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M1 garand operating rod spring length.
It is 43 6 inches 1 107 mm long and it weighs about 9 5 pounds 4 31 kg.
Its length was just shy of 20 inches.
Our new springs are manufactured from the highest quality 17 7 stainless steel wire available in the industry.
It measured less than 13 inches.
So i disassembled a regular standard issue grand and measured its oprod spring.
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.
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All usgi and gauged to insure serviceability.
I then measured the tanker spring.
The m1 s safety catch is located at the front of the trigger guard.
The m1 garand with important parts labeled the m1 rifle is a 30 caliber gas operated 8 shot clip fed semi automatic rifle.
This spring provides the force required to properly cycle the rifle.
A 5lb weight compresses our spring to 17 1 a 16lb weight compresses our spring to 12 2.
And you re good to go.
With the gas port now some inches behind the muzzle the operating rod began to move before the bullet left the muzzle but measurements on an m14 with an m1 gas system indicate the op rod moves only about 03 by the time of bullet exit.
11 the operating rod spring is probably the single most critical component to the proper cycling of your m1 garand.
M1 garand operating rods springs and follower rods.
M1 rifle operating rod springs we went back to the original springfield armory drawings to duplicate the original spring with one exception.
Op rods are made with two bends in the tube they are not made straight so if your tube has a bend it should.
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.
Operating rod descriptions and pictures will be of actual rods available except where noted.
