Just brought my first rifle home.

[{YBBS}Sage]

Probably...?

AFIK, with Garands, you usually get what you get. I know it's that way with the CMP.

 

[GonzoX]

One thing that bothers me is that I am willing to bet these folks get their Garands for $400-$500 from the CMP and then resell them at gunshows for $1500. Just a hunch.

If I ever find one doing that they will get an earfull from me.

Ill keep mine for life if I get one.

Thing is, I need another gun like a need another hole in my head. Stop me!

 

[{YBBS}Sage]

Thing is, I need another gun like a need another hole in my head. Stop me!

Your head appears to be one hole short! Get another gun.

Orrrrr.... Got any you want to sell? I'm lookin' for an inexpensive pistol.

 

[[CoFR]BooBoo]

The vast majority of Garand receivers were made during WWII. When Korea heated up more were made, but very few in comparison with the ones from WWII. If you see one made by Winchester you can be sure it is WWII vintage, at least where the receiver is concerned. Harrington & Richardson and International Harverster produced Garands for Korea and after. All this is from memory, of course, as my Hoffschmidt book ('Know Your M-1 Garand Rifles M-1, M-1C, M-1D' by E.J. Hoffschmidt) is in storage along with all my other reference material.

I highly recommend that book for anyone who owns or has an interest in the Garand. It contains the complete history of the rifle, from initial design and testing to the successor, the M-14. Complete serial number allotments by manufacturer and allotment date can help you determine when the rifle was made.

Dammit, I miss my Garand.

 

[The Soup Nazi]

Why couldn't they sell off their M-14s rather than just destroy em...Oh yeah, thats right, ATF would get a heart attack if fully automatic weapons could be delivered to peoples doors...Or if they were converted to semi automatic only, people could use a shoelace to convert them to full auto.

 

[anti]

Lucky SOB. I want a Russian SKS.

BTW, lean into the "recoil". It doesn't really kick (won't hurt you or anything, unless you're a dumbass and let the thing float an inch off of your shoulder), but it will push you back. I tried rapid-firing the first time holding my SKS like that (that's my customary stance for firing a Mauser, since I prefer not to try to fight 8mm recoil ), and by shot #5, I was teetering on my back foot. You want to have a stance more like this:

Maybe its because I'm getting old but I have studied this picture for ages and for the life of me cannot see a weapon!


Oh hold on I spotted the pistol in her boot! (after another hour looking)

 

[Oleg Volk]

That's Cara. She's a very formidable young lady. More photos of her

 

[[CiA]Stiletto]

I have to say, the suppressed G36C picture is a much hotter picture than the SAW picture.

At least, I think so.