I have one of the very rare IHC arrowhead receivers, one of about 1100.

When I bought it, the rifle was basically non-functional, it had been treated and stored so bad, and everything was in a Ramline stock.

I rejuvenated it with a Criterion barrel, new Op-rod, new Gas cylinder, all the innards, new DGR stock, and new sights. Once I got started, I wanted all-new, and just the receiver and trigger group (with new springs) are all that's left from the original rifle.

Part of the incentive for all-new parts was I had a continual "11 O-clock" stoppage on the seventh round. I found the issue one day when shooting my HRA, which has proven itself to be reliable, and had the same number and the same type of stoppages.

The freaking clips were causing it, a silly one-dollar item. AEC-3s. Look out for them, if you get some and they seem to be too close together on the open end, bend them open until the look right, that's all I did. My IHC has been 100% reliable since.

I learned a lot about Garands doing that rebuild.

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