Sad to see it fly off into history. I miss the plop plop plop sound. Hated to see the Garrand go too, but the new stuff is much better so they tell me. Nostalgia, isn’t wonderful?
Nostalgia, isn’t “IT” wonderful? ............ typo
I was never in the service but scored marksmanship and sniper scores with the Garand as Sheriff Explorer, when I was 14.
I loved that gun and now have two M1A Springfield’s.
I couldn’t sing their praise too much.
My brother who has similar skills swears by his AR. But without his ACOG he can’t compete for grouping @ 100yrds.
Tells me all the time to turn my gun into tinsel and bulbs but I love her the she is and I can reach out and touch someone to about 6 or 700yrds with .308.
I remember taking rides on those. They weren't the smoothest ride. We had one pilot who had the right last name - Looney. He ended up as an O6, but when he was CPT & MAJ, he used to chase jack rabbits under high tension power lines with the landing lights at night.