Wow!
I am sure Patton thought highly of the Garand and rightly so.
Still he had a habit of praising American equipment even when he must have known it was not that great.
Probably to keep the troops confident.
I just finished reading a book written by a Soldier who fought on Guadalcanal.
He had high praise for the M1.
Very nice gun.
But that particular one is a safe queen. What good is that? It’s like being married to a beautiful woman you can’t kiss.
Must have been priced by the CMP. (Dark muttering...)
Lovely safe queen. Take it out from time to time, look at it, and masturb*te.
I wonder if Ian of Forgotten Weapons will have a video.
Very likely I think.
Ya got me. I thought that the article was going to say they’re going to start MAKING them!
At 85, that picture is one the few things that can still give me a woody...
Any chance of posting the
Winning Bid???
Ping
Gar-end, not Ga-Rand.
One of the first things my Dad taught me about the M1. I still shoot the H&R NM M1 he built for me in the mid 70’s, it wear a new Krieger barrel and a full pressure bedded stock/unitized front end etc.