20 April 2022 Garand Picture of the Day - Sacrilege

[oldfoneguy]

There was a time (don't kill the messenger) when these were considered cheap and worthless although I don't believe any mail order Garand was ever priced for less than $35. Bolt actions were even cheaper some priced as low as $15 and all mailed to your front door. After the war a garage shop tinkerer could pick one up and make it into a viable hunting rifle for about 1/3 the price of a new Remington 721 bolt action or Savage 99 lever action. For that low price he had a rifle with up to 800 yards knock down power and a follow up shot as quickly as he could release the trigger. Do I consider it right no. Look at how vulnerable the op rod is! If I was around then I would have hunted with one in original configuration the same way I hunted with my M1A in the 80's but to each their own.