Loose Front Sight on CMP Garands

[clang]

Many of the service grade M1 Garands at the CMP store have a fairly loose front sight. This has got to affect accuracy. The indexing ridge is sloppy in the barrel grove and it allows a little play.

Is there a standard fix for this (like peening the indexing grove?

Thanks,

clang

 

[USSR]

Is there a standard fix for this (like peening the indexing grove?

Exactly. Done all the time.

Don

 

[clang]

Thanks Don,

That seeme dthe mos tlikely option. Is there a preferred method for doing the peening? Barrel or front sight?

 

[madcratebuilder]

I always peen the cheapest part.

 

[USSR]

No way of really peening the gas cylinder, which is what the front sight is mounted on. Just take a socket from a socket set, and lay it between each of the splines on the barrel and give it a moderate "rap" with a hammer.

Don

 

[Col. Plink]

so easy even I did it!

 

[Tempest 455]

Mine was the same way from CMP. I chose Blue Loctite.

 

[Orlando]

Peen the barrel splines, its a arsenal fix.
I have gotten several Garands from CMP that the slines were peened

 

[Onmilo]

Use a hammer wedge with a flat or rounded face and a one pound shop hammer to peen the edges of the slot.
This produces a more uniform and better looking finish rather than using a punch. HTH