28 June 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[RCS]

I know of two M1 Rifle collectors that have infrared night sights on their rifles. I was told the base for
the infrared scope has the same hole pattern as the M1C base. I noticed that these rifles are very
awkward to hold

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[browningautorifle]

noticed that these rifles are very
awkward to hold

You bet. Ours were no different with the 502 scopes, just a top heavy piece of crap and not a great addition.

[Bob Seijas]

I have told the story before... guy I worked with was a Marine in Nam and used an M14 with the early IR lash-up. One night he climbed a tree and was scanning the tree line across a paddy. Unfortunately, the bad guy evidently had a Dragunov with the scope that could see IR, so it was like shining a flasklight in the dark. Charlie didn't know the configuration because he fired directly at the light source instead of 6" lower to hit the shooter. The bullet knocked my friend out of the tree and destroyed the sight. He never used one again.

[fjruple]

I know of two M1 Rifle collectors that have infrared night sights on their rifles. I was told the base for
the infrared scope has the same hole pattern as the M1C base. I noticed that these rifles are very
awkward to hold

RCS-- The document that I have states the mounts would replace the rear sights on the M1 Garand leaving no provision for use of the iron sights. The document recommended that the scope mounts for the M1 Garand be made a stronger material as they were bent on installation to the Garand. Unfortunately, the document does not provide a photo or diagram of the M1 Garand scope mount.