P-32, I have faith in them but they are scared of the Garand. Working for years with the 870 pump never had to worry about M1 Thumb. I believe if we had more time to work with it, things would be fine. We are all Correctional Officers first and we are allowed to practice once a quarter for the Honor Guard duties. We volunteer allot of our time as we do a big national event each year. The Correctional Peace Officer Foundation has a big ceremony in a different state each year that honors fallen and hurt law enforcement officers from around the states and even Canada. So I try and get everything as simple as I can so we can do quality practice when we do get time to practice. We have been doing a lot of vets lately also, which is sad, but we do our best to honor them
HDCamel, as in top off method, you mean putting the clip in the well empty and then loading three into the clip then letting the bolt close home? That is what we are working on now. A little more time if we had it would give more confidence to the team and I am sure we will get it down and make it look good. I just thought if I had a three rnd clip it would make it much easier. Like I stated earlier, All the ceremonies being done with garands and no one has a three round clip or a plan to make one up?? I dont like the idea of loading all eight as I dont want any extra rounds (blanks) popping off at an inopportune time. I thought about loading 5 duds in a 8 round clip and then just loading three blanks on top. I was thought KISS a long time ago and it still is the best. Thanks.