Revisiting the Name of the Garand rifle
I dug through some old copies from the library I forgot I had. They show they were calling the Garand the Garand Semi-automatic back as far as 1939. I am going to put these up as I scan them so stay tuned. I hope they are readable.Rick B
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It looks as if they used a few names as this one is called the "M1 or Garand" Rick B
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This one must be the 1st Winchester being test fired by John Garand.
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