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    Arrow 10-090 Garand Picture of the Day - more gas traps

    Army Maneuvers, Ft. Houston, Texas
    Date taken: June 1939
    Photographer: Thomas Mcavoy

    Picture date 1939 - they are all Gas Traps







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    Do any of you Garandicon History buffs have any thoughts on why John C. opted for the "Gas Trap" system rather than the already proven port and piston?
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    Think that S.A. did not like the idea of a hole drilled in the barrel.
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