5 Dec 2024 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

[jond41403]

Pretty neat idea to use his shaving brush as a sand and grit remover for his M1 haha

[browningautorifle]

his shaving brush

When I joined, the first thing we were told was to get over to the Canex(PX for USA) and get a few things, shaving brush included. Ours was to clean the FN though. I've still got mine...unused now.

[Mark in Rochester]

a college friends father had to stand guard over a bunch of M1 buried in the sand on a beach. after a week they were dug up rinsed in the ocean water and test fired. they were functional

[Ovidio]

We used the Army issue toothbrush to clean the rifles. They were so awfully bad that no-one used them for brushing their teeth. But they worked fine enough on the BM59 and SC70/90. On the Garand too, but that was only for a few weeks, before we moved to the FAL TA (Fucile Assalto Leggero Truppe Alpine), aka BM59.

[frankderrico]

My shaving brush was to clean my M14.

[RAM1ALASKA]

Thanks all who posted.
I wonder how many shaving brushes will be scooped up
From garage sales and flea markets after seeing this? :-)

[browningautorifle]

shaving brushes

Remember there's a proper brush for that? A bit hard to find around these parts.

[jond41403]

Thanks all who posted.
I wonder how many shaving brushes will be scooped up
From garage sales and flea markets after seeing this? :-)

I bought one recently from eBay to go with my early buddy kit from 1941. Honestly that's what made me notice it in this picture haha. And from the looks of the picture, it looks like he's using the exact same kind I bought recently. I try to collect everything a regular GI would have had with him in the field

[Mark in Rochester]