Garand Thumb reviewing a Garand is like Dipping your Fries into more mash potatoes

_"This 2 power scope is 100% better than iron sights"._ Mathematically, this checks out.

As an avid follower of Forgotten Weapons, I love and very much appreciate how often Mr. Thumb tells folks to go check out forgotten weapons, don’t know if anyone else has caught this. It’s good to see the gun tubers encouraging greater exposure to all facets of the community

This was probably my favorite intro of a GT video. In case anybody was wondering what that footage was from, the US Army made a bunch of videos to show trainees telling them that even though the mg42 sounded scary, it was a bad weapon with bad accuracy. More than a few GIs were pissed when found out it was actually more of a death laser than anything lol

You know, not many youtubers interact nor credit their cameraman. Micah is such a critical part of this team, and I just love how much involvement Mike gives him in the videos. It takes a good team to make great videos, and this is a great team.

Clearly I still haven't unlocked my skill tree with the M1D, I'm a grind out some more Operation Metro games.

The BF5 music playing softly throughout the background really brings this video home for some reason.

That "their bark's worse than their bite" scene was hilarious 🤣 Movie-quality comedy!

Dude. The way Admin just collapsed into that hill made of splinters and rocks. Where's that boys Academy Award for commitment to the bit?

I love how the gun community gets together to do fun intros like this

I carried an M1 for 3 years while in the Army. It was absolutely deadly at 300 yards. We seldom fired at anything beyond than however occasionally vehicle shaped targets were used at 500 yards.Once the sight was adjusted and corrected they were easy to hit. Great rifle and I never got an M1 thumb.

I love how you hear the impact after he calls out the impact. That's a good spotter.

"There bark is worse than their bite" D-Day Private: "Well that was a fucking lie"

“We got some Krauts out there!” It wasn’t in WW2 “we got some bleeeep out there!” Mike’s face was priceless

"We got some krauts over there!" "It wasn't used in WWII..." "Hey we got some slant eyed bastards!"

M1D sniper rifle is used for training in some training camps in Vermont, NC, Alaska and Saskatchewan, etc etc, but the best trading camps i visited in 2012, 2015, 2018 , showed how well organised the younger adults are when trained, and well armed citizenry is the key to protecting the constitution. Great work bringing M1D to attention, a classic never goes out of fashion. Kudos !

Not only is the rifle beautiful, but the setting and editing is perfect, looks better than some movies. good job Micah

You think I didn’t notice the battlefield 5 music in the background but I did, and I have used the M1 Garand with the scope in battlefield v as dmr, such a great weapon

Love it!! Your videos are so well put together! From the cinematography to the sounds and background music! The battlefield homage was excellent

1958-1963 looking at my old score book M1 Match grade 600 yards open sights Winning scores were 20 in the 20 inch Black with 10 in the 12 inch "V" Ring Ammo 172 grain boattail. I never saw an M1 Sniper rifle with a scope in the nearly 5 years I carried one Our M1 Match did have some work, triggers, gas plug and glass bedding. Fitting of upper hand guard . And on the Match grade sights had 1/2 minute adjustments and "I think" a thinner front blade ?? As I understand it the "Match grade" were built from the first 100 new tool cut barrels The "Sniper" barrels were supposedly the next 900 barrels. In the 82nd Abn our "Scoped sniper rifles" were the M70 Winchester and a Remington M ??? With a 20 power scope I competed at the all Army matches. Max range 600 yards prone slow fire I sadly never made it to Camp Perry but at 1000 yards, open sights, 36 inch Black wining scores were usually 20 in the Black. at 200 yards off hand 12 inch Black winning was usually 10 in the black 300 yards rapid fire IE 10 rounds in 60 seconds were 10 in the 12 inch Black . Overall a score above 240 out of a possible 250 was "Competitive" until the All Army levels Another bit of history the SAME KD Course of fire was used for the 1903 A3 The only difference was 70 seconds for rapid fire, sitting OR Kneeling. On several occasions I competed with the 03 A3 in civilian matches and although I found the Springfield more comfortable to shoot my books show with a 2 Grove barrel accuracy was comparable

So nice to see Admin hanging out with his dad. Should have been a fathers day episode

My grandfather was on the Army's competitive marksmanship team; M1 Garand with irons, 1,000rds/week for years. He always said he could reliably hit a man-sized target at 600 yds. Y'all lost reliability around 700. Maybe I should believe him?

