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Great video......The M1 also came in a shorter model they called an M1 tank, chambered in .308,it was made for the tank operators.....they are super rare (I've only seen 1 in my lifetime) and really fun to shoot also.....
I'm a retired Marine and I fired this weapon for eight years at ranges at 500 and 600 yard with the sights that are on the M1 Garand. Now you know what we did in the old days.
My father in law was a marine in Korea and that was his weapon of choice with open sights. Man could do things with that rifle most people couldn't with scopes.
Old rifles are gold My Eddie Stone Springfield makes me look better than I am. Also why don't they put peep sights on more weapons even the hooded front sight of my 30/30 Winchester has helped me.
Had the pleasure of shooting a couple of these a few years back that were owned by a Korean war veteran. One in 30-06 and the other in 308, He tricked the 308 out and used to shoot matches with it. I fired them both about a dozen times and was done! My shoulder couldn't take any more. I asked him "How the Hell did he and the guys tote them around all day and fire them for hours in battle?" He paused and said " when your being shot at and your buddies are dying you don't feel the recoil." My hats off to all them old war vets.. they were a much tougher generation.
That's what I realized after I got my M1, those men were cut from a different cloth. I work with my hands for a living and still felt like wimp trying to handle the loading.
The M1 Garand was never chambered in .308. The M1A which was the civilian version (strictly semi automatic) of the M14 (select fire) which came into service in the late 50's was chambered in .308.
Had to offer my best experience with the Garand. We had just gotten our battery of shots for a Gitmo exercise, all in the left arm BUT the tetanus in the right. We loaded up and headed to the range, to exhaust all munitions in 30-06 so we could get new issue. If I recall, it was at 500 yards, and the massive targets were still a small rectangle in those peeps. We qualified. After about 10 a.m. ( yea, ten hundred hours) that right shoulder began to hurt from the tetanus shot. I figure, by the time we were done, 500 to 700 rounds were what we ran. I'll admit, it got to were you just slammed in the clip and sent them downrange as quickly as you could. There were a lot of hot barrels there that day. I'll never forget that tetanus shot. The day was a grind, I've never been bitten by a Garand. We used Garands, WWII 1911's that were so battle worn the slides were sloppy. The Thompson's on full auto weren't for everyone.
@@coltsfan79 The navy commissioned .308 chambered M1 Garands, first with plug conversion then eventually barrel replacement. Forgotten weapons has an episode or two of these.
I have two. Have had them for over 35 years. One was a tribute to my Dad, Marine Raider, WWII. I made sure I got a Springfield receiver and a production date such that it would have been in the Pacific when my Dad was. I so loved shooting it just for myself, I got way into Garands. I am proud to say I now own My Garand as well: A Series II National Match with a muzzle at less than one and the same for the throat. It drives tacks at 300 yards, but my old eyes are about done at that range these days. So now I just take it out to introduce folks to The Garand that have never shot one just to see their reaction when they shoot one like you just did and get to experience what so many carried and fought with. How a semi-auto can be as accurate as a precision rifle blows my mind it is even more mind-blowing for the youngsters that shoot it. They see anything that isn't black and has wood as non-lethal. I let them think that until they shoot it!
My father carried one in WWII, I own one and I love it, the .30-06 is one of the best calibers around. Nice shooting, they were expected to be a 4 MOA rifle.
Years ago, I got an M1 through the CMP. It had been refurbished with a new barrel. Used to have an old quarry to shoot at with unlimited target opportunities out to 600 yards; soft ball size rocks exploding into dust clouds on command!
Fantastic rifles. Never owned, but shot several. Many US Servicemen put it through it's paces during dark times. I've never heard a GI/Marine (including my Father, several Uncles, and friends of my Father) who used one in WWII or Korea say a bad thing about them. Very reliable, accurate, and I'm guessing a lot of folks on the receiving end of one would never call it an "old fuddy duddy" round if they lived to tell.
