27 Feb 2024 Garand Picture of the Day

[Bob Seijas]

Collectors always wondered about that... you mean Springfield couldn't drill 5 holes in a receiver to mount a bracket? Instead they had to send them to New York so G&H could do it and then send them back three months later? The rationale Ordnance used to justify picking the E7 was that the sniper was needed immediately, and the G&H version was a proven hunting rifle design. That was swept under the rug when SA questioned the decision, as was Garand's redesign of the G&H mount to make it sturdier and easier to manufacture. "What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive."