Tag: m1 garand

  • M1 Thumb – A Cautionary Tale

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    How to avoid getting M1 thumb: I hear a lot of people talk about putting clips in their Glocks too.  I haven’t figured out how to do that yet, but I wonder if there is such thing as “Glock thumb”? Thoughts?  Any of you guys ever had M1 thumb? Hat tip: MaiduSun

  • Firearms In School Textbooks

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    I remember seeing a few examples like this in physics: Demonstrating the law of conservation of momentum with a M1 Garand. I wonder if lots of publishers are getting pressured to swap them out for different examples?  Wouldn’t want to scare anyone.  If a police officer or a soldier was holding the gun it might be…

  • Gunplay Is A Scholar And A Gentelman Who Has A Penchant For The M1

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    Video starts at 0:28… I need to know if he’s talking about the M1 Garand or the M1 Carbine.  My money is on the Carbine: “A M1 here / A M1 there / Everywhere M1 / Ni**az don’t care” It appears this guy doesn’t have a problem with the proliferation of firearms (especially the M1) so as…

  • Five Military Surplus Rifles Everyone Should Own

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    One of the gun store guys give his opinion: Mosin Nagant M91/30 (7.62x54r) Mauser 98 (8mm) Enfield No. 4 Mk1 and variants (.303 British) M1 Garand (.30-06) Swiss K-31 (7.5x55mm) Do you agree with his list?  Any you’d like to omit/add? I really appreciate old rifles and the history surrounding them, but I don’t have…

  • M1 Garand Kindling

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    Expensive and dangerous. For the impatient, the explosion is at the end: In the comments they say it must have been an out of battery discharge. Any of you guys ever had a gun explode into pieces on you?  Accidental or otherwise… Hat tip: Kev

  • Getting M1 Thumb From This JP Type5 Garand Would Be A Honor

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    “M1 Thumb” is in reference to yesterday’s post – HERE Extremely rare Japanese Type 5 Garand. This is an extremely rare Japanese made copy of a U.S. Garand. It is estimated that only around 100 or so of these guns were built. The Japanese originally tried converting U.S. Garand to 7.7 Japanese caliber but had…