M1 Tanker Garand Myth

I was just reading this earlier and thought I post it to see if this Story adds up to the Tanker Gun or was there such a Myth about the Garand ?

What is a M1 Tanker Garand Rifle?

The only real T26 you'll likely see is in SANHS Museum. The rifles that were done for trials were returned to full length status and returned to duty. However, if you do a conversion by Shufflin or whomever, they are neat. They also have a flash and blast like and anti tank gun.

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Doug

Speaking of muzzle blast BAR I needed some pet meat for the Deefer and after checking the house wind mill which supplied the house with water I set off anticlockwise around a paddock (will become apparent why) anywayyz I was drivin a LWB Landie with the half windows out as it gets pretty hot up in Mulewa usually 48-51c in summer. Anyway rattling down the fire break as only landies do I picked out a roo @150m into the crop having a nice old feed by the size I tagged her as a young Red doe and having coasted up with the engine off and very careful applications to the brakes I was able to get dead level with her at about 120m now. So careful as could be done I picked up my 444 Marlin which flung Hornady 240gn FBHP at 2400fps model 336 loaded with IMR 4227 41.8gn and a good heavy crimp the 4 in the tube one up the spout just enough to have some fun with the porkers later on in the piece. It all felt so easy as I was blind thinking like that they are never that easy. Anyhow the roo got nervous and took a couple of short nervy hops it stopped I dropped the mill dot so the pill would go down its mouth bang????Sh*t were is everything plumes of red dust from everywhere in the cab and f*ck my ears are killing me, yes good ol numb n*ts whilst leaning on the drivers door aiming out the passengers side the gun was short and the muzzle was in the cab when I let drive got the roo but bloody heck if took a full night to get some hearing back got the roo though split the top section very well
By the way I learnt after that episode and sat in the passengers seat or on the back and made the driver suffer.:madsmile::madsmile::madsmile::runaway:

I have a tanker built on a WW2 Springfield reciever in 30-06 . It does handle like a heavy carbine . It has a Smith muzzle brake on it , so it only kicks a little more than a carbine . Does clear the firing line a bit , though . No notice of excessive fouling and its functioned every time .
Chris

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Speaking of muzzle blast BAR

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Sort of did that myself once. Long story short, was heading down a sand road in the back of a military camp and had a 2" Colt Detective in a pocket. Saw a small herd of deer that stood steady while I stopped. Thought I might get a good close shot and took careful aim...touched off...and had the cylinder gap inside the cab. The blast came right around the back of the cab and about deafened me...missed the shot too...that one hurt.

Dang Jim, Wouldn't you have to reach out at least a foot with that Pocket Pistol or were you too close to make any sudden movement not scare then away. I've taken a shot from inside the cab, a lot of us do around here and one day I reach over with my Marlin 30-30 and that shot rang my bell and you did it with that small piece of iron, WOW

Frank

I had to turn with the revolver around my left rear. Sitting in the seat and aiming to the left rear. Forgot about the forcing cone blast.

That is a classic Jim the overidding thought on getting the Venison overoad the whereabouts of the blast from the forcing cone ouch!!!! Outdoes mine as you would have been pretty close to your lug hole.

Well, I never did it again...

Pretty accurate AFAIK -- Bob Penny did coin the term to suggest use by tank crews. I wrote an article for the Fall 2015 GCA Journal on welds ("Rewelds") that details it. The issue is in the final stages of layout, should get mailed in two or three weeks.

They did exist albeit in a very small amount, about 200 units. My late father was in the 503rd PIR in the SWPA in WWII and he had one. I remember him telling me about it when I was in my late teens/early 20's. See Duff's red book Page 101. That information is verbatim from one of my dad's jump buddies. Also, several years ago I made a post in the cmp forums about this and all of the correspondences are there verbatim just as I received them. You'll have to do the cmp search on your own as I no longer have access to the cmp forums.
Jon

We're aware the short M1s existed. Our best information also shows they were mostly converted back to full rifles after the trial failed and very few retained for records and display...SANHS for one.