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I was issued an M1 Garand in 1954 when i went into the Army it was an Inernational Harvester. since i came off a farm, it made sense, hay balers-- rifles good sturdy equipment. and i have been shooting one every since. the one i have now is a Springfield Armory circa 1954-55. i have completely rebuilt it, Citidel barrel, Boyd's stock, NM sights and all parts within specs. I have also tweeked the trigger a bit. I am loading LC 62 match brass, 150 Rem. core lokt bullet CCI 200 primers with 46 grains of IMR 4895 powder. i have tried many loads over the years but cant better this one. on a good day my 73 year old eyes can muster a 3 in. group--10 shot string. my son (ex marine) will shoot 1.5-2.0 in. with it regularly. never had a slam fire with CCI 200 primers either. I own and have shot many rifles but never one i like better than the old M1 Garand. Frontier Fred Tucson Az.
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There is nothing more fun to shoot than an M1. I have only 2. One is a 1942 model Springfield and the other is a late model Springfield M1D complete with all the accesories.
I shoot them in Highpower matches. Not very well I might add, I have never shot above 720/800 with a Garand. Still a lot of fun though.
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I was issued a Garand in boot camp, at that time you took your rifle to wherever you were going, and kept it for two years. Qualified as expert with it. In my third year, I was issued an M14, went down to marksman. For a Marine, shame, shame. Still like the Garand.
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I've sent out a lot of copies of the 3/86 American Rifleman article Reloading For The M1 Rifle across the nation.I used the data to load mil & commercial brass for my garand using Hornaday 150gr FMJ BT bullets for garand matches & 165gr Nosler Solid Base Bullets for mule deer hunting .My PC power source got cranky and cleaned out my email & pdf file with the 3/86 article.I still have the 3/86 American Rifleman with the Reloading For The M1 Rifle.
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I only recently acquired my first one. It's a late 1945 Springfield in near pristine condition. All serial numbers are correct for the year and armory and the stock bears the "SA" and circle "P" cartouches. The throat and muzzle gauge a 1 and 2 respectively and man does it shoot-10 ring accuracy as long as I do my part. I like my other battle rifles but this Garand is really something special.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13th, 2009 02:18 PM |
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Congratulations on receiving your M1 .I have the American Rifleman article Reloading For The M1 Rifle back on my pc in pdf format thanks to another garand owner. Last edited on Sat Jun 13th, 2009 02:29 PM by sako06
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For the era that the M1 Garand served during, is was the finest rifle built. I have shot several over the years and have done some serious paper punching with the Garand.
In the military I was brought up on the M14 which is the evolution of the M1 Garand.
How many of you received M1 Thumb?
Jerry
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I got my introduction to the M1 in high school ROTC and carried one for three years as Marine infantry. You bet I got an M1 thumb. That was a good cure that DI's used to cure jerking the trigger.
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miestro_jerry wrote:
How many of you received M1 Thumb?
I got mine in the late fall of '60 while wearing them damn slick wool glove liners. Not happy with that DI, he refused to issue the leather shells.
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M1 Thumb? Oboy! I got mine back in about 1955. That hurt. I was standing in formation for inspection and when the rifle was spun and handed back to me and I released the bolt, guess what! The inspecting officer looked at me right in the eye and grinned and said "Hurts don't it"!
My rifle dates to when it and I were in at about the same time. A Springfield and dated 1954 with all parts matching and whatnot. I sure like it. Got alot of bandoleers and cardboards too along with a winter trigger still sealed up and also a period bayonet.
Truly a "Rifleman's Rifle".
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The M1 Garand was the greatest weapon of WW II and General Patton said that it was the one thing that won the war.
Jerry
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AMEN to that!
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I served with a unit that supplied an ARVN Arty Reg. 22 guns split 105's and 155's. They had all the WW2 arms. They where issued new and s new WW2 arms. I unpacked and cleaned everything from the .45 1911, .45 M3 and .45 M1A1 through the 3.5" rocket launcher. Which we almost never had ammo for. These ARVN troops knew how to use the M1 and the 1919 LMG. The only problem I ever saw was that they had a problen using the .30 BAR. We must have unpacked 2K of M2 .30
Carbines. Recoiless rifles in 47mm and 70mm started to show up that winter. We had lost the PM's and couldn't bring the 90mm AT gun that was on our TOE to bear. REMF's Several times my 1st. smacked around some bag of crud for not sending things in a manner fitting the action.
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miestro_jerry wrote: The M1 Garand was the greatest weapon of WW II and General Patton said that it was the one thing that won the war.
Jerry
+3! A bunch of American country boys laying down unlimited quantities of '06 would be more than enough to make me turn tail and run. 
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The M1 Garand was a great rifle, it was heavy and only had an 8 round clip. This rifle was carried in every theatre of operations around the globe in WW II and preformed well in Korea. It evolutionary child was in the same weight class, but had a 20 magazine was the M 14.
What people don't remember is that the intent of the M14 was replace the M1 Garand and the BAR. The BAR was a heavy puppy to carry, something like 20 or 24 pounds. If any of you ever fire a M14 in Rock and Roll, you find that it sprays bullet into the next county, but climbs easily. When I was in the Army, I didn't have the body mass to hold the M14 down in automatic.
The Stoner gave the Air Force and the Army the M16. The M16 has been around since 1957. It comes in many flavors and it is a good rifle.
Still to this day, I know of many people who can accurately shoot the M1 Garand to extreme distances with enough force remaining to take down a man. That is something to be said about the rifle. Wikipedia say that the M1 Garand is still in service, where I am not sure. I do remember that we gave the ARVN a bunch of them, but in that time period we were still using up supplies from WW II and Korea.
There are old Marines out there that will swear by their 1903s, but many more will bet their lives on the M1 Garand and that does say a lot to me.
Jerry
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