The best way to load one if you are right handed is to make sure you jerk the bolt all the way back otherwise it will catch on the follower, hold the clip in your right hand with your thumb, index finger and middle finger then do a karate chop on the face of the bolt handle with your the bottom of your hand as you are inserting the clip while pushing down on the top of the clip with your thumb pointed out toward the end of the barrel. When you push it all the way down the bottom of your hand prevents the bolt from being released violently and even if it does it should just knock your thumb out of the way rather than smashing it as long as your thumb is pointed down range. Then you just follow and drive the bolt all the way home with the heel of your hand. Mine is old beat up clunker that saw service that I Inherited from my grandad. It still shoots great though. I took a lot of deer with it when I lived in Texas and later in California before deer hunting there pretty much became unaffordable and you practically need to take a lawyer out with you to help interpret all the goofy rules. The first deer I ever shot was with that rifle. I hit it right in the head too well over a hundred yards with the peep sights. That pissed my dad off because one I shot it right out from under him as he was sighting in on it with his scoped 22.250 just in time to watch it's head explode and it was a potential trophy buck that had nothing left intact to mount. " Sorry pops. There's an antler over there, the other is back this way and the scull fragments are all right here. We could get some super glue and maybe..." "Oh, just shut up boy and help with the carcass."
I absolutely love my M1 that was made in May of 44. I don't think it ever saw action given it's condition. I just guessed it was shipped out only to have the war end before it got deployed. People have gone to extremes with tracking info available for the M1's service history and many stayed deployed for decades. Most definitely an 11 on the cool factor for people who collect service weapons.
Don't know why but these are truly special rifles. Mine is quite old, made by International Harvester...the tractor company. It runs like a top and has beautiful machine work.
took an off the shelf random Garand from my father's collection to an NRA-sponsored Hi Power Service Rifle Match in Weeping Water, Nebraska, back in '99 or so....; although I had never even fired an M1 Garand before sighting in the rifle at 200 meters (which was it's standard zero with irons anyway with all hash marks centered), and perhaps 5-6 rounds on paper and a few clicks here and there (i think each click was just 1 MOA adjustment, so perhaps 2 clicks per inch at 200?), I managed a bronze medal in Unclassified shooters that day. Great rifles!
It's a little heavy by modern standards, and the rounds weigh more, but it hits hard and, if properly bedded, is capable of excellent accuracy. During its heyday, it was arguably the best rifle fielded by any army in the world, and would not be excessively out of place today.
It was originally designed to shoot a shorter length cartridge, but because the US had a massive supply of 30-06 ammo it was requested to be redesigned to shoot it.
That was another great vid and I have to say some pretty stylish shooting when you consider that you have never shot a Garrand before and the iron sights etc. Bravo 👏 👏👏
I got one made by Winchester from the CMP before prices went sky high. One of my best purchases. Just love to fire it. I look at the marks on the stock and wonder about the stories this rifle could tell.
Is this for real? That beautiful wooden stock looks like it could have been made yesterday! The gun helped win the war, it can't be too bad...the M1 Garand is legendary for good reason.
An American icon!!! Even today in limited circumstances the M 1 still has a place on the battlefield. You can damn well believe there are still some being used. Great vid as always!!!
For a combat rifle.... You've never shot before..... At 100..... Everyone of those would stop an enemy solider.....which was it's whole reason to exist
Would've gotten 2 in 1998, but day of qualifying (that)wife hadn't dressed for cooler range conditions, wussed out. A year later postman came with a package for me! Inside a arsenal reconditioned 1943 Winchester ! Beautiful condition! $200°°
I learned to shoot with one when I was 12/13 years old. I’m right-handed but I had to shoot it left-handed because my right arm was stronger than my left to hold it up. Later in life I found out I was left eye dominance so I still shoot rifles left-handed. Fun rifle to shoot.
Who tee who dang that’s a real treat shooting a peice of history my grandpa in south Italy 🇮🇹 stole few guns during war sold them to hunters ad they are like Barlow pocket knives real work horses. 👍🇮🇹🐾🦊🇬🇧
We fired at 200 300 and 500 yards The ones we shot in Boot Camp were well used. But I still shot Sharp Shooter. The M-1 has a soft spot in my heart!! USMC 1955-59
Dang, that is an elegant piece of firearm technology! Just beautiful! I love my M1A1 and my M1 Carbine. Just plain gorgeous! You MUST shoot it off hand and ride the recoil like a gentle swell in a rowboat! Lol
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Consistent sight picture makes all the difference. Modern optics are necessary for most but with time you could dial that bad boy in with those peeps. They are not inferior.
I bet you want one now! Super cool piece of history. Love shooting the M1 Garand. I used to shoot service rifle/CMP matches with those rifles. They’re surprisingly accurate for what they are. But much harder to shoot than modern AR rifles.
