The M1 Garand

Lt. Winters · 01-12-2005, 10:01 PM

Are you guys into the M1 Garand cause jeesus I am, how cool is it how we can fire off 8 rounds of .30-06 at the enemy while there working the bolt on there arisaka

Bryan · 01-12-2005, 11:50 PM

the gun that won the war, so they say

spidge · 02-12-2005, 12:31 AM

Welome to the forum Lt. Winters.

Good to see another Aussie front and centre.

You will enjoy it here.

GarandGuy · 02-12-2005, 02:52 AM

Winters, you are talking to THE M1 nut here! I have 5 of them. I shoot all of them except two. The ones I do shoot are an August 1942 Springfield manufactured M1, a January 1945 Springfield, and an August 1944 Winchester. The two I don't shoot are a matching (no parts were replaced since manufacture) unfired July 1944 Springfield, and a 1952 M1D sniper model with M84 telescopic sight, so yeah you could say I'm into the M1.

mattgibbs · 02-12-2005, 04:11 AM

GarandGuy;
I am researching the Norwegian Resistance who were supplied at various times by the OSS. I have seen photos of a gun looking very like the M1 but with a folding stock, would you happen to have a closer up picture of one? I have not had chance to handle one of this type, just the regular wartime version.
Kind regards
MG

Reverend Bob · 02-12-2005, 04:31 AM

G'Day Winters!!

I had an M1 in Queensland, but had to turn it in in the '97 buy back for $850 AU. Without flogging the Gun Control issue here, I must say it's a shame so very many people can't get a chance to burn some powder in a weapon like the M1 or any of the Classics outside of the U.S.

GarandGuy, I cut myself off at five as well, with two in as issued condition that I don't Shoot.

MG, You might be looking at an M1A1 Carbine with the folding stock if it's a WW2 Photo.

Cheers
Bob

Lt. Winters · 02-12-2005, 05:34 AM

It mighta been but the M1A1 was only supplied to the paratroopers am I right.. Im not sure since im 12 but i thought i read it somewhere

Lt. Winters · 02-12-2005, 05:55 AM

Does anyone here no if a M1 Garand .30 can be fitted with a bayonet because there was a bit of dispute in the last forum I was at.. Im pretty sure they can be though. The more I think about it the more I am sure actually... as it is "The greatest battle implement ever devised". wat would we do without patton

marcus · 02-12-2005, 06:51 AM

i am knew to this what the hell is a M1 Garand can someone give me a lesson

Lt. Winters · 02-12-2005, 06:58 AM

The M1 Garand was manufactured in 1934 by Doctor John Garand Ironic eh? Yeah well its a .30 semi auto rifle with the capacity to fire off 8 rounds per clip, really the only downside is that you cant reload easily during a clip so you have to fire the whole thing off

its 8 pounds and was widely used in the second world war and korea, well hope that gave you some help ww2 freak

Cya round, Lt. Winters Easy Company lol

01-12-2005, 10:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lt. Winters Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 80	Are you guys into the M1 Garand cause jeesus I am, how cool is it how we can fire off 8 rounds of .30-06 at the enemy while there working the bolt on there arisaka __________________ "If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves." Joseph Stalin "History shows that there are no invincible armies." Joseph Stalin

02-12-2005, 12:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,047	Welome to the forum Lt. Winters. Good to see another Aussie front and centre. You will enjoy it here. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

02-12-2005, 04:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
mattgibbs Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 141	GarandGuy; I am researching the Norwegian Resistance who were supplied at various times by the OSS. I have seen photos of a gun looking very like the M1 but with a folding stock, would you happen to have a closer up picture of one? I have not had chance to handle one of this type, just the regular wartime version. Kind regards MG __________________ The enemy invariably attacks on one of two occasions: 1. When he is ready. 2. When you are not.

02-12-2005, 05:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
Lt. Winters Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 80	It mighta been but the M1A1 was only supplied to the paratroopers am I right.. Im not sure since im 12 but i thought i read it somewhere __________________ "If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves." Joseph Stalin "History shows that there are no invincible armies." Joseph Stalin

02-12-2005, 05:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
Lt. Winters Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 80	Does anyone here no if a M1 Garand .30 can be fitted with a bayonet because there was a bit of dispute in the last forum I was at.. Im pretty sure they can be though. The more I think about it the more I am sure actually... as it is "The greatest battle implement ever devised". wat would we do without patton __________________ "If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves." Joseph Stalin "History shows that there are no invincible armies." Joseph Stalin

01-12-2005, 11:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bryan Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13	the gun that won the war, so they say

02-12-2005, 02:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
GarandGuy Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 64	Winters, you are talking to THE M1 nut here! I have 5 of them. I shoot all of them except two. The ones I do shoot are an August 1942 Springfield manufactured M1, a January 1945 Springfield, and an August 1944 Winchester. The two I don't shoot are a matching (no parts were replaced since manufacture) unfired July 1944 Springfield, and a 1952 M1D sniper model with M84 telescopic sight, so yeah you could say I'm into the M1.

02-12-2005, 04:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
Reverend Bob Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: California Posts: 105	G'Day Winters!! I had an M1 in Queensland, but had to turn it in in the '97 buy back for $850 AU. Without flogging the Gun Control issue here, I must say it's a shame so very many people can't get a chance to burn some powder in a weapon like the M1 or any of the Classics outside of the U.S. GarandGuy, I cut myself off at five as well, with two in as issued condition that I don't Shoot. MG, You might be looking at an M1A1 Carbine with the folding stock if it's a WW2 Photo. Cheers Bob

02-12-2005, 06:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
marcus Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	i am knew to this what the hell is a M1 Garand can someone give me a lesson

02-12-2005, 06:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
Lt. Winters Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 80	The M1 Garand was manufactured in 1934 by Doctor John Garand Ironic eh? Yeah well its a .30 semi auto rifle with the capacity to fire off 8 rounds per clip, really the only downside is that you cant reload easily during a clip so you have to fire the whole thing off its 8 pounds and was widely used in the second world war and korea, well hope that gave you some help ww2 freak Cya round, Lt. Winters Easy Company lol __________________ "If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves." Joseph Stalin "History shows that there are no invincible armies." Joseph Stalin

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