This probably my favorite Garand Thumb video to date. Please make more videos on the Garand.

Great review of this rifle! (I love my Garand, too!) I enjoyed that you were shooting in field conditions, out in the plains, and not just on a target range.

My father died in 2017. He left me his 1954 M1C. I just got my firearms ID. My fathers rifle is back home and it’s my most prized possesion. Rest In Peace Dad. I’ll miss you

My uncle in law, who served in WW2 and Korea. Told me that in Korea. With Chinese mass wave attacks. They were dropping them at 1000 yards. They aimed a foot over their heads. And it was hand to hand combat before it ended. He was combat wounded. (Something that I did not know till his funeral.)

Great video as usual! Man I cant get over how Beautiful it is where you guys are!

“It’s bark is worse than its bite” was one of the greatest lies in history

That intro was fire

Hats off to Micah for using the “Kodachrome” filter for the vintage film look. Nice.

2x and 3x scopes normally are nice because they eliminate the multiple points of the the iron sights while having the possibility of wider field of view than the higher power scope. That potential isn't always met, but it's there

I think what I love most about these newer videos is the little easter eggs the guys drop. The Tusken Raider cheer was priceless.

I love how even Admin's Big Chimp energy is channeled by Garand thumbs dad-field. How enthusiastically he responds like a kid when he's asked questions, absolutely based family dynamic. Also trying not to smile at Admin's assessment of the targets, also dadlike.

Can everyone take a second to look around them and appreciate how ridiculously beautiful that area looks

I learned sniping on the M1D system in the active Army and was later issued one in a Guard unit. (The XM21s were all still "in country" and then undergoing refurb.) When I started shooting competitively, my chain of command first secured an XM21 for me and subsequently an M24, with which I had pretty good success. I was shooting both "brown gun" NRA type matches and "black gun" "combat focused" matches and learned a lot about the NM Krieger-barrel M14s and all the available sniper systems. I was the Bn Marksmanship Coordinator and managed a team from every company in all the combat disciplines the first year we competed, identifying NCOs to run Pistol, Rifle, and LMG while I settled on running Sniper. About that time, under my other hat I became the Rangemaster and primary instructor at my LEO agency and went through an FBI-taught CounterSniper course which led to an assignment as the primary Sniper on out SWAT team. I used various SWSs in that field, from the SSG and PSG1 to the SR25 and the 700P. According to my research, the base rifles selected to become M1Cs and Ds were fired to assess their accuracy and had to meet a standard to make the cut. I don't have the standard on hand but every M1D I checked while screening a batch to assign to every sniper in my Bn (1/30 Mech Inf) would all shoot a minute or tighter with Lake City white box M72 Match. I suspect that your Greek ammo was the problem as far as your bigger groups. While shooting in the Guard, I was able to buy a "rack grade, less wood" Garand from the DCM/CMP. Luckily, we had a mole at Anniston and my rifle was actually "selected" and has a number of nice NM parts. I paid $8 difference from the savings from the deleted wood for a Bell & Carlson fibreglas stock, and had an experienced Garand collector bed the stock and work the trigger over. I removed the swivels etc and installed QD studs where they belong, including a spare stud for a bipod. The rifle got the UltiMak scout mount and a Leatherwood 2-7 LER in low QD rings, a hooded NM rear and Ken Sight tritium front sight. I installed the adjustable gas screw and a good comp, both of which help reduce the felt recoil. I shoot mostly some M72, all of the same lot, but sadly I'm gradually eating into that stash, so I'm developing, in M72 brass, what I'm calling M72LR, one version with MatchKings and another with GameKings, with the load data from the DODAC indices in the back of Cartridges of the World. I also shoot that ammo in a bolt gun. I'm doing the same thing with .308 for my M5 build and another bolt gun; one match and one hunting version of M118LR. (When I retired, I had to go off the ammo teat). The Garand, which I'm calling an M1E, stays under a minute with the M72 and not too much worse with M1-AP black tip, but I'm saving up to have a Krieger barrel installed, which I'm hoping will enhance the accuracy a bit. FYI, the drop marks in the Leatherwood give me solid torso hits all the way to the last mark, which is 600M. Also since the scope is centered, there are no oddball aspects to holding the rifle, either left- or right-handed. I always pitied my left-handed snipers back when we were shooting the M1Ds - one of them that went all the way to the All-Army match with me would snuggle on down on the Garand and got a bloody lip every single match. He was very glad to see the XM21 and later the M24. I also modernized two M1 Carbines, an Underwood and an Inland, but that's another story. (My bona fides are available for verification online).

