John Ryan

I've never seem one like that before. Give it a go.

My Photobucket is back on line. Thanks Deerslayer.

My Photo bucket is back up on acount of me paying the small monthly fee, I had the nieces and nephews shooting it last year.

Cool. It looked like the trooper at the 2.15 mark had an "E" Model.

For and E model BM59... Theoretically, if just a receiver is converted for the build you could use a Standard Garand barrel, stock ( modded for magazine clearance) and handguards. E model gas cyl is the same too. The E model buttstock and rear handguard are shorter and not interchangeable with std Garand. In short, if you get the kit get the barrel. They are mostly USGI barrels shortened at the breech. Good luck. They are tons of fun. JR

Bronze wool and penetrant wont hurt the finish. Just the rust. Lube and rub. again and again. It might be saved. JR

Re metal finish I'll offer this. Considering the surface rust you have, blast and park may be the best way to remove that. The polishing required ( to get below that rust) for a re-blue will play hell with the receiver markings. Deerslayer did great work for me but I have not heard of the Cali mod yet. Good luck. JR

The 1928 trigger frame has to me milled to fit on the semi1927A1 receiver and some semi trigger parts fitted for the new clearance. FA parts wont work with the 1927A1 receiver as it is a closed bolt gun. I'm sure there is more finesse to it. Search the forum to see better descriptions of what goes on. JR

I got the 28 lower from Don at Omega Weapons Systems in late 2015 just before he stopped selling them. They were $125.00 at the time. Now they are priced in crazytown as the supply has gotten exhausted and demand remains. Philadelphia ord versions may be the only path to glory. Good luck on that hunt. JR

Good call. Lets see what under there. I have that coming up. I may use it and the 27a1 trigger frame to build a dummy.

Dan Block (Deerslayer) modified 1927A1 Commando I’m finally getting around to writing this up. I got this great work done by Deerslayer last year. I came upon a used Commando 1927A1 on the cheap last year and I figured I saved so much I could put some more into it to make it look like something. Because a Commando is parked a re-blue was out of the question so I was going to go for the look of a post war rebuild. Here's what Dan did. 1. EZ Pull Spring install and bolt polish 2. Inlet top of butt for Brit sling swivel ( Not pictured) 3. Set comp back 2 inches on Kahr Barrel 4. Custom, Dan Block 1.5 inches longer horizontal forend ( Unfinished) 5. Convert 1928 lower for 1927A1 semi w Bolt hold open 6. Convert Mag catch for TSMG mags 7. Rivet replacement “L” rear sight 8. Quick change barrel mod. 9. Remove ¾ mount and install new ½ grip mount With the the gun, I sent Dan a 1928 trigger frame and the necessary 1928 parts to make it work in semi only with the 1927A1 receiver. To me the most unappealing aspect of the semi guns is the 18” proboscis of a barrel and comp. Getting the comp sleeved over the barrel and using the 1.5 “ longer horizontal forend is the only way to tame that horrible look, short of an SBR, which I can’t have in my state. I ditched the awful black wood for GI parts. I darkened them a little with Vandehaves dye ( the one with a little purple in it). I wanted to decrease the contrast with the the phosphate of the receiver and barrel. The gun runs great. EZ pull springs and buffer are the way to go. The selectors are a little tight but I think this came out great. Thanks Dan. JR . BEFORE . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/Thompson/IMG_3929_zps7qa9qxqf.jpg . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/Thompson/IMG_3939_zpsacbvv4gy.jpg . DURRING . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/Thompson/IMG_4006_zpshexko4a2.jpg . AFTER . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/Thompson/IMG_4058_zpskmyaauz0.jpg . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/Thompson/IMG_4013_zpsy4zhuqrr.jpg . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/Thompson/IMG_4292_zps57it21er.jpg . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/Thompson/IMG_4283_zpsjp4oyy0c.jpg . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/Thompson/IMG_4296_zpsowjaueqi.jpg

The receiver on the OP's rifle was made by Beretta. That's what the PB on the side rail means. PB: Pietro Beretta, the world's oldest gun maker. The receiver was forged, rather than cast. Yes the receiver was made by Beretta ( and is not welded) but not assembled into a rifle by them. Reese /Springfield Inc imported the parts, including finished new receivers and assembled many of them into finished rifles. Hence the Springfield Inc ser # as well as the Beretta marking. There were Beretta made guns ( imported before 1984) that have higher desirability due to the fact that they are Beretta factory assembled and serialized as opposed to the Reese /Springfield Inc built guns. ( which are still great guns). JR

