Fine so long as you're not lefthanded, in which case the rifle with throw ejected empty brass into your nose, and you're better in the market for oner of the earlier pre-1964 Winchesters that ejects straight up, unhandy with a telescopic sight, but nicely suited for ambidextrous use.
I'm looking to buy an M-1 Garrand.
Swell rifles. The commercial reporos have not yet reached the level of manufacturing expertise and perfection reached by the wartime manufacturers after millions of units. You're probably looking at a cost of between $500 and $1000, depending on condition, collectors' desirability, match accuracy conditioning and other factors, but those from the Civilian Marksmanship Program are indeed a bargain.
Does anyone know where I can get a good one for not a whole lot of money?
Check the CMP sales prices as a guide, and watch for a target shooter upgrading from a service-grade Garand to a match-tuned rifle, or to an M14 or M16 match gun. That'll still be very servicable, to the standards of those issued to most soldiers, and fine for a beginning user or target shooter.
I want it because it's the rifle that won WWII, and it's a dandy weapon to shoot.
***The most perfect battle implement ever devised, *** per no less an authority than General George Patton, though his familiarity was limited with the tools of 1945 and before. It would be interesting to see if he'd have made the same observation after an introduction to the M1A2 Abrams tank, named for a tank battalion officer under Patton's command.
Targets only, of course.
So long as you all are fortunate, and no one decides to harm or kill you for your possessions or beliefs. I certainly hope that remains the case, but I would not bet my life or that of anyone for whom I care on it.
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