I would field strip, clean and lube.
Did you receive a manual with it? There should have been a manual. It will show lube points for grease. Other places such as hammer pin, the fork of the follower rod ect, any wear point, can be lubed with a good oil.
Lube anything that moves, but not the gas system.
Do you have a USGI buttstock cleaning kit? If not you should buy one from the CMP. The M10 tool in it is used to disassemble the bolt, tighten/loosen the gas plug, and is also the T-handle for the cleaning rod. I wouldn't use the steel cleaning rod, as they are hard on the bore especially at the muzzle.
A real chamber brush is a plus to have. The last I bought of these came from Bill Ricca. Get a few as they don't last forever.
I'm guessing that you don't have a cleaning kit yet so if your gas plug is tight use a LARGE std. (flathead) screwdriver.
Dang I about forgot to say congratulations on your first Garand. Not only are they a lot of fun, they are such a part of our history that any firearms enthusiest should have one. Plus they will still do the job very well if they were called on to do so.
I would field strip, clean and lube.
Did you receive a manual with it? There should have been a manual. It will show lube points for grease. Other places such as hammer pin, the fork of the follower rod ect, any wear point, can be lubed with a good oil.
Lube anything that moves, but not the gas system.
Do you have a USGI buttstock cleaning kit? If not you should buy one from the CMP. The M10 tool in it is used to disassemble the bolt, tighten/loosen the gas plug, and is also the T-handle for the cleaning rod. I wouldn't use the steel cleaning rod, as they are hard on the bore especially at the muzzle.
A real chamber brush is a plus to have. The last I bought of these came from Bill Ricca. Get a few as they don't last forever.
I'm guessing that you don't have a cleaning kit yet so if your gas plug is tight use a LARGE std. (flathead) screwdriver.
Dang I about forgot to say congratulations on your first Garand. Not only are they a lot of fun, they are such a part of our history that any firearms enthusiest should have one. Plus they will still do the job very well if they were called on to do so.
I've never lube or oiled my M1 I'm going to do it when i have a little time
03A3...the GCA ran a ramrod up an down a Garand barrel something like 150,000 strokes, trying to damage the crown, rifling...they did this until they wore it down 1 MW, braking an wearing out a number of steel ramrods....thats pretty amazing. The conclusion was Garand barrels are alot tougher than the ramrods...most of us will never get close to 500 strokes, let alone 150,000.....lol...an I believe when they shot it, it got the same accuracy....amazing.