Navy Garand MK1MOD1

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Navy MK2 MOD 1 Garands (My Nomenclature is incorrect in the title)

How many of you Garand fans were ever able to shoot the Navy MK2 Mod1 Garand in competition? In 1967 I was a systems engineer on the Navy TALOS program at White Sands Missile Test Facility. One of the Naval officers was a member of our local rifle club and was able to borrow a couple of MK2 MOD1 rifles from a friend of his – CWO Frazier (I believe) who was building Navy Match rifles. The officer and I were friends so he let me borrow one for a while. I managed to shoot them in five matches over a two month period.

The rifle was a MK2 Mod1- Grade ”B”. I knew nothing about the differences of the various Navy 7.62 Garands until I bought the Book of the Garand. Unfortunately I failed to record the S/N. I believe that it was a Grade “B” because it had no magazine block, was glass bedded, and came with standard service sights. I installed front and rear NM sights and was able to use it in five matches. I was primarily a bolt gin shooter with micro adjustable receiver sights and a front hooded aperture sight so I was probably not the best tester to be found. I had used the M1 sights on My NM M1 so was not totally unfamiliar with M1 sights.

For the testing I used FA65- Lot 25- M118 -7.62 ammo, as I was not allowed to use handloads. I managed to shoot the rifle in five matches. One of the matches was terminated for rain after the 200 yard stage so averages for 200 yards cover all five matches but the averages for 300 through 600 yards and total cover only four matches:
200 yard OH avg 86 Hi 91-0X
200 yard Rf avg 92 Hi 96-6X
300 yard RF avg 90 Hi-93-1X
600yard SF avg 186 Hi 192-2X
Match avg 452 Hi 459-3X
FWIW

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