We all know what a Garand will do to guy in front of it....Here is what it does to the guy behind it! His first time shooting a 30-06 Garand.
We all know what a Garand will do to guy in front of it....Here is what it does to the guy behind it! His first time shooting a 30-06 Garand.
Apparently not going to be his last...Quote:
Originally Posted by tlafave19
Same expression most first-time shooters have. Pure delight and enlightment!
And a loud and clear: gimme more, pal!!!
The first shot grabs them but it's the ping that locks them in!
A thousand words.
An AR what?
I was a teaching assistant at RIT while completing my engineering degree. One of the younger classmates was a left-leaning fellow. Took him out shooting at the club with an M1. It has been 12 years now and recently heard from Dave about his memorable experience that day. He got an M1 for himself and stated that it was the first of many firearm purchases that he has made over the years. :dancingbanana:
Proselytism is what we need, bravo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester
I almost consider it a mission to bring anti-gun folks to the range. A few come, but they're worth the effort.
They never come out of there the same persons, guaranteed.
Maybe they will not do a U-turn, but they sure open their eyes on our world and on arms enthusiasts.
"Garand Grin" :)
Applies to more than just Garands. Every old rifle I've worked on, if the bolt is in the white, the knob gets a mirror polish so the shooter can see their big goofy grin ear to ear after each shot. It never gets old.Quote:
Originally Posted by Password
Several years ago a friend, Heather, a soccer Mom, with three young boys, would come out to the farm because she was enamored with my horses. One day another friend and I were shooting Garands at my range on one side of the farm while Heather and the horses were on the other side. Heather had anti-gun tendencies, probably because of her protectiveness of her boys. I called Heather over to the range, we explained what the M1 was and that boys not a lot older than hers carried rifles like these all over the world in days passed. We then set her down at the bench with ear muffs and a shoulder pad, outlined the sight picture, loaded the rifle and told her to commence firing. After the first shot she looked at me and said, "That's empowering!" I told her to keep firing. After the clip ejected, she said, "Can I have that paper?" I said, "You mean the target?" She and the boys were due at a soccer game that evening and she wanted to take along her target to show the other parents. One M1 clip and her anti-gun tendencies were ejected right along with the clip!
The power of Ping compels you.... (2 Garands 5:14)Quote:
Originally Posted by ArtPahl
How do you get your M1 to stack the brass so neatly beside you?
Another 2A convert? Most people fear that they do not understand or have not experenced. Great job.
GCA T-shirts :)
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Easy Peasy................Old brass catcher = 21 yr old grandson! Or take out gas plug and cycle by hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
I use a schuster adjustable plug, or a 10 year old. The schuster is opened up until it just barely doesn't eject the brass...like a 1/4 cycle. I found the accuracy doesn't suffer too much...in fact I have a nicely tuned load for this. The accuracy suffered big time when I just fired without a plug at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by tlafave19
When they see the skill it takes to keep those pills in the X ring at a 1000yds and the comradery among us at the club the opinion shifts from gun totin' lunatics to it really is difficult and challenging to do at least thats what I've observed from giving them a go at it from a 1000.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ovidio