Thanks for that!!

Got 2 from the cmp! 👍

How much, $?

@@RemoteViewr1 I originally ordered the cheapest rack grade, but they ran out and let me upgrade for 100 bucks more. So less than a grand for a Garand.

I was driving home from a business trip in the summer of 2020 and got to around Anniston, AL and remembered that the CMP was there. I redirected on a whim. Got to the store and was welcomed with the statement "we just reopened from C19 shutdowns today and you're our first customer." Left with a M1 Garand as a complete impulse stop/buy. Best impulse buy ever.

@@Thth-xo7cn Sweet! 👍

Damn right!! Going to my 2 match of the year this weekend!!!

Winchester had to eventually keep "Carbine" away from the project, so the guys who actually designed the gun could work unimpeded.

Thanks for tuning in!

I expect you'll never find them *wink*

Ian is an excellent source and has the right amount of respect for the weapons, creators and users.

Just threw up a little.

We can absolutely look into that for one of our future episodes! Appreciate the suggestion!

Get into reloading and save your brass. About 200-500 rds should be good enough for a while to recycle the brass you have. I go to the range with my two M-1s and run 5-8 clips through each one and find that entirely adequate. But reloading the M-1 ammunition - after the initial investment in press and other stuff (even Lee single stage is adequate) - is wa-a-a-y cheaper than buying it.

He used to flood his basement in Winter and skate around, perhaps for inspiration?

Very cool!

The short barreled version of the Garand is known as the 'tanker' model. The barrel is shortened to 18" for easier maneuverability inside vehicles. In dense jungle, this version was scrounged when possible because it was easier to handle when every plant around you seems to want to snag, grab, or trip you.

😂😂😂 accurate

There’s a movie about him and his life that is pretty good.

He really only designed the gas system of the gun, there was a huge team at Winchester working on the gun. Forgotten Weapons has a great series on the subject

Aanndd, I’m going to keep asking for a podcast regarding long range air gun competition a la NRL. Air guns such as the FX M3 that would use something like the strike eagle 6.5-25x56 or better.

It was driving me nuts the skipped over this. Pivotal in the Garand to M14 change.

The M-1 C replaced the Marines not caring for the A4 Unertl scoping sniper. The C sniper version never made to service, due nearing the end of the war. It was good enough for the war but not satisfying for the shots needed, 800 yards wasn't good enough, the glass wasn't good enough. The D comes along with a fixed 4x that required a different mount. The M1D was adopted as a substitute for the M1C, creating an easier-to-produce fallback option in case production facilities were unavailable to build the required amount of M1C rifles. Neither saw action in WW2 or Korea, but in the Lebanon, 1958. War pressure finances were in the front of it, and the biggest issue was the US wasn't on board with sniping at that time. During vietnam Marine units were pulling teeth for a program, but only one unit got the ball rolling sort of and was limited, Hathcock and his commander EJ Land, which I had the privilege of a brief phone conversation when he was the NRA secretary at the time, about a neighbor of mine who was spewing misinformation of thier program. Don't believe everything you read or hear Mark. Standard infantry was the M-1. Carbines were paratroops, mainly, tank divisions, supply, communications, or do the math on how many troops land x's roughly, all three manufactures, and get an idea of how many troops had them and how any who did not. SA 3.5 million, H&R 5.4 million, IH 5.2 million, WRA 4 million. Approximately 18.1 M-1's were produced. 57,000 american troops landed Utah and omaha beaches that Day.

design changes were due to port pressure due to the .30 cal bullet producing higher pressures. A lighter bullet alleviated that along with powder charge, but the bullet generally helped that I believe. Even armor piercing bullets were developed to suit the rifle. JC Garand was a tool maker with his father in Canada at the time and took a job as R&D at Springfeild in 1922. He not only developed the rifle but also the tooling to make everything on the rifle from the wood to the internal mechanisms too. What amazed me the most was the timing of JCG coming Springfeild and finalizing the rifle 5 years before we entered the war AND being able to produce plenty to go around. The brits had LL rifles but never used them. Forget RI auction for an M-1 unless you are rich. CMP is the best way, unless you find them on consignment at a gunshop. The price of a service grade I payed for back in 2010 was 575, 642.90shipped. They only went up 75 buck since I bought mine but are rack grade. Here is thier description...CMP has a very limited amount of M1 Garand, SA or HRA Rack Grade Rifles available. These rifles will be offered mail order, sold as is, with no exchanges. The rifles are rack grade (rough but functional and have been test fired).

enjoying this video... All you need is a round od ammo to pop the retaining pin out of the receiver to dismantle the op rod spring and adjoining parts. It takes the tension off the other parts and isn't that difficult. It won't bite ya ! LOL I'm sure you know that by now though !

I'll grant Canadian-American, he moved to the US at 11.

Hardly. The .30 ammunition had very little stopping power.

30-06 touches you, you are out of the fight. I shoot 2 inch groups on my 170 yard range and the 06 will tear you in half at 600 yards. Maybe the rifle is dated. Mr Garand himself is on tape lamenting his age and the challenges that lay ahead in military firearms.engoneering. The rifle's cartridge and accuracy are in no way obsolete. In fact, I have modern arms, but you better get to work and git er done with them, because if I touch you with a 168 grain Nosler Partition, the fight is over.