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last year I saw a few examples of folks who made a GARAND clip loader, so I decide to make one for myself. this started out as a winter project, but I started it late and didn't finish it when the whether turn nice. now that it's tuning a bit cold, I decided to finish it up.

I don't have all that fancy metal working tools ie; milling machine like a lot of you guys have. I just have a table saw and common hand tools with a garage full of wood. about as fancy of a metal working tool I have is a DREMEL.

97 percent of it is made from wood, the metal I did use was for areas that would be subject to a lot of wear; the clip holder, pusher, pusher rod, pusher guide and the ammunition track. the ammunition tack is just a couple of Chinese made 10 round .308 stripper clip set in a furrow. found that 30-06 rounds fit in those nicely.

just have to paint it,

now, just have to figure out something else to make as a winter project

 

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CLIP HOLDER

PUSHER GUIDE

and what machine wouldn't be complete without a data plate?

 

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short clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YInCMRk8Xk

 

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the original clip loader was invented by John C. Garand, back in 1935. this was made so that 5 round stripper clips of 30-06 for the 1903 and loose rounds can quickly be transferred to the clips at the arsenal. supposedly they made like 500 of these. I image that once they invented, made, and perfected a automatic clip loading machine. then they in all likelihood threw whatever remaining clip loaders they had into the smelter

one of these original bad boys went for some big money on auction in 2012, with buyer premium over 8,000 bucks
http://www.icollector.com/Extra-Sca...r-the-M1-Garand-Semi-Automatic-Rifl_i12221748

 

[glassmountains]

A good friend of mine has one of them. Paid 500.00 for it back around 1985.

 

[Rory]

talking about a huge score!


this wood one is pretty fun though.

 

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here she is all painted up . if I had metal working tools, welder etc... I would have made it out of steel. but, I am pretty happy the way it came out, even though it's all made out of some scrap wood I had laying around and bits and pieces of steel and other stuff . thinking about adding a hopper to the top of it, that gravity feeds the rounds to the ammunition track

 

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made and uploaded a more clearer video clip then the first one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvXmetBDFkU