What are these clips from? see photo.

[Big_Willy]

I was given a M 1903 Springfield from WWII from a family member and he threw these in the bag as well.

I'm quite certain these are not for the Springfield. LOL
Looks like 30.06 to me but I have none to compare.
Are these for a M1 Garand?
They hold 10 rounds, and for some reason these are loaded with blanks.

Is this what makes that PING! when emptied?

I obviously know nothing about these guns, although that will soon change.
let the learning begin.
Thanks.

Big Willy

 

[Brian Williams]

Yep the Ping causer, OBTW they only hold 8, for a Garand





Deep down the questioner in me is saying, if the Hook of the Velcro makes 82% of the noise while ripping Velco apart, what really does cause the Ping when the clip empties.

 

[SnakeEater]

They are definately not for a Garand, the Garand has an 8rd capacity.

 

[Gewehr98]

They are most definitely for an M1 Garand!

Look at the picture. It's holding 8 .30-06 blank cartridges, and I'll guarantee 2 more rounds won't fit. The author of the thread used both hands to count, but messed up and counted his thumbs, too.

Why are they loaded with blanks? Because an Honor Guard unit, most likely USAF, loaded them for a firing party, as a salute at a funeral or other ceremony requiring that type of solemn detail.

 

[nbkky71]

The M1 chambered in .276 caliber held 10 rounds.

 

[Big_Willy]

I can't count

Your right, it is eight as plainly seen in the photo.
My ex-father in-law kept saying "ten shot clip" and I guess it stuck. I never really looked too hard at them till you said something.

I always end up looking like an ass for some reason.. Ha Ha

Thanks guys.

Big Willy

 

[SnakeEater]

Throw my name in the hat of dummies who didn't bother counting.....:banghead:

 

[Gatofeo]

Nbkky71 is right. A very few of the clips were 10-shot and made for the Garand's original .276 Pedersen caliber.
The .276 Pedersen was experimented with by the U.S. Army from 1923 to 1932, for use in the Pedersen autoloading rifle.
John Garand created his rifle to use the .276 Pedersen cartridge. Then Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped in.
He was Army Chief of Staff at the time and proclaimed that the U.S. had too much surplus .30-06 (or "Caliber .30" if you wish) in vast stores for the Army to adopt another caliber.
The .276 Pedersen project was dropped, but not the Garand. John Garand revamped his rifle for the .30-06 cartridge and the rest is history.
It's a tribute to Garand's genius that when the caliber was switched, the rifle worked just fine.
Frankly, I think MacArthur was absolutely right. We had billions of .30-06 rounds in storage, for the U.S. military, and now suddenly we're going to adopt a different rifle round?
It would have been a quartermaster's nightmare!
And what about all the .30 caliber machine guns? Would those have been rebarreled to .276 Pedersen too, or kept as .30 caliber?
If the U.S. had switched over to .276 Pedersen, it would have had vast shortages of ammunition for the first couple of years of World War II.
I'm not a fan of MacArthur but in this instance he did something right.

 

[mustanger98]

Deep down the questioner in me is saying, if the Hook of the Velcro makes 82% of the noise while ripping Velco apart, what really does cause the Ping when the clip empties.

Well, just look at the process from start to finish from bolt hold-open through, clip latch release to the clip clearing the action. The sides of the clip may be contacting the follower on its way up/out. The clip latch may be slightly dragging the side of the clip as it releases and the clip ejector spring starts the clip upward. Or both. Or neither. I'll have to get my Garand out and look further into this.

 

[Infidel]

.... what really does cause the Ping when the clip empties.

Well, .... I'll have to get my Garand out and look further into this.

I think that the Ping spring does it.

By the way, when I first read the first post, I counted the rounds in the clip in the picture. I counted 10. The power of suggestion.

 

[rustymaggot]

Throw my name in the hat of dummies who didn't bother counting.....:banghead:

ever read andromeda strain? there was a similar thing in the book when scientists miscounted the somthing in a chromosome or somthing and for years it was wrong cause no one bothered to actually count. then someone came along and said different and people thought he was nuts, but the proof was there.

things like this happen.

 

[Paradiddle]

Called an En Bloc clip. From an M1 Garand as stated.

From my memory of the Duff book they got the word "clip" from these (not the actual word, but you know what I mean )

 

[Hacker15E]

I was given a M 1903 Springfield from WWII from a family member

Well, howzabout a photo of the '03?!

 

[Big_Willy]

Well, howzabout a photo of the '03?!

Here are the the pics of the 03 as requested.







It turns out I will never shoot this gun, thanks to some good info from DMK, (senior member) I found out that this "03" is 99 years old and I'm sure it was poorly heat treated. Yep 1907 was the date of manufacture; although the bayonet came from a different gun I've been told. I'd say it looks good for its age.

Keep in mind I have not tried to clean it all at this point, it's pretty dirty.

Here are the .308's to be posted in selling/trading forum soon.



Big Willy ....OUT

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