What is it about the Garand?

[levallois]

I own a quite a few rifles - bolt, lever, pump and semi-autos. I shoot them all at one time or the other and I like them all or I wouldn't own them. But I LOVE the Garand! No other rifle that I own puts a smile on my face like the Garand. The rifle just fits me somehow. It's easy for me to shoot it well out to 200 yards and the ping of the clip is music to my ears. When there is several of us Garand shooters at the range it's magic. By far my favorite rifle and inspite of it's weight, the weight of the ammo, and the 8-shot capacity, it will be the rifle I have with me when the zombie hordes come a-callin. (ok, my son will be backing me up with a Colt AR-15 and the wife and daughter will be carrying M1 carbines but I'll have the Garand)

Anybody else feel this way or is it just a cool historic rifle that you like to shoot on occassion?

John

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[bearhunter]

you're sick you know. Aberated as well. In a good way though.

[Bob Womack]

For a generation, the M1 Garand was ubiquitous in photos of WWII. It was the basic fire stick that we all saw everywhere, in movies as well. As a result of that and its "soft kick," I think it has just earned a special emotional bond with us loonies that love it.

Bob

[Bob Seijas]

You probably like old Rock n' Roll, like "In the Still of the Night" too. So do I

As much as I love the M1, I'd go to war with my M1A, its younger brother. I don't need selective fire, I aim.

[JBS]

Like the Man said.

[Joe W]

You probably like old Rock n' Roll, like "In the Still of the Night" too. So do I

As much as I love the M1, I'd go to war with my M1A, its younger brother. I don't need selective fire, I aim.

Just finished re-reading 'The Doom Patrol" in the Aug. 2010 "Leatherneck" magazine. Story about 8 Marines who, following Operation Pursuit in Feb. 1968, volunteered to go back to the location of an ambush and retrieve the body of a marine KIA. There is a picture of the eight marines taken after the successful accomplishment of the mission. They are pictured with M14's. Under the picture it is noted that "most of the patrol opted to trade their M16's for the M14 service rifle." There is no mention in the story as to why they opted for the M14. A bit strange in that there orders were "to make no enemy contact, travel by stealth in the dark, get the body and return. If they had run into a superior force, they were to abort, split up and get back any way they could."

[Tempest]

Plus it was WAY ahead of it's time in design and function.

[bd1]

It's fast, it's durable, it points like a good-fitting shotgun, and it forgives technique errors better than any other gun.

[ltcboy]

You can always count on the Garand to blow up an oxygen tank in the mouth of a great white. Remember, if you ever plan on doing this, you must say, "Smile, you son of a bit#+!!!"


Mike

[rondog]

You can always count on the Garand to blow up an oxygen tank in the mouth of a great white. Remember, if you ever plan on doing this, you must say, "Smile, you son of a bit#+!!!"


Mike

Um, that wasn't a Garand.