M1 Garands, new imports?

[mitchell]

Maybe Marstar will be getting some of those Norinco's that look like the Tavor but i can't remember their name...hopefully

[stencollector]

I trained on the M1. On the firing line at Fort Knox, at the time, the sound made by the ejecting enbloc charger was described as a "Bink", but the charger itself was not called a "Binky"; which word had already been co-opted to describe a suckling infant's pacifier. Earlier in this thread I saw the enbloc called a "Pingy", a neologism new to me, but uniquely pertinent. We don't get to speak much of the Queen's English down here, and I thank you.

That is the term around here for them. I did not realise it was not universal in it's application.
If I called it an enbloc, people would look at me like I had two heads. Perhaps that is the difference between having a surplus rifle which was widely used by ones country (USA) vs having a surplus rifle that was very infrequently used by ones country (Cdn). The official terms don't make it in to civilian use as readily.
Canada had a small quantity of M1s in the 50s when we were going to align ourselves more with the US equipment, but when the US opted out of the FN project, we went our seperate ways. The few M1s that were in Cdn service were relegated to airbase guard duties in Germany, and phased out by the early 60s.

[oozlefinch]

If I called it an enbloc, people would look at me like I had two heads. The official terms don't make it in to civilian use as readily.

Nor into military use, either. We called it a "clip", knowing that that description was precisely incorrect. I can't remember ever hearing the word "enbloc" spoken in American English. It may be French in origin and down here we might have trouble holding our mouths right to pronounce it. I used it here and in postings on similar forums only because the collectors of surplus military arms seem to delight in interminable discussions of whether or not a particular loading accessory is a "clip" a "charger" a "magazine" or a "feeding tube"; which discussion I was trying to avoid.

If I was running short and needed one, I'm sure I would ask my buddy to "toss me a clip". .....or a pingy!

[sdh1911]

Hum, Around the tool room the word "clip" applies to a device that holds things in place with spring tension and an Enbloc is part of a design that ensures stoppage. With that thought, would not this device be considered an Enbloc "CLIP" purely by nature of design? I'm quite accustomed to using the abbreviated version "CLIP" because that shoe fits better, F.W.I.W.-SDH

[stoggie]

I got some more information about the Garands. I was able to find out they are comming in from Europe, and that my local shop ordered over 100 of them (in their first batch). So there should be plenty to go around. Hopefully they are pretty. I thought all of Europe got rid of their Garands, but I guess not.

[happydude]

Do we have an approximate ETA yet?

[stoggie]

No exact ETA, but they are hoping early June.

[sillymike]

I'm still kicking myself for not getting 1 or 2 or the $200 Breda special Marstar had a few years ago... I guess I shouldn't miss out this time.

[sdh1911]

I talked to my buddy this weekend whom is well connected with the import world. He is the fellow who first told me of the large import of M1's. He swears they are still on the way but that U.S. customs was having a bit of an issue with the shipment.SDH

[aaa]

What happened to all of the Garand recievers from the rifles that were stripped for parts for the US market?

A large lot was seized from a now defunct army surplus store in Toronto.