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I picked up a used Inland M1 Carbine recently that when fired the handguard has an annoying attribute to pop off the top of the gun. I've searched the internet and the common solution is to bend the metal tab (at the receiver side) to cause an upwards pressure on the barrel band side.
That would be fine except that the clear distance between the receiver to the barrel band is only about 1/16" less than the overall length of the handguard. In other words, I have about 1/16" bite with maybe an 1/8" travel allowing the metal tab to disconnect from the receiver. Compounding is that the barrel band spring is longer than the cutout in the barrel band allowing for a slight rotation (further reducing that 1/16" bite). I found only one other person on the net with this problem but the OP bailed out of the thread with no resolution (about 2 years ago at Jousters).
The stock and handguard match pretty well - the stock shows evidence that it has been dropped (a poorly patched piece of wood at the receiver) cracks in the fore-end and a V-shaped chip at the forward side of the recoil plate (the chip was recovered by the previous owner and placed so tightly back in that I didn't notice this until trying to "hang" the action with shims).
Most of the hardware that I've seen is Inland, I believe the stock is Inland but it has obvious evidence of being worked on (patched wood with stain). I plan to epoxy fill the cracks with a syringe and to epoxy the chip back in place (am mulling over gluing a steel/brass pillar in that location).
My questions are, has the stock lost all collector value? If I were to remove the slop in the handguard by cutting back the stock to locate the barrel band closer to the receiver and drilling a new barrel band spring hole (to accommodate new location) would I be beset with bad C&R karma?
Gun shoots pretty well btw.
Edit:
I hope this doesn't bump this old thread to the top, but to ensure any others on the web that are having the same issue, I ultimately purchased a reproduction stock (Boyds). The handguard that came with it is slightly longer than the original. The gun now functions perfectly.
That would be fine except that the clear distance between the receiver to the barrel band is only about 1/16" less than the overall length of the handguard. In other words, I have about 1/16" bite with maybe an 1/8" travel allowing the metal tab to disconnect from the receiver. Compounding is that the barrel band spring is longer than the cutout in the barrel band allowing for a slight rotation (further reducing that 1/16" bite). I found only one other person on the net with this problem but the OP bailed out of the thread with no resolution (about 2 years ago at Jousters).
The stock and handguard match pretty well - the stock shows evidence that it has been dropped (a poorly patched piece of wood at the receiver) cracks in the fore-end and a V-shaped chip at the forward side of the recoil plate (the chip was recovered by the previous owner and placed so tightly back in that I didn't notice this until trying to "hang" the action with shims).
Most of the hardware that I've seen is Inland, I believe the stock is Inland but it has obvious evidence of being worked on (patched wood with stain). I plan to epoxy fill the cracks with a syringe and to epoxy the chip back in place (am mulling over gluing a steel/brass pillar in that location).
My questions are, has the stock lost all collector value? If I were to remove the slop in the handguard by cutting back the stock to locate the barrel band closer to the receiver and drilling a new barrel band spring hole (to accommodate new location) would I be beset with bad C&R karma?
Gun shoots pretty well btw.
Edit:
I hope this doesn't bump this old thread to the top, but to ensure any others on the web that are having the same issue, I ultimately purchased a reproduction stock (Boyds). The handguard that came with it is slightly longer than the original. The gun now functions perfectly.
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