Posted on 02/05/2014 2:34:11 PM PST by ZULU
Do you wonder why that rifle Is hanging in my den? You know I rarely take it down But I touch it now and then.
It's rather slow and heavy By standards of today But not too many years ago It swept the rest away.
It's held its own in battles Through snow, or rain, or sun And I had one just like it, This treasured old M-1.
It went ashore at Bougainville In Nineteen Forty-Three. It stormed the beach at Tarawa Through a bullet-riddled sea.
Saipan knew its strident bark, Kwajalein, its sting. The rocky caves of Peleliu Resounded with its ring.
It climbed the hill on Iwo With men who wouldn't stop And left our nation's banner Flying on the top.
It poked its nose in Pusan, Screamed an angry roar And took the First Division From Chosin Reservoir.
Well, time moves on And things improve With rifles and with men, And that is why the two of us Are sitting in my den.
But sometimes on a winter night, While thinking of my Corps, I know that if the bugle blew We'd be a team once more. Unkown Author
Which is why men of smaller stature would trade them for an M1 carbine.
Awesome!!!!
When the article mentions the term “clip,” is it referring to the charging clip that held the rounds before they were pushed down into the magazine?
We got lotsa BAR`s up here brought back by GI`s my uncles and neighbors from the war.
Fired one when I was a kid, almost broke my shoulder.
plus other good stuff.
The. clip is a metal piece which holds the 8 rounds.
It is inserted into the breech long with the 8 rounds and it is ejected after the last round is fired leaving the bolt open for the next clip.
Not on the Garand. 8 rounds held staggared dn an en block clip, and the whole thing was inserted into the top of the receiver. When the last round fired the metal clip was ejected back out the top automatically. Only tought part was holding the bolt back while you loaded the clip in, because it would release the bolt and slam the both onto your thumb. The result was called the Garand thumb, which was like hitting your thumb with a hammer, but could guve you a nasty cut too.
The video link below shows how to load an M1 Garand En-Bloc Clip. The en-block clip holds 8 rounds. After the 8th round is fired, the clip is ejected with a distinctive ‘ping’. Once you hear the ping, you will never forget it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GdTKm4eBAs
Two months ago, I took my M1 to a 600 yard range. I dialed the sight to 6, and put all 8 rounds on the paper (600 yard NRA target). An awesome weapon.
I think he is thinking about the “stripper clip” used on the Springfield and M1917.
If use the side of your hand to push the bolt back and your thumb to press the clip in while holding the bolt, you can avoid Garand thumb. I read somewhere that there is less of a chance of jamming if the highest round on the clip is on the LEFT side of the clip as it is inserted. Not sure why though.
Probably the first batch the clintoon had destroyed right after the POS was elected.
I read quite a few years ago during the Clinton administration they were cutting up brand new unissued Winchester model 52 .22 target riles. whoever ordered that should be shot.
This thread makes my thumb hurt.
And the M41 Johnson rifle. Also, a light machine gun by the same designer, both of which saw action with The Devil’s Brigade in Italy.
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