M1 Garand paintball marker

[Meglomachinist]

Was out at the field yesterday some dude had a m1 garand marker. Was cool as hell had a wood stock they even had the receiver the weird garand green like the real ones. Had a little hopper up top by where the cartridge normally ejects. Anyone have an idea who makes it. I saw it ... Now I want it.

[scottieb]

It could have been a custom marker, perhaps built off an Automag.

[Meglomachinist]

Hopefully I see the guy there again and can find out probably one of the coolest markers I've ever seen. It was a perfect replica other then the little cup hopper on the side.

[Ecapnation]

Probably a custom build. Pretty sure engler made something like your description

[Jimmydee]

There was one on kijiji for a couple years I haven’t seen it posted in sometime

[Toestr]

Probably an Engler A5 mod.

[Trbo323]

Sounds like someone around here

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[Meglomachinist]

I think you all are right on it being an engler. Found this picture and it looks exactly like the one I saw

[Drcemento]

That's awesome. Spending a day on the field with that brick shows you just how f*%^ing tough your grandaddy was hauling that thing through the jungles and trenches back in the day- brutal.

[Meglomachinist]

Well it made me go and pull my real ones out of the safe and cycle them a bit which always makes me smile. Now I really want to find me one of the paintball versions for myself.

[NeilJ]

Well it made me go and pull my real ones out of the safe and cycle them a bit which always makes me smile. Now I really want to find me one of the paintball versions for myself.

Something always makes me come back to Garand. I don't think I've fired one over the last year, but cleaning and maintaining those is meditative

[COB]

I haven't made an exact M1 Garand, but I did make these. Unlike the Engler models, these are all mag fed. Top to Bottom: M1A1 Thompson, M1 Carbine, M1, M14. Not perfect specimens, but give the correct feel of what they represent. Still working on an M1 with interior spring mag, so that it truly looks like an M1

[ThinRizzie]

These are awesome!

What are these mag adapters you're using? I've looked into doing a magfed conversion on a pro carbine but everything I've seen just puts a magwell where the current feedneck is, never below the marker like this.

[COB]

I custom cut and fill the original marker bodies. See the first picture. The magwells are mostly commercially made for Tippmann, RAP4 or DYE. I modify the magwells to attach to the modified bodies or the rifle stock.

[Meglomachinist]

Those are awesome. I have a few parts kits I might need to convert to a marker. Might be kind of sweet to do a g3/cetmes version and I have a bunch of spares there and even have some spare automag valves....hmmmmmmmm

[COB]

I have a large collection of converted markers, including a Cetmes.

[Hutbrew]

COB how did you do the trigger system for the tippmann pro-lite M1? I’m working on converting a couple tippmann 68 carbines to garand stocks and trying to research/ figure out how to rig a trigger in there without spending 500hrs lol
if you have some pictures of the trigger mechanics I’d be most indebted!

[COB]

Sorry for the delay. That particular trigger is a custom mod of the original metal trigger. I cut the original short, keeping all the original sear and pin locations intact. I cut and modified the original trigger frame to fit in the stock. Again, allowing the use of the original pin, spring and sear locations to be used. I then cut an extension from a flat steel bar. Shaped and smoothed the extension. Welded the extension to the cut original, Ground the excess weld, and Bob's your Uncle, a new trigger offset for the carbine stock.
When possible, I prefer to modify or create a new trigger using the original location on the base marker. Sometimes this is not possible, because the marker body or air line will interfere with the natural grip location on the wood stock. This will require the marker to be set forward in the wood stock, putting the trigger location too far out of reach. Unless you are ET, then your fingers may reach. I those cases, I pin a trigger in the stock where it is needed and link it to the original trigger on the marker.

[Hutbrew]

Thanks COB!

[CustomPaintballMarkers]

Super flex! Nice kit!

[hot karl]

but cleaning and maintaining those is meditative

Heck naw. That's one reason the military uses the AR platform these days. With practice it can be done easily. But it requires a LOT of practice compared to modern designs which require minimal practice.

I love my Garand, but all its gets is an external cleaning and barrel swabs whenever I feel it's necessary. It's from 1942 and survived combat. I figure it can go a long while without a strip down because the roughest action it sees these days is being laid on a sand bag. Haven't taken it apart to clean/lube it in 5 years and it's still going strong. I also mostly used wheel bearing grease and while I don't shoot it all the time I put at least a clip through it every month.