beautiful, custom stock untill a week later it majorly checked just sitting there in the corner..bummer. | |||
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Yeah, that M14 video guy...![]() |
I can't wait for him to send it to someone who can give it a good surface finish. It should really pop out at that point! Here are the original parts we replaced. ![]() The Minelli needed no modifications what so ever to get everything to fit perfectly. Tony. Owner, TonyBen, LLC, Type-07 FFL www.tonybenm14.com (Site under construction). e-mail: tonyben@tonybenm14.com | |||
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That looks like a decent birch stock, upper handguard, and forend. Get a receiver, bolt, and some small parts and you would have another M1!!! | |||
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No need to send it out, all you need is some Trueoil, a transfer syringe, and time. As an example this shotgun combo had a finish very similar to what you show for that Garand. ![]() The process for applying Trueoil is rather simple and quite fool proof. First it takes about 8 hours for a "coat" to dry enough to re-apply another coat so I would apply a coat before leaving for work and one after dinner. Second, you need to apply each coat as thinly as is possible, so don't even think about using a brush. If you lay Trueoil on too thick it will take forever (months) to dry and will likely run. What you do is fill a transfer syringe with True oil and apply one single small drop on the wood. Then you spread that drop as far as you can using your thumb. Each "coat" is a patchwork of these areas of application and only microns in thickness. Good news is after about 3 weeks you can do some light wet sanding with 1500 grit sandpaper and rub it to a polish with a clean paper towel. Once you reach the point where you aren't rubbing thru to the raw wood you are at the point where only 4 or 5 "coats are needed. BTW, this finish can be "renewed" at any time with the application of a new "coat" or two of Trueoil. I will also note that the finish gets harder as it ages so renewing the finish will not be needed much at all after 3 years of aging. PS; I shoot Skeet and this shotgun is a 410/28 gauge combo that sees use every weekend it's over 30 degrees F. So it does need a bit of refreshing from time to time. I've stopped counting. | |||
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