Been a while since I've seen one. M1 will have to do.
The last time I had to loan a rifle to a cop pal, it was at a traffic stop and the cop being a guy I sometimes shot with at the local range, asked if I had my Garand in the truck and if he could borrow it. Yes and yes, though he was carrying an AR15 [a long one- a fairly early Colt SP-1 semiauto] over his shoulder. I expect I could have wandered along with him, but it was chillyish and I didn't have a jacket on. BANG! I heard....and about five seconds later, BANG! again...and definitely not 5,56mm/.223 bangs.
A couple of minutes later he wanders back and returns my rifle. I didn't inquire, but he volunteered: *Some guy in a bobtail semi-tractor hit a buffalo....*
I was going to ask real nicely if he missed with his first shot and needle him a bit, but he wasn't having any fun at all. Personally, I think it would have been kind of interesting to find out how good a job the .223 would have done.
I was also hoping he'd ask to borrow a shovel; I had a little-bitty folding GI entrenching tool to offer, but no such luck. The county highway folks came out with a front-end loader and took care of it.
Yeah, I know it's *bison.* But he said *buffalo.* Yes, sometimes the M1 Garand will *have to do.* And if the shooter behind it holds up his part of the deal, it generally will.
Another guy's pretty M1 Garand *here.
