[DuncanWaring]

Garand recoil is amazingly mild for an ‘06.

That said, I read an account written by a guy who spent one night helping repel a human-wave attack in Korea; afterwards, his right shoulder was numb for days and black-and-blue for weeks.

Rifle stock also badly charred.

[NFHale]

“...helping repel a human-wave attack in Korea...”

Just LISTEN to the sound of those words... sends shudders up the spine.

I read Jim Wilson’s “Retreat Hell: We’re Just Attacking In Another Direction” some years ago, about the fighting retreat from the Chosin Reservoir. Unbelievable what those guys went through.

The ChiComs had ZERO respect for the lives of their troops. Makes you wonder why they didn’t just turn their own weapons on the commissars.

I’ve also read/heard stories of Marines firing BARs until the barrels were cherry red, and the wood foregrips were smoking and burning, just from stopping those wave attacks.

Unreal...

RE the Garand: It is a honey to shoot, and to shoot well. It WANTS the 10x ring, every time. Love the sights on it too.

[NorthMountain]

That said, I read an account written by a guy who spent one night helping repel a human-wave attack in Korea; afterwards, his right shoulder was numb for days and black-and-blue for weeks.

Must have been loading and shooting more or less constantly all night. M1 is a pussycat, but there are limits to anything ...