The comparable figure for the t44 m14 with gas cut off and expansion system was 05.
M1 garand operating rod spring length.
The op rod spring connects to the follower rod and slides inside the op rod tube.
I then measured the tanker spring.
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This spring provides the force required to properly cycle the rifle.
M1 garand operating rods springs and follower rods.
The m1 garand with important parts labeled the m1 rifle is a 30 caliber gas operated 8 shot clip fed semi automatic rifle.
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.
Operating rod spring new tanker.
Superior over the standard carbon wire springs made during the war years.
Its length was just shy of 20 inches.
It is 43 6 inches 1 107 mm long and it weighs about 9 5 pounds 4 31 kg.
Home m1 garand parts operating rod spring new tanker.
And you re good to go.
M1 rifle operating rod springs we went back to the original springfield armory drawings to duplicate the original spring with one exception.
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.
A 5lb weight compresses our spring to 17 1 a 16lb weight compresses our spring to 12 2.
Our new springs are manufactured from the highest quality 17 7 stainless steel wire available in the industry.
All usgi and gauged to insure serviceability.
It measured less than 13 inches.
Op rods are made with two bends in the tube they are not made straight so if your tube has a bend it should.
So i disassembled a regular standard issue grand and measured its oprod spring.
Our m1 garand operating rod spring has the following parameters.
Operating rod descriptions and pictures will be of actual rods available except where noted.