It is, of course a BM59 by Springfield Armory Inc of IL ( not the govt arsenal in Massachusetts) . This co was/is owned by the Reese family. They imported many "new old stock" Italian parts in the 80's and assembled very nice rifles out of them. Hence they had to add their name as a manufacturer to the existing Beretta name on the parts. Only more desirable, are the actual Italian made BM59 ( or BM62) from Beretta before 1984. I have not been following the market on these. Be aware that the market might be slow on these as there has been a huge volume of Italian army surplus BM59 parts onto the market in the past year and many people are building these rifles from parts. This might be eroding demand for Springfield built guns. Good luck. JR

They are all kinds of surplus. http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/bm59-world.aspx JE

Tony Giacobbe " The Garand Guy" may know. He sells BM59 E models. http://garandguy.com/ I don't know if he does the receiver mods though. Schuffs did one for me. http://shuffsparkerizing.com/bm59-program/ SIDE BAR.... I'm not sure how I feel about mag fed Garands flooding the market. I liked that it was a commitment to get or build one. JR

Huggytree, I bought the other TSMG grip your seller was selling (horizontal brit modded w checkering and swivel.) I paid 10 bucks. I digress. I saw the crack on your grip in the auction. The ordnance fix for that would be a to push it together with glue, clamp it and run a brass screw through the repair. Once dried, the ends of the brass repair screw are nipped off to the surface level. For yours, that would be a strong and appropriate repair. I’m one of the ones who thinks the brit mounted swivel should stay. Heck find a brit butt stock and an enfield sling to go with it. Without seeing it in person, the only thing I would do to it would be fix the crack with a brass screw and glue. Maybe denatured alcohol wipe down and some some tung oil finish or BLO just to deepen the surface glow. ( Not a built finish) I wonder if many furniture guys a equally qualified on rare gunstocks. The description Buzz gave about the make up of the available finishes on the market showed a lot of insight and experience. I’m mostly down on BLO too (on new wood). Still, it has uses as finish cleaner/ freshener. I can appreciate the impulse to match wood. It’s primal OCD stuff. I’ll confess to making a few mistakes in wood before learning some restraint. An original worn gun will tell a story. If your guns story is “the stocks got swapped”, so be it. Thats still a good story.

The whooshing noise you hear is Mike Baker booking a ticket to Italy and a container home. Seriously though, Tipo's 1 & 2 should be importable over here in the US. I'd rather have those than those Korean M1's. JR

I Have Brit hand guard on the way. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546027944 I think I will just modify one of my existing but-stocks and use an old Enfield sling. JR

Bill I'll buy that 10 1/5" in Kahr barrel and comp for $100.00 PM on the way JR

Thats a nice one Robert. The import Beretta made BM62's were in a less military looking configuration. Synthetic butt pad, no provision for grenade launcher and an un-ported muzzle device. I'm sure this was to please some bureaucrat. I would not chalk those changes up to a marketing decision as much as the importers had to figure out how to market what was importable. This place is pretty quiet these days. I hope you get some substantive responses. JR

Mike Baker solves problems.

No an M1 or 14 screw has a more coarse pattern. The BM59 top screw looks more like a wood screw. Here is the but hardware. http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/M1/Bm59%20parts/DSCF5471_2_zps4cedc568.jpg Originals will be hard to find. Just find one that's an inch long as see if it grabs. JR

Oh My. Let me come to grips with my inventory. JR

Italian Garand and BM59 receiver re-marking I am getting parts ready for a project for to have Tim Shufflin convert a Garand receiver to BM 59 and was thinking about duplicating the receiver marking that Italians used to note the caliber change. They removed the “Cal .30 M1” by either milling a band across it or repeating pattern over it. This is the Tippo 2, 7.62 Garand marking which is more of a milled swipe and hand stamped cal conversion Thanks to the provider of the pic. I can’t remember where I got it. . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/M1/pix1800876515.jpg . . This is, presumably, the BM59. Instead of a stamping this is engraved or possibly rolled Thanks to the provider of the pic. I can’t remember where I got it. . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/Rotor_/M1/BM59heel.jpg . CAL.7.62mm P BERETTA 63 The remarking on original USGI receiver is added to the flat above the heel and a new # marked below the original in this example. Now adding a ser # is out for me but I would love to find someone to do the marking work. Does anyone know anyone who could handle this type of engraving? I have seen lots of laser engravers out there and that result does just not look right to me. I'm looking to go a more traditional route. JR

There is one on Gunbroker.com right now. Good luck. JR