Time to Repeal The National Firearms Act of 1934

The Marine Sentinel ^ | 10/16/2013 | Marine Sentinel

[marktwain]

“Their banzai charges worked well overwhelming Chinese armed with bolt-action rifles, but it was a different story against Marines armed with semi-auto Garands.”

The Chinese were starving peasants with little training and perhaps one old rifle for five men.

The British used their 10 shot SMLE bolt action rifles with great effect in WWII.

Not meant to denigrate the Garand, which is a great rifle, but to point out other significant differences. I highly recommend “Shots Fired in Anger” a first hand account of the pacific war on the Islands and in Burma.

http://www.amazon.com/Shots-Fired-Anger-Riflemans-Guadalcanal/dp/1934044296

Every person who owns a rifle should own and read this book.

[MUDDOG]

Looks like a great book. Right on point. Thanks for the link.

[jboot]

As much as I like the sentiment, this is a non-starter for the time being.

That being said, if the time comes that automatic weapons are needed to defend our liberty the going price for one will be one well-aimed bullet. All that is needed is the willingness and the ability to pay that price.

[jboot]

I've got an M1 Garand and a No 4 Mk 1* Enfield stripped on the bench right now. The M1 is my longtime "favorite gun", but dang...the Enfield is lighter, balances better and is handier (to me at least, such things are subjective), holds 2 more rounds, has more tolerable recoil and-to my bewilderment-shoots faster.

Shooting these two on the same range trip was shocking. It was like finding out that there really isn't a Santa Claus and that your long-dead grandma is actually still alive on the same day. I'm torn...

[MUDDOG]

That really is interesting. Great post.

[jboot]

Don't get me wrong, I love the Garand. IMHO it has better sights and a better trigger than the Enfield. It reloads slightly faster thanks to using a single charger over the 2 required to reload the Enfield. But reloading brings up another issue with the Garand, in that it has a learning curve. A novice attemting to load an M1 without prior instruction is liable to acquire a bad case of M1 thumb!

Then again it took a Google search to figure out how to remove the bolt on a No 4 the first time I ever stripped one. It was NOT obvious.

Anyway, they are both great guns. I'd feel very well armed with either one.

[MUDDOG]

Your post gave me a new appreciation for the Enfield. I’m glad the Brits had such a good weapon.

[alphadog]

You said; “Honesty it just wastes ammo....”

I concur.