How To Use The Garand Buttstock Cleaning Kit

G arines, and others in our armed services, have since their inception been indoctrinated with the creed that the but thing that should be cleaner than your woman is your rifle. Many times this sage cleaning advice came with an e'er so subtle warning that if your rifle wasn't spotless that the shiny boot of the Drill Teacher might find a home betwixt some cheeks.

It is with good reason that the armed forces puts such an emphasis on weapon cleaning. A dingy rifle won't function equally well or as accurately as a clean one will and information technology is also much more than susceptible to rust and corrosion. A dirty weapon likewise ages faster than a make clean i. This was peculiarly true during the World War II years when corrosive ammunition was still being used.

In improver, cleaning breeds familiarity with, and conviction in, ones own personal weapon.

The M1 Garand is a robust firearm but it needs regular care and maintenance. To that end the armed forces developed several types of cleaning kits which could be stored in the buttstock of the M1. We have frequently wondered why more than rifles don't have this 'gimmicky' only very useful option built in.

Nickel Oilers. Note the leather pad at ane end and pull-through thong.
During the war railroads played an important office. Note the SP handbill.

The first buttstock kit fabricated available to troops was in many ways the all-time. The 1903 Springfield rifle had a butt-trap storage capacity and nickel oilers like those pictured above were originally produced for it.

These nickel oilers were tough, and did not crack as easily as the subsequently plastic ones. Interestingly, the cleaning jag that came with these oilers was tied to a thong which immune cleaning from the breach instead of the cage of the burglarize. This reduce wear on the bore particularly at the muzzle (barrel-tip) which could adversely touch bullet flight.

2 types of plastic oilers. Note i comes with the pull-through thong.
Railroad passengers oftentimes got 'Victory Leaflets like this one during W.W.2.

Later, oilers made from plastic were developed. These were a scrap lighter and certainly a lot easier to manufacture. The larger style of plastic oiler retained the draw through thong for cleaning, but the smaller i could be issued with sectional steel cleaning rods.

The bane of muzzles & bores. Steel cleaning rod cleaning kit.

The sectional cleaning rod kit that was issued could besides be stored in the buttstock of the M1 Garand. Though it was convenient in many means (no thong to break) improper use of this rod-set led to many bores being ruined considering of the steel sliding against steel during cleaning.

The Adjacent Page has several photographs of how these items sideslip into the buttstock.

This page was final updated on: March 14, 2002

Source: http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/accessoryhtml/acccleaning.html

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