When you come across one snap it up! I’ve never regretted buying mine. Although any new owners out there stick to the service rifle loading, going with heavy loads can bend the op rod on these rifles especially the genuine articles. I stay at a standard 150gr loading after finding out the hard way what heavy loads can do to them.
I got my first one in 1988, and I'd say it's one of my favorites to shoot. I really appreciate old military rifles so keep'em coming. Have you done the M1A? Another of my favorites. My Pa swore the Garand was one of the primary reasons they kicked the shit out of the Germans during WW II, he spent 30 years in the Army and I never questioned his opinion on that or many other related issues.
2 - 3 MOA is the expected accuracy for a good Garand. The flyer was probably you, so the real group were the other 4 shots and they looked good. It's rare to get under 2 MOA accuracy with a Garand unless a LOT of work is put into it. That is a beautiful rifle, but I suspect it may be a reproduction. Either that, or someone had all of the metal refinished. Surplus Garands tend to have lots of wear on the finish and not very nice wood.
@@dmytro732 CMP used to just throw parts together to make a complete rifle... when did they get their house in order? I'll bet it was when Garands started going for a Grand. I remember way back when... CMP (DCM at that time) used to sell Garands for the government's original cost. I think it was right around $100
@@CplSkiUSMC $600-700 garands show up on their website occasionally. Currently out of stock. I think right now $1000 is the best they've got, but those are the nicer ones. (The cheaper ones have rougher, although still refinished, receivers)
@@georgewhitworth9742 An old friend of mine owns one in .308 Win. It was a new manufacture Springfield but they only made limited runs of them and had to be ordered well in advance. He got it in the early 2000s I believe. It was a sweet shooter. I used to have one that was a WWII manufacture Springfield, but I had to replace the barrel and bolt and a few other parts. I don't have it anymore because my son wanted it something fierce so now he has it.
My Great Grandfather was a WW2 vet. Apparently he had been allowed to keep all of his equipment after the war and put the guns behind a false wall in his old house. They all disappeared now though. My granny remembers when they had them but thinks one of her cousins probably took them and sold them. I'd have loved to have an M1 Garand and original 1911.
My first rifle, bought a 1942 vintage, armory rebuild out of a gun newspaper in 1982, paid $110 for it, the rifle was amazing, used to use it for 500 to 1000 yd distances, had a custom built side mounted Weaver scout mount put on it out in the Mojave desert. I noticed though you had to shoot on a somewhat temperate day, otherwise the ammo would kick like a mule.
I served with the M1 Garand in the Army. You are the first person on my phone in ages who pronounced "Garand" correctly. The field manual gives maximum effective range as five hundred yards. In live fire exercises, we were engaging targets at over a thousand yards.
Except he doesn't pronounce it correctly. According to the man himself, it rhymes with "errand" but with a hard G. So more properly like "GARE-und." Not "Guh-Rand"
@@ablejack3 : My drill sergeant said it's "GaRAND." He had more rank than I do. General George S. Patton, who outranked me (private E1 at the time), and my drill sergeant, also pronounced it GaRAND.
@@georgewhitworth9742 : If you ever wore the Army uniform, you would know there are 3 ways to do thing. The right way. The wrong way. The ARMY way. My drill sergeant pronounced it "GaRAND.":
I have what some people would call a sickness. I collect Garands and carbines. Super fun for deer hunting. BTW... Don't count the flyer. You had a good group going there.
One of the best firing weapons ever made. I own two of them, one is a Springfield and the other is a Winchester. I like the Winchester the best. Peep hole sights are fine to shoot, you just have to understand how they work and practice a little. All I have to say is……..,PING!
@@JamesWhite-tg4kw I actually shoot light loads for accuracy. Trajectories like a rainbow! It’s my understanding that light loads have less barrel harmonics. All I know is that they work for me.
You did fine job. Beautiful rifle there. 3006 in a semi! Sweet!!!!!!!! Have Rem. 03a3 that was spoterized way back when. It has a 2 groove barrel and is quite the shooter even with peeps. Old guns 🪨
I've had an M1 Garand since about 1986 30-06, I also have a sporterized Remington Springfield 30-06 with a 3-9 power Leupold Scope. I much prefer hunting in the west (Utah) with the M1. I've shot 3 Utah Moose (1 bull, 2 cows) and countless elk. Even a 3 hundred yard cow elk with the M1. I also don't feel it's very heavy. Being semiautomatic it has less recoil than my other -06 with a recoil pad.
