308 Battle Rifle

[tombogan03884]

Never heard of Garands in .308!

Back in the early 90's I remember seeing some, mostly Tankers, I'm not sure if they were new manufacture or re imports converted in Korea. Since I have not seen any since the Clinton era I suspect they were imports. to bad, I would not mind one of those.

[Hazcat]

Well if I ever get the stock off this Ishy  I'll have a nice .308.  (Honestly I have been too busy to try some of the ideas put forth on this board).

I was suprised at the low recoil on the Garand first time I shot one.  I guess it is a function of the weight and recoil springs.  It should be real easy to shoot in .308.  Love to try one some time,  8 round enblock?

[tombogan03884]

Well if I ever get the stock off this Ishy  I'll have a nice .308.  (Honestly I have been too busy to try some of the ideas put forth on this board).

I was suprised at the low recoil on the Garand first time I shot one.  I guess it is a function of the weight and recoil springs.  It should be real easy to shoot in .308.  Love to try one some time,  8 round enblock?

Yes, 8 round clip     

[Michael Bane]

My choice, with an 18-inch barrel and a top rail for optics:

http://www.dsarms.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SA58MCCM

I'm going to mount one of the Trijicon scopes on it.

For a while there was a big business in .308 Garand conversions, with mixed results. Springfield made them for a few years. Here's a SHOOTING TIMES article on one:

http://www.shootingtimes.com/longgun_reviews/st_0302_springfield/index.html

Here's the CMP thread on such conversions:

http://www.odcmp.org/new_forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=16649

A few years back I got all pumped up about making a .308 Tanker Garand...I came to my senses when I realized that once I finished the project I'd have spent more money to build a moderated handicapped M1A SOCOM.

Michael B

[Ron J]

The price point you are looking will be a challenge.  You can find some used M1 Garands and M1A's that will be close.  Mr. Bane has a point on the cost of going after a custom rifle ... by the time you are done you could have a M1A SOCOM or Scout. 

However, I was looking at the Farnum Defensive Rifle which may offer an advantage over a SOCOM.  It is a M1 Garand in .308 and has a chopped barrel.  Advantage to this is that it does not fall (at the time) under the infamous "assault rifle" category.  Which means it would be legal to take to any state to hunt or shoot with.  A gun store here in Oklahoma City (H&H) mentions them at their web site.  Bad news is that they are a 4-8 week wait and $1300 which would be out of your budget. 

http://www.defense-training.com/fdr.html

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[CJS3]

  Thanks for all the input , but a CETME rifle goes on layaway tomorrow. I'm not PC enough to stay away from the scary lookin bad ol' military bang-bangs. Besides, I dug up a mag for one in my brother-in-laws Junk trunk.

[pgrass101]

I recommend a DSArms FAL of if that is to expensive you can get one from

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/programming/expand.asp?Prodid=479

Century International Arms use to have some.

[tombogan03884]

I recommend a DSArms FAL of if that is to expensive you can get one from

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/programming/expand.asp?Prodid=479

Century International Arms use to have some.

Century's workmanship often leaves much to be desired. 

[WymoreWrangler]

A Saiga AK in 308 was available for around 400 dollars, they aren't thousand meter MOA rifles but they are a good deal...

[pgrass101]

Century's workmanship often leaves much to be desired. 

Yeah Centuries Quality control is iffy at best.

I bought one of their rifles that is a gem, and I had to send another back. You do get what you pay for.