To: dcwusmc
8-rounds and then a loud PING to let the enemy know that you're reloading. The Garand really needed a box magazine, but otherwise was damn near perfect. I plan to pick one up, eventually.
To: Britton J Wingfield
They're a lot of fun, a great piece of history and you can support the CMP. If you have one long enough, then you learn the problems associated with it.
If you have one that has a horizonal group, the gas cylinder is probably loose. If it doesn't hold elevation, the screw on the elevation knob came loose. The NRA has a pamphlet on the M1 that doesn't cost more than a few dollars. It's no longer a viable weapon, though. It isn't the worst weapon out there, it's just old.
The worst weapon to me is the Mini-30 with the Mini-14 a close second.
To: Britton J Wingfield
A lot of Marines would let off five rounds at the Japs then toss a clip onto the rocks and wait til one stuck his head up to pop a Marine... and bang, three rounds left, one did the trick mostly... turning a liability into a neat way to pop more japs...
100 posted on
07/27/2002 8:15:56 PM PDT by
dcwusmc
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