8 round magazine with stripper clips, 30.06.
The 6 officers that survived would now be dead.
With relatively cheap optics and two days practice one could maintain a 300+ meter standoff distance and it would take the cops a couple of hours to figure out where the shooting was coming from.
And it would pop through 90% of the "bullet proof" vests in circulation. Hell, there is still WWII and Korean War vintage armor piercing ammo avail that would pierce ALL vests used anywhere by anyone.
A victim could die from a leg wound in 10mins.
This 1996 incident in Tasmania was used as a pretext to essentially disarm Australia....
There is body armour rated to stop M2 armour piercing ammo.It’s so heavy and bulky that it restricts the ability to move properly.
RE:Imagine the damage that could be done with the antique battle rifle known as the M-1 Garand.
In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised. - Gen. Patton
You are correct the M1 is one of the finest full Battle Rifle ever made. The M1 is a Battle Rifle a REAL battle rifle and not a light weight “assault rifle”. Any gun show in the country will have surplus black tip 30-06 AP ammo that will pierce ANY civilian and police body armor available. even an extremity hit with a 30-06 can and probably is fetal you can bleed out in min from a large caliber wound. I would go to war any day with M1 and modern optics over a semi AR15 and all the barbie toy addons that one can put on it. The M1 in skilled hands can be absolutely lethal at 600+ yards everyday.