The Garand is a fine rifle. I have shot mine at 550 yards. My club has an 18" gong out there and I was able to hit it pretty well with South Korean (KA headstamp) M1 Ball. I do reload for it which does produce tighter groups.
I had 11 M1's and have since thinned my inventory to the 3 best ones. I have one H. & R., one Springfield and a beauty of a Winchester. My favorite rifle. I also have M1A's and AR's but still prefer the Garands.
My brother has one and we love to shoot it and it hits dead center at 200 yards and we get 2 inch groups and alot of looks and smiles every time we go out. I knew you would get a blast out of shooting it . Glad you got your chance brother 🙂
My big bro' got a M1. He's taken it deer hunting and I was riding with him to the farm. I got a .270. I told him that we had to be careful and not get our ammo mixed up. He gave me that "WTF" look. Had to explain to the former Marine that .270 WILL fire in a .30-06. This from a former Army MekaNek! Turnin' wrenches wasn't the only thing that I was good at in the Army. But both of us drank enough beer to float a battleship. That, we agree upon.
I don't have an M1, but for my 17th birthday my Mom bought me an old sporterized Brazilian Mauser chambered in 30-06 for a deer rifle. From the research I have done it was made in Germany sometime during the 1930s as a 7mm and shipped to Brazil where it was re-chambered in 30-06. I've shot several other high powered rifles some of which were also 30-06, mine is hands down the best shooting gun I've ever fired and it's almost 100 years old! Ohhh yeah I almost forgot to mention. My Mom got it in a pawn shop for somewhere around $200. Such a great find!!!
This was a really really fun video full of fond memories. The first real rifle I learned to shoot with. Thanks for the memories WTW. By the way, good shooting.
Peep sights are the best. Haven't fired one in ages, but with a good solid prone position and a tight sling, and good ammo, I could get a group you could cover with a quarter. I wasn't impressed with the M14, and certainly not with today's Mattelamatics that look like toys. The M1 Garand is an honest to God battle rifle.
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Great video......The M1 also came in a shorter model they called an M1 tank, chambered in .308,it was made for the tank operators.....they are super rare (I've only seen 1 in my lifetime) and really fun to shoot also.....
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Peep sights make anyone a better shooter in short order.
If you're looking to shoot something real special I have a golden state arms hunting bing bang in 30/06 it is a rebarreled k98 Mauser and sporterized
I'm a retired Marine and I fired this weapon for eight years at ranges at 500 and 600 yard with the sights that are on the M1 Garand. Now you know what we did in the old days.
My father in law was a marine in Korea and that was his weapon of choice with open sights. Man could do things with that rifle most people couldn't with scopes.
I'm also a Marine...iron sights to 300- 500 yards no problem....I do love the advancement in optics though.
First rifle I ever fired
The Garand has probably the best irons put on a rifle.
Old rifles are gold
My Eddie Stone Springfield makes me look better than I am. Also why don't they put peep sights on more weapons even the hooded front sight of my 30/30 Winchester has helped me.
Had the pleasure of shooting a couple of these a few years back that were owned by a Korean war veteran. One in 30-06 and the other in 308, He tricked the 308 out and used to shoot matches with it. I fired them both about a dozen times and was done! My shoulder couldn't take any more. I asked him "How the Hell did he and the guys tote them around all day and fire them for hours in battle?" He paused and said " when your being shot at and your buddies are dying you don't feel the recoil." My hats off to all them old war vets.. they were a much tougher generation.
That's what I realized after I got my M1, those men were cut from a different cloth. I work with my hands for a living and still felt like wimp trying to handle the loading.
The M1 Garand was never chambered in .308. The M1A which was the civilian version (strictly semi automatic) of the M14 (select fire) which came into service in the late 50's was chambered in .308.
Had to offer my best experience with the Garand. We had just gotten our battery of shots for a Gitmo exercise, all in the left arm BUT the tetanus in the right. We loaded up and headed to the range, to exhaust all munitions in 30-06 so we could get new issue.
If I recall, it was at 500 yards, and the massive targets were still a small rectangle in those peeps.
We qualified.