You would have been an amazing history teacher. Much appreciation for the content, the chuckles, and of course the cinematic intros.

I read a book about a USMC soldier who trained on the M-1D before going to Vietnam. He said they replaced the optics with off-the-shelf hunting rifle scopes. The book itself is wild, a platoon of Marines are surrounded by a division of NVA and fight them off a hill. They called it the 'Alamo of Vietnam'.

The front sight on a Garand will equal 18" (the size of a chest at 200 yards) You can use it as a primitive range finder.

always a great presentation of the Garand, with humor but professionalism. Thank you so much for this video and all the others. thank you to the whole team and accomplices. Take care, Bro 🤟

I love that unlike some gun channels, this guy doesn't take himself too seriously. He just enjoys what he does, and I enjoy watching it

Hey GT I’m leaving to serve a mission for my church for 2 years this Monday and I won’t be able to watch your content for 2 years. I just want to say thank you so much for all the laughs and dad advice and encouragement. It was amazing when I got to meet you at Apache rifleworks. Keep it up so I can see your stuff when I get back.

What a cool unique gun, the reticle does seem to throw off your shot a little bit with the thickness, but awesome nonetheless

I just love the Battlefield 5 music in the background. Also, Battlefield 5 is the only WW2 game I’ve ever seen where you can put a scope on a Garand

Filming such a good Rieview in such a beautiful location -> Top notch!

I love contrasting what qualifies as a sniper rifle throughout the years, and how we eventually have a standard issue rifle that has better magnification and accuracy than older sniper rifles.

Video edit maxxed. Colorist needs a raise, sound design is on point, presentation is standard perfection.

I had some arms training in the Coast Guard (no sharp shooter...close). Had the privileged of shooting an M1 and sank a 100yrd shot, with iron sights first try, it's an amazing gun ❤️

This is without a doubt the best episode I've seen, pretty good shooting considering the variables. Unless I've missed it, time to do the 03A3. Having shot a Springfield, I hope you do a run on it and hopefully get a good example to impress folks with.

Something about that shot of mike and Admin at 6:00 with the mountains behind them is just beautiful

The M1D : The most stylish sniper rifle of it's time

i rly like how it’s a video abt a rifle, which a lot of people would consider a really serious or maybe even inappropriate topic, but at like 15mins in they’re just standing there lightheartedly discussing what they like and don’t like about the m1d with this beautiful mountain and wooded backdrop. thank you, Garand Thumb for showing people that even in a situation like america’s is currently, gun culture isn’t full of remorseless killers, and that we’re just normal people who enjoy guns and weapons. your channel is the perfect example of what a weapons channel should be. 💪🏼

Thanks again for all the vids

Holy shit that intro is a masterpiece

Something about the M1 vibe checking well into Vietnam kinda warms my heart a little bit. Grandpa still had some game left in him.

The epic music in this video is fantastic!

A great video on a classic rifle. I have not seen much content on the M1D.

“Remember their bark is worse than their bite”…LOL, literally said no one of the MG42!

Definitely seems more like a DMR than a true “sniper” rifle. By the way, have you watched Robski’s new video on the 1903 with Unertl Scope? Amazed at what our grandfathers had to deal with and how well they worked for the time.

The scenery is awesome.

I like the music and editing here. Good old M1 Garand.

The battlefield music makes the whole video come together, favorite song starts at 13:36. Favorite gun, one of my favorite games and one of my favorite guys on KZfaq. Thank you for this.

