Link to Gun Tests article about the plugs mentioned in this video: www.gun-tests.com/rifles/gara... Link to my buddy's channel I mentioned that provided the cool mugs: / @rustysurplus
There is no need for special gas plugs for the M1. The 30-06 was developed at 50,000 CUP and it’s still there today. The M1 rifle was designed, adopted and produced around the M1 ball cartridge. The full power 173g loading. This loading stayed with M1AP loading throughout the 30-06’s military lifetime. Millions of full power loads were fired through the M1 rifle without ill effects. The Lower powered M2 Ball ammo was actually adopted a year after the M1 rifle. Even the CMP manual states that any 30-06 180 grain and below is safe in the M1 rifle. The lower power M2 ball came about because of the Army’s requirement for ammo that would not carry past stateside rifle ranges in populated areas. NOT because of the weaknesses in the M1 rifle. Any well maintained M1, properly greased with new recoil springs, will tolerate standard 30-06 commercial loadings.
there has been a few danish issued m1's on the uk market in 7.62 nato , they have always been an expensive rifle here in the uk, the price dropped just after the filming of saving private ryan but they were dog rough but it soon shot up, you cant get one for under £1200 now
Very interesting, yeah, I believe this one was a Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) conversion from 30-06. It would have been really cool if it had been a post WWII US Navy conversion, but I'm still happy with it. I think I paid $900 for it about 4 years ago. I don't know about you guys, but I think a lot of old curio and relic (50 years old and older) weapons here in the USA have shot up in value due to them being in a lot of popular video games. They are certainly getting harder to come by regardless. That being said, I'll be featuring a cool No.1 MK.lll* in an upcoming video on the 9th.
@@The_Casual_Collector i have a lot of friends in the firearms trade in the uk and they all say it is getting harder to get the mill surp items, i got my first sten in 1995 and it was £69 now there £800 and back in about 2010 you could get an ak for £100 now they are £600+ the stock of older firearms are drying up, we have a lot of HK products coming from MKE in turky , i know they import to the us under another brand name
