Wood Stock Care M1 Garand

[TRWXXA]

This^ TAKE THE WOOD OFF!!!! Its not hard to do at all.Rep for the above post.Good site!

+1 But it can be difficult to remove the band from the rear handguard, and the ferrule and spacer from the front handguard. You can oil the wood up pretty good with those left in place.

 

[kcwolf200]

Okay, went out and got some BLO this evening. Think I'll try this route. I've decided to try and do this sometime soon.

What's sad is, because of the weather, I haven't even shot this rifle yet. I figure if I'm going to do this, I should take it apart and finish the wood before taking it out and zeroing it.

 

[Walter Zoomie]

+1 But it can be difficult to remove the band from the rear handguard, and the ferrule and spacer from the front handguard. You can oil the wood up pretty good with those left in place.

I concur.

It seemed to me that messing with these two little pieces of metal was more trouble than it was worth, and the chances of damaging them or the wood went up incrementally the more I farted around with them.

So I didn't!

 

[TRWXXA]

I concur.

It seemed to me that messing with these two little pieces of metal was more trouble than it was worth, and the chances of damaging them or the wood went up incrementally the more I farted around with them.

So I didn't!

I even have the special pliers for getting the rear handguard band off, and STILL managed to chip the wood under the band (not too bad though). The problem with removing the front ferrule is bending the tabs on the spacer to get it off and on. Those tabs are only going to bend so many times before they snap.

 

[kcwolf200]

So, it's okay to leave the rings on the handguards? I'm not sure I understand some of the terms that are being used for some of the parts.

 

[TRWXXA]

So, it's okay to leave the rings on the handguards? I'm not sure I understand some of the terms that are being used for some of the parts.

Yes. The clip or band that holds the rear hand guard to the barrel can be left on. The rear hand guard is relatively fragile, so no need to risk splitting it trying to get the band off without the correct tool. The ferrule is on the front of the front hand guard, right behind the stacking swivel on the gas cylinder. It can be left on, since you need to bend the tabs on the metal spacer to get it off. Don't want to snap those off.

 

[TheJoker]

I use a 50/50 mix of pure tung oil and BLO.

Is this the same as True Oil? I used it on a M1 Carbine many, many years ago. It turned out really nice.