FlyinBryan
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my son made me really proud saturday.
we were out shooting with some more of the family, when he said "which case is the m1 in"??? i told him which one it was and he proceeded to pull the rifle out, check the bore, and set it up on the table.
he asked, "so this is the rifle that was called the greatest battle implement ever devised"? and i said "yup, thats her". i also told him it was the rifle that his great uncle Leslie marched across europe with, as well as the one his other great uncle Sam carried and died with on the island of luzon, in the south pacific. we talked about how uncle Leslie just gushed over how he and the rest of his "brothers" loved the m1.
after some small talk i pushed an 8rd enbloc down, slapped the rear or the op-rod handle, clicked it on safety, set it down and stepped out of the way. he then settled in while i took up a position on the spotting scope, and waited for the click of the safety.
BOOOOOM!!!
long pause
i was waiting for the next round but instead i heard "click"
i was looking through the spotting scope, and when i heard the click i looked over to him and he was just wide eyed with his mouth open, and thats when he said the phrase that i will now use to describe what it feels like to fire a garand.
he yelled out with excitement:
HOLY MOSES!! THAT'S THE SWEET SPOT ON A BASEBALL BAT RIGHT THERE!!!
he then emptied the rifle into a 2 1/2" cluster @ 120yds. (his first ever 8rd group with the m1)
we have fired all kinds of rifles together. ar's, ak's, sks's, 7400's, and several others, and i was quite taken with the fact that it struck him as so unique and different.
sorry to drag it out, but it just meant a lot to me that he got it.
looks like the cmp is gonna sell me 1 more m1.
we were out shooting with some more of the family, when he said "which case is the m1 in"??? i told him which one it was and he proceeded to pull the rifle out, check the bore, and set it up on the table.
he asked, "so this is the rifle that was called the greatest battle implement ever devised"? and i said "yup, thats her". i also told him it was the rifle that his great uncle Leslie marched across europe with, as well as the one his other great uncle Sam carried and died with on the island of luzon, in the south pacific. we talked about how uncle Leslie just gushed over how he and the rest of his "brothers" loved the m1.
after some small talk i pushed an 8rd enbloc down, slapped the rear or the op-rod handle, clicked it on safety, set it down and stepped out of the way. he then settled in while i took up a position on the spotting scope, and waited for the click of the safety.
BOOOOOM!!!
long pause
i was waiting for the next round but instead i heard "click"
i was looking through the spotting scope, and when i heard the click i looked over to him and he was just wide eyed with his mouth open, and thats when he said the phrase that i will now use to describe what it feels like to fire a garand.
he yelled out with excitement:
HOLY MOSES!! THAT'S THE SWEET SPOT ON A BASEBALL BAT RIGHT THERE!!!
he then emptied the rifle into a 2 1/2" cluster @ 120yds. (his first ever 8rd group with the m1)
we have fired all kinds of rifles together. ar's, ak's, sks's, 7400's, and several others, and i was quite taken with the fact that it struck him as so unique and different.
sorry to drag it out, but it just meant a lot to me that he got it.
looks like the cmp is gonna sell me 1 more m1.
Its still fun!
