I was gonna post a new thread, but maybe not. My boss thought I needed a bonus so he brought me a Spingfield Garand and a couple dozen clips today. Had a tough time figuring out how to load the en blonc clips. What else should I know about using this rifle.
Damn, it is nice! And it seems SA does not offer them any more.
You may want to talk to Eaker about that rifle........:o)
Garands are great rifles. I have two , an old WWII serial number from DCM and a Korean War era serial number from CMP.
Eaker will probably tell you too stick with 150gr PMC ammo in that springfield. I do. Mine are old surplus SA and I think the one you describe are new manufactured rifles.
I have a few links I will go look up for ya !
http://www.scott-duff.com/M1Garand.htm
http://www.users.fast.net/~eclancy/page4.html
http://www.nationalmatcharmory.com/
http://www.m1garand.net/M1Pics/index.htm