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jrothWA · March 29, 2013, 12:51 PM

I suggest that you buy Kuhnhausen's book for the Serviice rifles m1 Garand & M14 /M1A rifle.

It has the details for glass bedding the rifle.

I used "Bisonite" bedding compound other like the Acraglas series, some use "Marine-Tex".
Basically, you'll need to tighten the gas cylinder assembly into a unit, but still allowing for dis-assembly for cleaning/ repair.

Reduce the FRONT handguard in length and adhesived the handguard ferrule to the front handguard into one piece ( may want to remove the meetal line but that optional, read the book) center the stock ferrule on the stock and make it one piece.

The n rout the inlet for the reciever and trigger guard bedding.

It's complicated but take one item at a time and you can do it.

March 29, 2013, 12:51 PM	#5
jrothWA Senior Member Join Date: November 11, 2006 Posts: 2,519	Having done a M1 in a 7.62 barrel.. I suggest that you buy Kuhnhausen's book for the Serviice rifles m1 Garand & M14 /M1A rifle. It has the details for glass bedding the rifle. I used "Bisonite" bedding compound other like the Acraglas series, some use "Marine-Tex". Basically, you'll need to tighten the gas cylinder assembly into a unit, but still allowing for dis-assembly for cleaning/ repair. Reduce the FRONT handguard in length and adhesived the handguard ferrule to the front handguard into one piece ( may want to remove the meetal line but that optional, read the book) center the stock ferrule on the stock and make it one piece. The n rout the inlet for the reciever and trigger guard bedding. It's complicated but take one item at a time and you can do it.