To: virgil283
So, how is the Garand different than an M-16?
2 posted on
09/21/2013 3:24:30 PM PDT by
SatinDoll
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To: SatinDoll
3 posted on
09/21/2013 3:25:38 PM PDT by
MileHi
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To: SatinDoll
The Garand fires the round on the left. The M-16 fires the one on the right.
6 posted on
09/21/2013 3:31:45 PM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
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To: SatinDoll
Note thet the Garand is a semi-auto with an 8 round clip, fed into the top. The m-16 can be fired full auto or semi-auto and is magazine fed from the bottom (how many rounds? i dunno). Lighter weight, too!
8 posted on
09/21/2013 3:35:57 PM PDT by
dynachrome
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To: SatinDoll
A conversation about the M1 is one of the few time you will hear the word “clip” used properly for one.
9 posted on
09/21/2013 3:37:57 PM PDT by
CrazyIvan
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To: SatinDoll
13 posted on
09/21/2013 3:49:24 PM PDT by
big'ol_freeper
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To: SatinDoll
So, how is the Garand different than an M-16?M-16s are black and scary. Garands aren't.
20 posted on
09/21/2013 3:54:02 PM PDT by
Pan_Yan
To: SatinDoll
other than it's size(bigger), weight(heavier), materials(wood not plastic) and caliber(larger/more powerful), it doesn't defecate where it eats... ie the spent gas is not vented into the action like the M16 to make the rifle cycle
25 posted on
09/21/2013 4:02:09 PM PDT by
Chode
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To: SatinDoll
And besides the other replies, one additional advantage of the Garand is that it's solidly built enough that if you butt-stroke somebody across the face with it, you will break his face instead of breaking the rifle.
Bayonet also works better on a full-size rifle.
27 posted on
09/21/2013 4:08:39 PM PDT by
PapaBear3625
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To: SatinDoll
“So, how is the Garand different than an M-16?”
If someone is shooting at you with an M-16 fins a big tree and hide behind it, If they’re shooting a Garand that won’t work.
43 posted on
09/21/2013 4:59:59 PM PDT by
fella
("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
To: SatinDoll
So, how is the Garand different than an M-16? Detachable magazines are one difference, and the much smaller caliber of the 16 is another. But the most major difference is that the M-1 uses a piston like pretty much all other semiauto rifles while the Stoner rifles including the 16 have exhaust gas blowing directly onto the bolt carrier from a tube. The 16 is thus much dirtier than other semiauto rifles.
To: SatinDoll
If I had a group of newbies with minimal training and loads of available ammo, I train them to only fire a M16 in auto when you know the bad guy was 10 feet or less. Otherwise 3 shot select for suppression fire. Would also select if in jungle or occluded fire zones.
If I had a group who had enough experience to actually aim, M14 all the way. The heavier load gives the experienced more confidence and that reflects in better results. There is a lot of psychology built into expectations and the Garand and its children have it in spades.
FYI: The M1 Carbine is not what we are talking about here, totally different weapon!
47 posted on
09/21/2013 5:04:28 PM PDT by
SES1066
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To: SatinDoll
87 posted on
09/22/2013 8:40:03 AM PDT by
Recompennation
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