I read this post on another web board and wondered if there was any truth to this claim.
If anyone would know, you guys will...
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"Seems that when the Garand was being designed, Army Ordnance officers were leery about the gun and hangfires/mis-fires, and that the Springfield could be re-cocked and the round tried again while the Garand, as an semi auto, the questionable round had to be ejected and would expose the shooter to a hangfire unlocked breech situation.
John Garand was informed that unless he could address this problem, the adoption of the M1was in doubt. So he got to work and redesigned the Garand trigger group to give it a lever action re-cock feature! Try it yourself: with the gun unloaded, the bolt forward and the hammer fired, grab the trigger guard, pull back to unlatch and work it like a lever gun forward and back again, then push up to relatch. You will find the hammer is now re-cocked and ready to retry that mis-fired round again! Neat Huh!!
So spread the word about this nifty feature to other fellow M1 owners and enjoy the look on their faces as they try it for themselves!!"
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