Tell your friend to research his rifle. He needs to know more about it than just caliber. If he's fortunate enough to have stumbled across a collector gun (highly unlikely but possible) he needs to treat it accordingly. If it's one that has been converted "aftermarket" he needs to have it inspected by a specialist who understands the quirks related to the conversion. If it's complete and correct, tell him to have fun but exercise good judgement. In today's world, Garands require a little more care and feeding than they did when they went to war and the only ammo they got was issued by Uncle Sam. FWIW - I have several M1Gs. One is a .308. A little ATD and some basic segregation discipline goes a long way towards preventing KABOOMs.
If it doesn't already have one (it should!) tell him to get a spacer block - http://www.fulton-armory.com/spacerblockf308cal.aspx. That'll help keep 30-06 ammo out of his action. And don't shoot his ammo in your rifle. Problem solved. No rocket science involved.
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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (42B.C)
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