Re: Garand action!
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 11:31 am
Now you see this is where I feel that I was born in the wrong country, I nearly moved to Florida a few years ago after nearly buying a business, wish I had now !rufrdr wrote:
My older son shooting his M1 rifle recently
And my younger daughter shooting the same rifle.
Until the mid 80s M1 rifles were fairly rare in civilian hands here in the U.S.A. The military was still using them until the early 70s. The only way back then to obtain one was either through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship that would sell you one rifle in your lifetime after qualifying for it, buying one of the few M1 rifles imported from the UK when they were sold off in the 50s by the MoD, or buying a reconstructed M1 made from condemned parts and an 03A3 barrel grafted onto an M1 barrel stub! Amazingly many of the reconstructed rifles are still in use by their unsuspecting owners.
M1 rifles are fun to shoot. Lots going on with it every time you pull the trigger. The only downside for a left handed shooter like me is that I frequently get hit on the head by the ejected clip.
