M1 Garand service years

He is correct, there are many soldiers (special forces divisions mainly) who prefer the use of the m14 as sharpshooters and sniper rifles. To say that it is completely out of service would be wrong, the army simply saw that rifle bullets of the day were mostly overpowered and a slightly smaller cartridge was needed, which gives you the M16 with its lower recoil and higher muzzle velocity.

I had the privilege of being able to take my own garand out to the range yesterday morning and had a great time shooting it. There are so many great things about this rifle i dont even know where to begin. Its accuracy is incredible, even after 60 years. The rear peep sight developed for the rifle is actually still the iron sight used by the US today.

I feel sorry for all of you overseas with deactivated rifles, i simply love shooting these old wooden guns. For all of you that get the chance, FIRE A GARAND.

 

PS. the EBR is one mean looking rifle...

 

Here is a link to a site concerning the M1 Garand, and it has links inside itself to other data, history, repair, purchasing, and interesting stuff about this fine MBR:

M1 Garand Website Links

Even has a link to the CMP site where an American citizen can still get one delived to his door by UPS (or FedEx I forget which). The Fulton Armory also has a deal where you can turn your CMP rack grade in with them and use it as a downpayment on one of their fully restored and lovely "new" ones! If I had any use for another rifle I would consider doing that myself.

 

The CMP is a great program where just about anybody can get their hands on a decent garand, as long as they have them in stock that is, which should be for a long time. You can head over to thecmp.org and check out their forums of newly acquired garands, most of them look terrific.

I think its awesome that there is a program out there providing these great pieces of history for recreational shooting and collecting.

 

There is a "cutie" about when the little carbine was being produced, since there were any number of companies making it or parts for it during WW2. The one everybody gets a kick out of is the juke box company "Rock-Ola", but these days an even more collectable model exists (although in very limited numbers).

This was the version made from parts of two different companies, i.e. Union Switch and Signal and Quality Hardware. In typical military fashion the sources of the two companies were stamped on the barrels to designate their parts origins. In "milspeak" this came out "UN-Quality"! Wonder how much confidence that name inspired in the recipient?

'UN-QUALITY' RECEIVER STAMP- To avoid the extra effort in having to strike-through and restamp the receivers; when Union Switch & Signal made receivers for Quality Hardware, they merely stamped them "Un-Quality". Union Switch & Signal also made receivers for Postal Meter and stamped "U" on the bevel."

See:
History of the M1 Carbine - Riverbank Armory