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Does anyone know of a current or past production that fits what I am looking for?
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Get an M1 Garand in .308/7.62, or find one in 30.06 that's got a shot-out or frosted barrel and have it re-barrel with a Criterion .308 barrel.
Over the winter I did just that with a Garand I 'rescued' from the oblivion of an apathetic owner.
It had the classic 'tomato-stake' barrel with internal pitting and frosting, along with a worn and dinged crown. Muzzle erosion gauged like 6+. Re-barreled it with a .308 Criterion tube ($200) and then replaced about 3 or 4 worn/out-of-spec parts with in-spec parts from CMP. The old beat-to-crap G.I. stock & handguards were removed, tossed into storage, and replaced with some new Minnelli M1 wood Brownells had on sale. BLO-ed those for a bit before putting everything together. Greased it up, attached a sling, and headed to the range.
It's digested about 400-rds now, and what a shooter this thing is too! It's almost too pretty to be a 'truck' (or 'trunk') gun, but I keep it in my ride anyway along with a couple of bandoliers of 8-rd clips loaded with 7.62 surplus ball.
The M1 is still legal even in the most Commie-fied jurisdictions, and when hunting (where autoloaders are allowed) you can use 5-rd clips.
Save the 8-rd clips for Match competitions, general range use, '
Get off my lawn!' situations (home or property defense), or whatever your favorite SHTF scenario happens to be currently.
