BluedRevolver
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I heard a guy in the gun store the other day talking about how he uses a tanker Garand for home defense. He said he uses reduced power loads with fast expanding bullets and that the penetration isn't much more than comparable self defense hand gun bullets. He also said he lives out in the country.
Got me thinking... would an M1 Garand tanker (18" bbl) really outdated as a rifle for "Self Defense" applications such as home defense, property defense, "Katrina" scenarios, and a truck gun? A lot of people have 10rd SKS's as their "go to" rifle. The SKS is decently heavy and long and only holds 2 more rounds with stock mags.
Sure, an AR15 might be more practical, but wouldn't 8 rounds of low penetrating 30-06 in a 18" barreled Garand be a pretty good "go to" rifle?
EDIT: The guy said his loads were 150 grain JHP's going 2600 fps. He said he had over 1k rounds reliably through the rifle with these loads, apparently thanks to some gas adjustment thing. (Honestly, the guy could be full of BS for all I know, but it's interesting nonetheless.)
Got me thinking... would an M1 Garand tanker (18" bbl) really outdated as a rifle for "Self Defense" applications such as home defense, property defense, "Katrina" scenarios, and a truck gun? A lot of people have 10rd SKS's as their "go to" rifle. The SKS is decently heavy and long and only holds 2 more rounds with stock mags.
Sure, an AR15 might be more practical, but wouldn't 8 rounds of low penetrating 30-06 in a 18" barreled Garand be a pretty good "go to" rifle?
EDIT: The guy said his loads were 150 grain JHP's going 2600 fps. He said he had over 1k rounds reliably through the rifle with these loads, apparently thanks to some gas adjustment thing. (Honestly, the guy could be full of BS for all I know, but it's interesting nonetheless.)
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