After about 10 a.m. ( yea, ten hundred hours) that right shoulder began to hurt from the tetanus shot. I figure, by the time we were done, 500 to 700 rounds were what we ran.
I'll admit, it got to were you just slammed in the clip and sent them downrange as quickly as you could. There were a lot of hot barrels there that day. I'll never forget that tetanus shot.
The day was a grind, I've never been bitten by a Garand. We used Garands, WWII 1911's that were so battle worn the slides were sloppy. The Thompson's on full auto weren't for everyone.
@@coltsfan79 The navy commissioned .308 chambered M1 Garands, first with plug conversion then eventually barrel replacement. Forgotten weapons has an episode or two of these.
@@boogerdog5247 Thanks,, That's a good one.
I have two. Have had them for over 35 years. One was a tribute to my Dad, Marine Raider, WWII. I made sure I got a Springfield receiver and a production date such that it would have been in the Pacific when my Dad was. I so loved shooting it just for myself, I got way into Garands. I am proud to say I now own My Garand as well: A Series II National Match with a muzzle at less than one and the same for the throat. It drives tacks at 300 yards, but my old eyes are about done at that range these days. So now I just take it out to introduce folks to The Garand that have never shot one just to see their reaction when they shoot one like you just did and get to experience what so many carried and fought with. How a semi-auto can be as accurate as a precision rifle blows my mind it is even more mind-blowing for the youngsters that shoot it. They see anything that isn't black and has wood as non-lethal. I let them think that until they shoot it!
My father carried one in WWII, I own one and I love it, the .30-06 is one of the best calibers around. Nice shooting, they were expected to be a 4 MOA rifle.
Thank u 2 ur father 4 his service.
One of the best! Once did a group of 8 rounds at 100 yards less than 2" fast firing! Fantastic!
Years ago, I got an M1 through the CMP. It had been refurbished with a new barrel. Used to have an old quarry to shoot at with unlimited target opportunities out to 600 yards; soft ball size rocks exploding into dust clouds on command!
Fantastic rifles. Never owned, but shot several. Many US Servicemen put it through it's paces during dark times. I've never heard a GI/Marine (including my Father, several Uncles, and friends of my Father) who used one in WWII or Korea say a bad thing about them. Very reliable, accurate, and I'm guessing a lot of folks on the receiving end of one would never call it an "old fuddy duddy" round if they lived to tell.
I have 4 garands and really enjoy shooting them it’s amazing how accurate you can be with a peep site
Brought back memories. Way back in the day in basic that was what we qualified with with. Thanks for showing us.
Best sound ever is when the clip ejects and makes that metallic ping.
I think todays world withall the great rifle ammo we can choose from we tend to forget just how great the 30-06 was and still is
Our beloved 30 -06 isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Still in the top 5 for reloading and if not it's easily top 10!!
What a classic. Great sights, nice trigger, powerful cartridge and a great system for reloading. Looks pretty good too!
General George Patton said that the M1 Garand was the finest battle implement ever created.
my grandfather carried that in ww2 . he just died last year! I saw the very one he carried in the battle of the bulge !! never got to fire it !
The best way to load one if you are right handed is to make sure you jerk the bolt all the way back otherwise it will catch on the follower, hold the clip in your right hand with your thumb, index finger and middle finger then do a karate chop on the face of the bolt handle with your the bottom of your hand as you are inserting the clip while pushing down on the top of the clip with your thumb pointed out toward the end of the barrel. When you push it all the way down the bottom of your hand prevents the bolt from being released violently and even if it does it should just knock your thumb out of the way rather than smashing it as long as your thumb is pointed down range. Then you just follow and drive the bolt all the way home with the heel of your hand.
Mine is old beat up clunker that saw service that I Inherited from my grandad. It still shoots great though. I took a lot of deer with it when I lived in Texas and later in California before deer hunting there pretty much became unaffordable and you practically need to take a lawyer out with you to help interpret all the goofy rules. The first deer I ever shot was with that rifle. I hit it right in the head too well over a hundred yards with the peep sights. That pissed my dad off because one I shot it right out from under him as he was sighting in on it with his scoped 22.250 just in time to watch it's head explode and it was a potential trophy buck that had nothing left intact to mount. " Sorry pops. There's an antler over there, the other is back this way and the scull fragments are all right here. We could get some super glue and maybe..." "Oh, just shut up boy and help with the carcass."
