Stocks you can buy, rails as well.

LAW483 Enterprises, Custom, M14, Stocks, LOSOK, Valkyr

You have to get it bedded to get the sub MOA the rifle is capable of.

Really this will probably be my only rifle build this year if I do one, our laws have totally taken the interest out of me.

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I know this sounds ignorant, but I have not previously considered making a hunting rifle out of a Garand. Thanks for tipping my boat a bit. I last fired a Garand in 1970 or so and found it a sweet shooting machine. Take a few pounds off it and give it modern optics and I'll bet it's a handy shooter with a hell of a punch.

Yep an M1A would be a good deer rifle, you can get it with a 16in barrel and plastic stock as well which might be more handy if you do a lot of bush whacking.

I can't imagine needing more than 7.62 to bring down any deer, plus its cheaper than 30-06.

I think they also sell 5 round shorty mags which would be nice for bench/stand shooting. The 20's hang down a bit.

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The M1 is one heck of a good moose gun, especially if hand-loaded with 180gr or even 220gr bullets. It has good long range knock-down power. I have one of mine fitted with a variable orifice gas plug for shooting heavier slugs.

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the godhead I follow for all things rifled is Jack O'Conner, long deceased. O'Conner claimed that the .30/06 had claimed more game worldwide than any other cartridge due to its wide range of bullet and powder weights and great accuracy. He killed the major game of Africa except for rhino and elephant with it. Of course, he was a freaking demigod of accurate fire.

Exactly! Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement.... everything else is secondary.

If one handloads, then one can make ammo for the 30-06 to effectively kill any animal in North America.

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So many things I need to buy. I need the garand gear gas plug, real milk paint company tung oil, and better ear protection.

To support My comment on the en-block Clip also being called a Loader:
Comments on Springfiels .308 version of the M1 Garand
"The .308 Winchester cartridge (L) is almost one-half inch shorter than the .30-06 round, which the M1 Garand was originally designed for. However, the .308 still functions perfectly from regular M1 Garand en-bloc loaders."
Springfield M1 Garand .308

"The 8-round en-bloc loader, commonly called a clip, also took some criticism during..."
World War ll M1 Garands | The Daily Caller

However, I drug out My Desert Publications supposed copy of the M1 Grand Manual and it has Loading Device----------en-bloc Clip listed in Section 1, description.
And, simply uses the word Clip in other parts of the Manual.

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Call it whatever you want. We all know what it does.

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This is a pic of part of My 1969 Book How to Convert Military Rifles.

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And, other Guns.

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Thanks for the info.

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Does the M1 eject the spent cartridge to the right? My calcified memory had it flinging them overhead.

Better to call it by one of the Names it is commonly called.

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Hardly matters what you call it so long as you have a full one when you need it