Great pic, Mark!!
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Quoted: I was reading it thinking "Jackass! What KIND of rifle". Then I got to the tiiing.
Lucky bastage. I want one, but havent fully convinced myself to spending 5-600 bucks for one yet.
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Same here, on both points!
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It is well worth it. The prices are only going to go up. Make it a birthday present to yourself. Thats what I did when I got mine.
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Yep, mine was a, well, uh, Thanksgiving present. Ya, that's what it was. Seriously, though there are still a few thousand greek M1's left at CMP, but they won't last forever. I had to have mine. A field grade was what I could afford. It's a good shooter. Throat and bore are good, but a fair amount of muzzle wear. The stock is a butt ugly, oil soaked, beaver chewed stick, but I'll keep it that way. All part of the charm. I've heard the "tingggg" in the movies, etc, but there was a certain magic in the 9+ lb heft of the rifle, the firm push of the 30.06 round, the authoritative boom, the tinggg, and the comments from on down the firing line: "What is that rifle?" "Oh ya, that's an M1 Garand!" (Gotta love those quad miked, amplified shooting muffs
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Not everyone appreciates the mystique of these old battle rifles, but for those of us who do, it can be alot of fun. I used to pass by the old stuff on the gun store racks as I headed for the new guns. Now it's the other way around!
Buy more ammo,
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