My M-1 STILL does my talking. And always will.
One of my dad's favorite sayings.
R.I.P. dad.
Your M-1 carries on in my hands.
I absolutely love my M1 that was made in May of 44. I don't think it ever saw action given it's condition. I just guessed it was shipped out only to have the war end before it got deployed. People have gone to extremes with tracking info available for the M1's service history and many stayed deployed for decades. Most definitely an 11 on the cool factor for people who collect service weapons.
Don't know why but these are truly special rifles. Mine is quite old, made by International Harvester...the tractor company. It runs like a top and has beautiful machine work.
took an off the shelf random Garand from my father's collection to an NRA-sponsored Hi Power Service Rifle Match in Weeping Water, Nebraska, back in '99 or so....; although I had never even fired an M1 Garand before sighting in the rifle at 200 meters (which was it's standard zero with irons anyway with all hash marks centered), and perhaps 5-6 rounds on paper and a few clicks here and there (i think each click was just 1 MOA adjustment, so perhaps 2 clicks per inch at 200?), I managed a bronze medal in Unclassified shooters that day. Great rifles!
It's a little heavy by modern standards, and the rounds weigh more, but it hits hard and, if properly bedded, is capable of excellent accuracy. During its heyday, it was arguably the best rifle fielded by any army in the world, and would not be excessively out of place today.
I would not feel outgunned using mine in a pinch
Absolutely! I said the same thing about its use today. In limited circumstances it would be very effective on a battlefield today.
It was originally designed to shoot a shorter length cartridge, but because the US had a massive supply of 30-06 ammo it was requested to be redesigned to shoot it.
Love all your videos. My father-in-law has his dad's service rifle from ww11 felt very privileged to see it, let alone shoulder it! Beautiful rifle.
That was another great vid and I have to say some pretty stylish shooting when you consider that you have never shot a Garrand before and the iron sights etc. Bravo 👏 👏👏
I love my M1 Garand, amazing gun for hunting with a 3 round clip.
What a fun shooting gun. I fired my first one back in October of last year. Had a blast shooting it and loved the sound when it’s empty.
I got one made by Winchester from the CMP before prices went sky high. One of my best purchases. Just love to fire it. I look at the marks on the stock and wonder about the stories this rifle could tell.
Is this for real? That beautiful wooden stock looks like it could have been made yesterday! The gun helped win the war, it can't be too bad...the M1 Garand is legendary for good reason.
An American icon!!! Even today in limited circumstances the M 1 still has a place on the battlefield. You can damn well believe there are still some being used. Great vid as always!!!
Have been able to shoot a few over the years and own one, awesome weapon! The ping still brings a smile to my face! Thanks for sharing WTW!
For a combat rifle.... You've never shot before..... At 100..... Everyone of those would stop an enemy solider.....which was it's whole reason to exist
Would've gotten 2 in 1998, but day of qualifying (that)wife hadn't dressed for cooler range conditions, wussed out. A year later postman came with a package for me! Inside a arsenal reconditioned 1943 Winchester ! Beautiful condition! $200°°
I learned to shoot with one when I was 12/13 years old. I’m right-handed but I had to shoot it left-handed because my right arm was stronger than my left to hold it up. Later in life I found out I was left eye dominance so I still shoot rifles left-handed. Fun rifle to shoot.
It's crazy how rifles from WWII still shoot fine groups like that. They also are very corrosion resistant and easy to strip and work on.
Who tee who dang that’s a real treat shooting a peice of history my grandpa in south Italy 🇮🇹 stole few guns during war sold them to hunters ad they are like Barlow pocket knives real work horses. 👍🇮🇹🐾🦊🇬🇧
Nice example. Thanks for showing it in action.
Amazing running targets in the "pits" during qualifying! When those rounds hit 2X4's wood shrapnel flying like in a hurricane!
We fired at 200 300 and 500 yards The ones we shot in Boot Camp were well used. But I still shot Sharp Shooter. The M-1 has a soft spot in my heart!! USMC 1955-59
Dang, that is an elegant piece of firearm technology! Just beautiful! I love my M1A1 and my M1 Carbine. Just plain gorgeous! You MUST shoot it off hand and ride the recoil like a gentle swell in a rowboat! Lol
It’s a beautiful rifle. I used one in the navy when in boot camp. I carried it for miles of marching and then shooting practice.
