VALERIY: Ah, so now that is why you were excited for his return I see.
Anyway, here's something nice for you Garand lovers. Guy named Tim Shufflin(of Shuff's Parkerizing) has made a nice conversion kit for the M1 Rifle. Designated the Mini-G(G obviously meaning Garand), it features a shortened barrel, modified operating rod, adjustable gas plug and the receiver has been parkerized*(obviously, how could this guy not do any parkerizing while modifying this gun or any other gun for that matter). The barrel can also be replaced to feed .308 Winchester/7.62x51mm NATO or .35 Whelen(which is a more potent, necked-up .30-06). The guy even converts it to use M14 magazines virtually making it an M1/M14 hybrid.
[size=12]*Parkerizing is the process of making a metal surface more resistant to corrosion(rust) and 'wear and tear'. Done through a lot of sciency stuff(an application of electrochemical phosphate conversion coating.), you'll find a lot of firearms with parkerized parts, this is of course because obviously, parkerizing is very useful for firearms.[/h]
Also, seeing as Kei has left now and it is definitely likely that he won't be around for the while. I'm going to cease posting the 'Valeriy' disclaimer.