If your gun has a single recoil spring see us m1 carbine.
M1 garand op rod spring length.
Op rods are made with two bends in the tube they are not made straight so if your tube has a bend it should.
Note barrel length and the upper handguard difference.
M1 garand operating rods springs and follower rods.
Our new springs are manufactured from the highest quality 17 7 stainless steel wire available in the industry.
The op rod spring connects to the follower rod and slides inside the op rod tube.
Note the odd bend in the t26 short op rod and the major difference in length of the follower arm spring guide.
The comparable figure for the t44 m14 with gas cut off and expansion system was 05.
M1 rifle operating rod springs we went back to the original springfield armory drawings to duplicate the original spring with one exception.
This spring provides the force required to properly cycle the rifle.
You should use the 1 3 4 front handguard.
The garand guy com has them.
Also check the lower band.
And you re good to go.
Also you can use the same follower rod instead of buying one for 59 95.
Tom emailed me photos of his new t26 style m1.
Operating rod descriptions and pictures will be of actual rods available except where noted.
All usgi and gauged to insure serviceability.
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.
Tanker top fitted with smith enterprises muzzle brake.
Our m1 garand operating rod spring has the following parameters.
The op rod may drag on it.
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.
2 recoil springs are required per gun.
Superior over the standard carbon wire springs made during the war years.
Recoil spring extra power improves overall function and feeding which is a common issue in the universal models.