Many years ago I had an Arlington Ordinance "tanker" Garand conversion in .308 with an 18" barrel. That was one of the handiest, most well-balanced, easy shooting rifles I've ever owned. Firing off-hand, I could pick off gallon milk jugs at 100 yards all day long. It had zero collector value because it was assembled from mis-matched parts but whoever put it together did it right, because it just WORKED. I deeply regret sending that gun down the road. Wish I could get it back.

The guy with the regular Garand really be lookin like a COD lobby with a free operator skin bro. 💀 0:44

Nicely done in all aspects of production GT

Appreciate what you guys do, in a world that fears guns you guys are out here showing the truth behind them. More people need to see these types of videos to learn instead of blind fear.

I love this rifle, I used this rifle in 1985 when I was part of the glorious Paraguayan army, in 2020 I had the opportunity to shoot it again in the USA, it brought me tons of pleasant memories, today 37 years later, I still love this rifle and consider it one of the best rifles ever invented, personal preference.

Love seeing you guys up in the muntains shooting. Definitely where I like to go shooting the most

My god man. The cinematography, the soundtrack, the guns, the subject matter, the big chimp energy; everything about this video is one big chefs kiss.

@0:28 Give that guy an Emmy for that fall.

I thought the “ping” would make a great text notification but my Korean War vet grandfather has been having PTSD flashbacks ever since my wife asked me what I wanted from Arbys.

love that you’re using battlefield music as the background. Epic soundtrack!!

My neighbor, about thirty five years ago, was a rifleman in Italy during WW2. He wasn't prone to histrionics, but he said the guy he served with, if they saw a German within 800 yards, they were dead. And they didn't have scopes.

So lethal. It's reload time is one factor to the extra lethality. You could get another magazine downrange before another rifle finished its loading.

I appreciate the battlefield music in the background

Another great video.... The music you were playing in the background Was Interesting Choice

I'd love to throw a shout out to editing of this video, specifically the background MUSIC! It gave me peace of mind while watching this and seem to just fit what y'all were doing. Great video!

I used one of these rifles 36 years ago during my service in Italy.

Respect to the bravery of those men that ran towards almost certain death

Another legend of an intro. And 5:35 had me dying!

Scenery is a beautiful backdrop honestly where ever it is

Props to Admin for just full sending that faceplant.

The background you chose to film, is pretty cool.

I love that you have been colabing with administrative results so much you guys work so well together!

I really really loved this video! Please make more in this style and the BF1-ish music was spot on!

Outside of 400 yards with this platform was all about the breathing. Breath control was key until modern optics came into play. That's why a sniper 50 years ago were so obsessed with breathing

In the early 1990's, I saw Italian Alpini troops with M1D's in Sicily, on anti-Mafia detail. Theirs were in 7.62 and they were guarding bridges and roads.

i like how sound works. hes seein da impact at about da same time da sound is makin it back to da shooter. da cadence on a really dialed in precision rifle must be fun

Respect for that fall in the opening.

Honestly, your accuracy surpassed what I thought it's limits are. The misses were so close, that it would be no problem at keeping heads down out to 600 I'm sure!

14:00 - can we all just stop and appreciate the absolute BANGER of a view these lads have while shooting a m1 garand??? the boys are living their best life that's for sure... that view is something I wish I could wake up to every day! edit: also, you beauties using Battlefield V music in the background is just icing on the cake! I remember those sweet sweet tunes like they were yesterday!

I'm in love with that location, f'ing beautiful. Amazing rifle too

Love this weapon, love the content, you always put a smile on my face while educating :)

I love the speed of sound versus the speed of light, and compared to the velocity of the round hitting. Seeing the impact before hearing it, is always cool.

Even though Charlie didn't understand his orders, he's still haunted by the masked figures death

Man I do love this channel.

Perfect sound track for it

I know M1A's are known to pull left as they start heating up. Once you were making hits at 500-- it started pulling left. So by the time you got your dope figured out, it was changing on you from the barrel heating up. Classic results for this rifle type.

GT and AR with Charlie make for an entertaining video. My old man loved the M1 and and he built one back in the 80's with a D barrel. We never found a decent m24 scope and mount at an affordable price to make it a true M1D but it shoots great with irons. I still have it to this day and hope to pass it on to a youngster that appreciates it when my time is up.

loving the Bf5 Ost in the background

why is this the most beautiful scenic video I have ever seen? gorgeous