Myth-busting the M-1 Garand

[Cheese Noodles]

I vote the M1 Garand, the sights and powerful cartridge put it over the top. I have put a lot of rounds in the M1 Garand, SVT40, G43 and the Swede auto loader. More hits farther out all day long for the M1 Garand. The Swede & G43 were close. The SVT40 looks the meanest and was fun to shoot but just did not do as well.. Any issues with the M1 Garand are nullified with just some practice. The SKS is good for close, maybe out to 150 yards but the sights and lower power put it at a severe disadvantage. My French MAS44 turned into a safe queen and never got to show her stuff, I have heard good things about the design.

[Calif-Steve]

No SKS expert here but lots for wrong info here. The SKS was fielded in 1945. The Russians handmade a Battalions' worth of SKS's and issued them for the Battle of Berlin. They were immediately withdrawn after the fall of Berlin and no Western Intel services spotted them. The round was developed in 1943, if I recall correctly. The Chinese begged the Russians for SKS's during the Korean War, but the Russians had no quantity of them to spare and the AK47 project was very slow. Korean War might have been very different if a million Chinese troops crossed the border with a million SKS's.

[browningautorifle]

The SKS was fielded in 1945.

That's what we said...

[Wineman]

The million PPSh-41's the the PLA had did plenty of damage, maybe the SKS would have given them more stand off range us less "concealment" but what they really needed was the USAF and USN air power.

Dave