ColinthePilot
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I was at the range yesterday with my CMP Garand. I've only put a few hundred rounds through it, but without problems until yesterday.
My friend was shooting and it failed to cycle after about 4-5 rounds, and he was having trouble clearing the rifle. I went over to help and found the charging handle was outside its groove/guide slot. It took a few minutes of pushing and pulling and brute strength just to cycle it, but then it fell back into place, and we had no more problems with it...Till I went to clean it. I just racked the bolt back and the handle popped out again. There's a small notch cut out of the guide slot which I'm guessing allows you to remove the op-rod in a detail strip.
I've been handling Garands for years and I've never seen this problem. I'm shooting regular, CMP supplied Greek surplus 30.06, nothing heavy, and we were not rapid firing or anything like that. Any ideas?
My friend was shooting and it failed to cycle after about 4-5 rounds, and he was having trouble clearing the rifle. I went over to help and found the charging handle was outside its groove/guide slot. It took a few minutes of pushing and pulling and brute strength just to cycle it, but then it fell back into place, and we had no more problems with it...Till I went to clean it. I just racked the bolt back and the handle popped out again. There's a small notch cut out of the guide slot which I'm guessing allows you to remove the op-rod in a detail strip.
I've been handling Garands for years and I've never seen this problem. I'm shooting regular, CMP supplied Greek surplus 30.06, nothing heavy, and we were not rapid firing or anything like that. Any ideas?