A MAJOR Problem look at the date/M1

[eclancy]

Gentlemen,
This problem almost took the M1 Garand Out of action at the start of WW2.



I hope some of this data helps.

So guys what do you think about this file??
Sorry about the post again I am dealing with old microfilm.

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I hope you enjoy.

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If you need a larger copy just email me.
Thanks again for taking the time and effort to read this data.
Clancy

 

[Don't Tread On Me]

I guess it's not the "greatest battle implement ever"....


Seriously though, there's probably more to that story. Rifles might have been lubed, but there are other factors. Perhaps the chambers got some rust, or the ammo had issues. Hard to say. Not trying to make excuses. Also, are there any reports from battles where the M1 didn't do so well during rain? How many battles were fought IN rain?

I wonder how many Garands where completely drenched not in water, but SALT water of the ocean on D-day or in the various landings in the South Pacific. If anything can destroy a rifle or prevent it from working, salt water is it. AFFAIK, the M1 did pretty well in those circumstances.

 

[Onmilo]

And in the wink of an eye grease became the lubricant of choice for the M1 Service Rifle.
The rest, as they say, is history.

 

[homeka45]

Working or not, I'd take a five digit Garand in a flash.

 

[iamkris]

My first CMP Garand was a 5-digit...19XXX.

 

[Sistema1927]

And in the wink of an eye grease became the lubricant of choice for the M1 Service Rifle.

And still true today. I don't have any other use for grease, but my Garand gets a liberal slathering. It might be fortuitous that this happened on that rainy day at Ft. Benning, and allowed the lube procedures to change so as to withstand all that salt water and other nasty stuff and allow the Garand to become that "finest battle implement...".

 

[eclancy]

Gentlemen,
There is a lot more to this problem. Ordnance didn't want it to get out. More data to post.
Thanks again
Clancy