Starting at $900, which is a pretty darn good deal. Yes, this rifle is Old School. But every time I have mine at the range a bunch of guys shooting AR pattern rifles wander by to oogle it.
Starting at $900, which is a pretty darn good deal. Yes, this rifle is Old School. But every time I have mine at the range a bunch of guys shooting AR pattern rifles wander by to oogle it.
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Exactly!
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Nice...
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is the best place to buy a Garand (or two). Several commercial loaders have 30'06 M1 Garand specific loads, I don't know if there is a .308 Garand specific load though, or if one is required or advised.
I've owned one of these since 2016, and paid $1030 for it then. Still uses clips. I've had no problems, but haven't fired it much.
I occasionally bring my Springfield M1A to 2-gun matches, where it sticks out like my grandmother would at a rave. It definitely knocks over the steel though :)
Yes! You don’t just grab any old ammo for Garands and go shooting! Both the M1 and M14 are built around Garand-specific loads and pressure levels. You may fire very limited amounts of higher pressure stuff - but a steady diet of that will pooch the gun or bend op rods if you burn too much of it. The M14 “classic” or nominal load is a 168gr pill moving at around 2750 FPS. Dunno what it is for the M1 but I’d bet it’s close. I’d go no more than 3 or 4 reloads on the brass too…Garands beat the ever lovin’ snot out of their brass.
These are NOT bolt guns. A great go-to resource for Garands is at the M14 forum. There’s a lot of smelly old stubfarts, vets and gun smiths/geeks there that know Garands inside out and how to care for and feed them.
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