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Posted: 7/20/2007 1:15:08 PM EDT
| Alrighty, i am entertaining the idea of using my Garand for hunting Moose and Elk and big stuff. So i will need a few 5 round clips. Question is, are these just as reliable as the 8rounders? Thanks. |
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I got some 'reversible' clips from here: www.m1garand.com You can load 5 rounds on one side or flip it over and load 2 on the other. A lot of competitors use them especially for the rapid fire where you have to shoot 10 rounds. 8 then a relaod of 2 vice 5 then a reload of 5 - that way if something goes wrong during the relaod, you will have at least 8 shots scored. Beyond the scope of your original question, I know.  Anyway, one thing I noticed is that with the 8 round clips, the bottom round is responsible for releasing the bolt. With less than 8 you have to help it a bit. With the thumb pressing down on the clip and the pinky in contact with the charging handle, apply some rearward force to the handle to disengage the bolt and let it slide forward. Takes a bit of practice, but it's actually easier to do than it is to explain. |
You've got that backwards. In NRA or CMP matches, the rapid fire sequence (for Service Rifle) is the two rounds and then the eight rounds. Local matches can do whatever they want. |
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I've got an agressive engineering 5 round clip coming in, for possible hunting as well.. I've used the 2 round clips before with borrowed Garands during Service Rifle matches years ago and they worked just fine (as mentioned above, 2 rounds, then full 8 rd clip). |
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I'm not trying to hijack this thread. I see a need for a 5 round clip for hunting , but why would you need a 2 round clip for competition. When I shot Highpower with Garands, we only used 8 round clips and we never had any problem. Maybe I'm just too old fashion or just too old. 
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Maybe you never had a problem; but, lots of others have. I've shot competition Service Rifle since 1973 (military then as a civilian), and one of the standard reasons for "Not Ready on the Firing Line" commands was due to someone with an M-1 still fumbling with the two round load for a rapid fire string. The standard reply to the not ready command was: "Another guy with an M-1". |
I agree with you about some shooters having problems with loading 2 round for a rapid fire string. That's why I always say, "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE". I shot Service Rifle for a number of years. I started with an M1, switched to an M1A then to a mousegun. The last year I shot Camp Perry, I went back to an M1 built by Mac McCoy in 308. I shot my best scores that year. My scorer told me that it was so funny watching the other shooters react to the "ping" sound of my enbloc ejecting after shooting the first 2 rounds. It was very rare to see somebody shooting an M1 during NRA week. I have to confess though that I did use a single round loader. That single loader is godsend for offhand and slow fire prone. 
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