16-262 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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[browningautorifle]

You'd never be able to explain to them what their equipment would be worth in 70 years...

[CINDERS]

G I with Garand apart from being a giant is he carrying non standard side arm as the holster profile does not fit the 1911's I have seen more like P-38.

[browningautorifle]

It IS a P38...

[Bob Seijas]

Astonishing pistol in it's day, double action autoloader? Huge improvement over the delicate and temperamental Luger and much cheaper to produce. I keep one on my night table.

[browningautorifle]

I like them too...many features that were either copied outright or still in use today.

[us019255]

Mine is one of the Russian capture ones that were rehabed and came in a number of years ago. My only complaint is the double action trigger pull. I have owned cap guns that had better triggers.

Is this typical?

[Sentryduty]

My only complaint is the double action trigger pull. I have owned cap guns that had better triggers.

I found them to be rather good, especially when compared against their contemporaries of the era.

You want bad trigger pull, you get yourself a Nagant revolver, makes a P38 feel like a tuned match pistol.

[browningautorifle]

the Russian capture

It wouldn't by chance be a Spreework? Some of those were hideous, and the worst that were made. The earlier ones weren't so bad.

[us019255]

It wouldn't by chance be a Spreework? Some of those were hideous, and the worst that were made.

Just looked at it. byf 42 Mauser- Werke if I remember correctly.

By the way, I purchased for historical value, and do agree that it is a remarkable engineering achievement. The only double action triggers of the era I have any experience with is S&W revolvers, which, of course, are fine. I do have no complaints with the single action pull.