M1-can save your life ; Motorcycle -can take your life
Hey all,
I still have my first Triumph, a 1974 750 Trident that I bought brand new. I also have a 1975 Norton 850 Commando in museum quality condition. They are both a blast for about an hour. I also have a screw and a wire in my elbow from the time I violated the basic law of physics and motorcycles; which states: if you go faster than the motorcycle (even by 1/2 a mile per hour) you will pass it (generally over the handlebars). I also have a number of other scars from almost 40 years of riding and most of them weren't my fault.
I am also the proud owner of a 1944 Springfield M1, as issued, original and absolutely fresh right out of the time capsule without so much as a scratch on her. The only difference between now and its issue date is that now the park is greenish, probably from cosmoline. This rifle is beautiful. At 60 years old I can hit the 18"x24" plate at 500 yards with iron sites, standing, with mil-surplus ammo, 8 out of 8, every day, all day. That is not a boast, boys the rifle shoots better than I do and it is the classic battle rifle of the twentieth century, and when they're straight, they all shoot that way.
Son, motorcycles are about looking cool; the M1 is about being cool right down to the bone.
You are a College Grad now; be smart take the M1.
Cheers,
Cam