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4 April 2023 Garand Picture of the Day
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Determined looking group and an interesting variety of bayonets---the one in the middle is a cut-down 1905.
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interesting variety of bayonets
I'd love to look through their inventory for sure. Serial numbers and maker's marks...
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Couple of flags here: Look at the width of the pistol grip on the only visible one, second from right. Doesn't it seem a bit thin? And then the third from right has a busted upper hand guard. Is this the USMC silent drill team? They have paired-down stocks.
And then, does the second butt from left have an arsenal repair at the top of the butt plate like the Brits do on a SMLE?
Bob
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Doesn't it seem a bit thin?
Yes, the users are allowed to rasp them down to their own fit. Easy to see when they are at order arms.
The most interesting to me is the op rod handle. Look where it should be and you see a curved rod projecting downward. No op handle...but then again why do they need it? There's enough to catch for inspection arms.
There is a vid of them doing drill and one man breaks his stock right off...gunny picks it up and hands it all back to him.
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In answer to why the oprod handles are gone, I offer this: My wife was in color guard in high school. The first summer they all went to camp to learn how to handle, twirl, and throw the rifles. Now, they were using the slightly foreshortened M1903 replicas.
She said that the first or second day the trigger guard came off. The next day their hands were bloody from being knifed by the trigger while twirling or throwing and catching. Soon after the bolts began ejecting and team members were bonked on the head as they exited the breech. Then the slings disconnected and the sling swivels became knives. The front sights eventually got in on the action as well. At the end of camp they all went home with their hands completely bandaged up and their rifles stripped.
So, basically, any protruding part becomes a knife as you swing the rifle.
Bob
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Not seeing the down turned op-rod handle
looks like a shadow line to me
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looks like a shadow line to me
OK...guess you're right. The closest one looked like a long straight extension.
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The Tomb Guards also have filed down stocks on their rifles.
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