23 June 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[oldfoneguy]

He looks familiar. Does he resemble someone famous to anyone else?

Yes Peyton Manning retired NFL Quaterback.

[Bob Womack]

Yes Peyton Manning retired NFL Quaterback.

First thing I thought!

Bob

[Bob Seijas]

They are quite common for Korea,plenty of examples in regular use.

[Mark in Rochester]

FWIW. Several years ago I read a book by a WWII German sniper who served on the Eastern front. Very late war he made his way West so as to be able to surrender the the Americans. When he surrendered he noted that an American was armed with a rifle with an offset scope and wondered how you would zero such a set up. Since the German was a trained and deployed sniper the off set scope made an impression that he remembered and wrote about in his book decades later. So it appears that the M1C was in the ETO front lines in the last hours of the war.
Think the book was an audio version so it will very hard for me to research the title, author and page. Regards, Steve

Was this the book?

Sepp Allerberger

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Yes Peyton Manning retired NFL Quaterback.

You win. That is exactly who I thought.
P.S. His mother is my cousin.

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Michael Phelps with bleached hair?

Close second. oldphoneguy takes first place.

[ssgross]

Sepp Allerberger

I read this one last year. I don't recall any descriptions of American weaponry - I could be wrong. He extensively described captured Russian rifles and ammunition which was used until Germany took snipers more seriously - including explosive rifle rounds. I also recall the account of ditching his sniper rifle as the eastern front collapsed, for obvious reasons of what would happen if he was caught with it.

Close second. oldphoneguy takes first place.

Manning's forehead is too big

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Manning's forehead is too big

So is his wallet.

[oldfoneguy]

You win. That is exactly who I thought.
P.S. His mother is my cousin.

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Close second. oldphoneguy takes first place.

Is my collector grade Garand shipped to me or do I have to pick it up?

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Is my collector grade Garand shipped to me or do I have to pick it up?

No prizes, just bragging rights. Unless Bob Seijas wants to chip in.