What is it about the Garand?

**levallois** · 05-03-2010 11:38 PM

I own a quite a few rifles - bolt, lever, pump and semi-autos. I shoot them all at one time or the other and I like them all or I wouldn't own them. But I LOVE the Garand! No other rifle that I own puts a smile on my face like the Garand. The rifle just fits me somehow. It's easy for me to shoot it well out to 200 yards and the ping of the clip is music to my ears. When there is several of us Garand shooters at the range it's magic. By far my favorite rifle and inspite of it's weight, the weight of the ammo, and the 8-shot capacity, it will be the rifle I have with me when the zombie hordes come a-callin. (ok, my son will be backing me up with a Colt AR-15 and the wife and daughter will be carrying M1 icon

carbines but I'll have the Garand)

Anybody else feel this way or is it just a cool historic rifle that you like to shoot on occassion?

John

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**bearhunter** · 05-04-2010 02:47 AM

you're sick you know. Aberated as well. In a good way though.

**Bob Womack** · 05-04-2010 08:58 AM

For a generation, the M1 icon

Garand was ubiquitous in photos of WWII. It was the basic fire stick that we all saw everywhere, in movies as well. As a result of that and its "soft kick," I think it has just earned a special emotional bond with us loonies that love it.

Bob

**Bob Seijas** · 05-04-2010 10:28 AM

You probably like old Rock n' Roll, like "In the Still of the Night" too. So do I

As much as I love the M1, I'd go to war with my M1A icon

, its younger brother. I don't need selective fire, I aim.

**JBS** · 05-04-2010 10:35 AM

Like the Man said.

**Tempest** · 05-04-2010 09:47 PM

Plus it was WAY ahead of it's time in design and function.

**bd1** · 05-04-2010 10:04 PM

It's fast, it's durable, it points like a good-fitting shotgun, and it forgives technique errors better than any other gun.

**ltcboy** · 05-04-2010 10:35 PM

You can always count on the Garand icon

to blow up an oxygen tank in the mouth of a great white. Remember, if you ever plan on doing this, you must say, "Smile, you son of a bit#+!!!"

Mike

**rondog** · 05-05-2010 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by ltcboy

You can always count on the Garand icon

to blow up an oxygen tank in the mouth of a great white. Remember, if you ever plan on doing this, you must say, "Smile, you son of a bit#+!!!"

Mike

Um, that wasn't a Garand.

**jmoore** · 05-05-2010 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by rondog

Um, that wasn't a Garand icon

.

It was on Mythbusters...(I never saw the movie, so I have no idea what weapon was used originally.)

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