M1 Garand En Bloc Clips

[RedGuardist]

i find i have to agree in some ways, ruskie guns arent designed to have the elegant look that rifles like the enfield and the garand had and still have

Well, you know that Mosin-Nagants and other Russian, later Soviet, design guns were not intented to be showcase articles.

But they were planned to be tools, tools intented to kill people. So you could say, that they had a very practical view to make guns. Simple, effective, durable and so on. And I think, that they have their own rough charm, which makes them interesting guns. But that

 

[User Name]

Enfield's Elegant? I have to say I disagree. Enfield's are great battle rifles. Second to none for bolt actions when speed is needed, but elegant, no. At least when the No. 1 MK III rifle is the subject. Don't get me wrong, I like Enfield's. I have three now, with a fourth coming. I just don't see them winning any fashion shows.

Even the Garand has it's detractors though so in the end it's all just each person's opinion.

 

[Aeneas2020]

I personally think the SMLE Mk3 and the No.4 are both stunning rifles....Of course as you can seen with the pic on the previous page mine is a little banged about.

 

[Colt .45 killer]

about how a soldier viewed his rifle; the military saying goes that you should treat your rifle like you treat your woman.

what i mean by elegant is that the rifles "lines", if you will, flow. if you started by looking at one end and traced your eyes over the rifle, its edges flow; this is probably the reason i dont like the look of many modern assault rifles. even looking at my enfield, the attention to detail on these old rifles is amazing, when you pull it all apart to clean it you can see the marks that the milling has left, from that to just the way your finger fits nicely into the trigger: it all adds together to make a rifle that has a look alikened to the old 1920's gansters. wearing a nice and respectable suit, but if messed with, can become a very deadly killing machine. although since i dont really support the idea of crime/gangsters thats probably a bad analogy.

these designs of guns are not just chance though, because if it was left to that you would see many more straight lines, as they are the easiest to mass produce.

 

[Bluehawk]

Does this mean that wife beaters and sadomasochists suffer from frequent jams and foul ups?

 

[Colt .45 killer]

im sorry sir in our growing femininen society it is pollitically incorrect to call it a wife beater, while if it were a husband beater it would be perfectly correct, you see females are superior to men...
*turns off propaganda tape*
foul ups you say eh.. what say you now?

 

[Bluehawk]

Treating their rifle the way they treat their women might not be a smart idea for some soldiers

 

[Colt .45 killer]

somone is just slightly twisted, no names of course

oh yeah i got to go take my lee enfield out shooting today, wonderfull popgun, cept for the fact that i quickly drew on a bird on a fencepost and dident have the rifle seated nicely into my shoulder, il be feeling that one shot for the next 4 days.

 

[GonzoX]

It would have been better if it held 10 rounds, But still a unique rifle though.

Actually, Mr. Garand designed it to hold 10 rounds of his own smaller size ammo which was a new design.

But the Army decided to stick to the older 30-06 for logistical reasons.

And good thing, because war was just around the corner.

 

[Colt .45 killer]

never heard about that before gonzo, which cal exactly was it originally designed for?

 

[GonzoX]

never heard about that before gonzo, which cal exactly was it originally designed for?

.276 IIRC.

 

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

.276 IIRC.

Yep, Pedersen cartridge.

Nice Garand Aeneas; stats?

 

[Colt .45 killer]

thats interesting that he designed it for a smaller load cartridge, most rifles at that time were still going with the bigger means badder means better motto.