Question for other owners of CMP Special M1 Garands

[Detritus]

just wondering about something,
Finally got around to taking ALL of the wood off my Garand in preparation to strip/clean and apply a full finish to said wood.

the rifle in question is a "CMP Special" grade IE new barrel and stock with the receiver and other bits refinished and rebuilt as close to "new" as possible.
In the process of taking the handguards off I discovered that the "lower band roll pin" is missing from my example, so i wondered if anyone else had taken theirs down and discovered this part to be missing. I know that probably 75% or more of Garand owners will probably never take their rifle down far enough to find this out (ie most M1 owners i've met have never had the gas cylinder off the gun), but i figured i'd ask.

TIA

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

The old stock on my M1 was a punky beat-to-death Korean thing that came from Blue Sky, which I replaced with new wood from Sarco in 2018. I had to take things 'that far' apart in order to reuse the front handguard hardware -- the roll pin was definitely still there.

 

[P5 Guy]

One of My M1s has a loose-fitting pin. The other two are snug. If I'm not careful the loose pin can take a few minutes hunting to find where rolled over to.

Those two were so packed with cosmoline I had to disassemble them all the way. That cosmoline gets into some pretty tight corners.

 

[lemaymiami]

Contact the CMP - bet they send you a replacement...

 

[Laphroaig]

I doubt that it was intentionally left out. I think that they owe you a roll pin!

 

[Wildbillz]

Get with the CMP. I will bet they make it right.

WB

 

[edwardware]

Mine have their pins, but I've never pushed one.

I have experienced CMP's customer service, and it was outstanding. Give them a call.

 

[FP1201]

It's a simple 1/8" x 3/4" steel Roll Pin that's available most anywhere Hardware/Fasteners are sold.
AR-15's use the same size one for the Trigger Guard, they're really nothing special and you could use one longer or shorter to hold the Band on.

 

[Detritus]

It's a simple 1/8" x 3/4" steel Roll Pin that's available most anywhere Hardware/Fasteners are sold.
AR-15's use the same size one for the Trigger Guard, they're really nothing special and you could use one longer or shorter to hold the Band on.

Oh I know. It's on my shopping list for my next visit to the hardware store. It's not even worth the time to contact the CMP since I can have one in hand from tru-value faster than I could get around to making a call/email to them about it. ‍

Like I said was just curious as to whether anyone else had taken their Rebuilt M1 apart and find it missing. It doesn't seem like a critical part, but I WILL be installing one once I finish, finishing the stock.

I figure the CMP armorer that put this rifle together simply missed installing the pin.