If your gun has a single recoil spring see us m1 carbine.
M1 garand op rod spring length.
Operating rod descriptions and pictures will be of actual rods available except where noted.
Regular springs have the coils too close may lock up preventing the bolt to pick up the next round.
Tom emailed me photos of his new t26 style m1.
2 recoil springs are required per gun.
M1 rifle operating rod springs we went back to the original springfield armory drawings to duplicate the original spring with one exception.
Note barrel length and the upper handguard difference.
Note the odd bend in the t26 short op rod and the major difference in length of the follower arm spring guide.
Our new springs are manufactured from the highest quality 17 7 stainless steel wire available in the industry.
Op rods are made with two bends in the tube they are not made straight so if your tube has a bend it should.
You should use the 1 3 4 front handguard.
All usgi and gauged to insure serviceability.
And you re good to go.
The op rod spring connects to the follower rod and slides inside the op rod tube.
Our m1 garand operating rod spring has the following parameters.
The garand guy com has them.
Recoil spring extra power improves overall function and feeding which is a common issue in the universal models.
A 5lb weight compresses our spring to 17 1.
The op rod may drag on it.
11 the operating rod spring is probably the single most critical component to the proper cycling of your m1 garand.
This spring provides the force required to properly cycle the rifle.
Superior over the standard carbon wire springs made during the war years.
M1 garand operating rods springs and follower rods.
The comparable figure for the t44 m14 with gas cut off and expansion system was 05.
Tanker top fitted with smith enterprises muzzle brake.
Tom had this to say about his new garand.
When an operating rod spring is compressed with a 16lb weight the spring must compress to a length of between 11 75 and 12 75.