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What a beauty Much respect to it and all the men that carried it for sure !!!!!! ( :
Consistent sight picture makes all the difference. Modern optics are necessary for most but with time you could dial that bad boy in with those peeps. They are not inferior.
I bet you want one now! Super cool piece of history. Love shooting the M1 Garand. I used to shoot service rifle/CMP matches with those rifles. They’re surprisingly accurate for what they are. But much harder to shoot than modern AR rifles.
Good to see some retro shooting today. Now if only ammo prices would come down.
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3006 is no joke. She's a good one.
Amazing rifle! Everyone should own an M1 and a 1911!
Have an M1A. Love it. I can easily ring steel at 300 yards with the irons.
When you come across one snap it up! I’ve never regretted buying mine. Although any new owners out there stick to the service rifle loading, going with heavy loads can bend the op rod on these rifles especially the genuine articles. I stay at a standard 150gr loading after finding out the hard way what heavy loads can do to them.
Somebody ought to start producing these again, like they do with M-1 carbines.
I got my first one in 1988, and I'd say it's one of my favorites to shoot. I really appreciate old military rifles so keep'em coming. Have you done the M1A? Another of my favorites. My Pa swore the Garand was one of the primary reasons they kicked the shit out of the Germans during WW II, he spent 30 years in the Army and I never questioned his opinion on that or many other related issues.
I have one and love. Got it 2 years ago from CMP. Great gun at a great price from them.
2 - 3 MOA is the expected accuracy for a good Garand. The flyer was probably you, so the real group were the other 4 shots and they looked good. It's rare to get under 2 MOA accuracy with a Garand unless a LOT of work is put into it. That is a beautiful rifle, but I suspect it may be a reproduction. Either that, or someone had all of the metal refinished. Surplus Garands tend to have lots of wear on the finish and not very nice wood.
The CMP garands usually have refinished receivers, new barrels, and sometimes also have new wood.
@@dmytro732 CMP used to just throw parts together to make a complete rifle... when did they get their house in order? I'll bet it was when Garands started going for a Grand. I remember way back when... CMP (DCM at that time) used to sell Garands for the government's original cost. I think it was right around $100
@@CplSkiUSMC $600-700 garands show up on their website occasionally. Currently out of stock. I think right now $1000 is the best they've got, but those are the nicer ones.
(The cheaper ones have rougher, although still refinished, receivers)
Fulton Armory offers special restoration services for M1 Garands, and don't think anyone made repro M1's.
@@georgewhitworth9742 An old friend of mine owns one in .308 Win. It was a new manufacture Springfield but they only made limited runs of them and had to be ordered well in advance. He got it in the early 2000s I believe. It was a sweet shooter. I used to have one that was a WWII manufacture Springfield, but I had to replace the barrel and bolt and a few other parts. I don't have it anymore because my son wanted it something fierce so now he has it.
My Great Grandfather was a WW2 vet. Apparently he had been allowed to keep all of his equipment after the war and put the guns behind a false wall in his old house. They all disappeared now though. My granny remembers when they had them but thinks one of her cousins probably took them and sold them. I'd have loved to have an M1 Garand and original 1911.
My first rifle, bought a 1942 vintage, armory rebuild out of a gun newspaper in 1982, paid $110 for it, the rifle was amazing, used to use it for 500 to 1000 yd distances, had a custom built side mounted Weaver scout mount put on it out in the Mojave desert. I noticed though you had to shoot on a somewhat temperate day, otherwise the ammo would kick like a mule.
This is my dream gun when I get older. My local gun shop had one in mint condition, used for 2700$ CAD. Sold out in a matter on only a couple hours.
You can probably get one still thru the CMP ( civilian marksmanship program)
I have one. It looks cool in the gun safe. Mine is just shot out everything is tired on it.
@@jimmieburleigh9549 yeah they usually get one at the gun shop every so often.
Does Canada have a CMP?
I wouldn’t count that flier. Seriously with peep sights. M1 Grand are awesome rifles. Nice 2” group
I served with the M1 Garand in the Army. You are the first person on my phone in ages who pronounced "Garand" correctly.
The field manual gives maximum effective range as five hundred yards.
In live fire exercises, we were engaging targets at over a thousand yards.
Except he doesn't pronounce it correctly. According to the man himself, it rhymes with "errand" but with a hard G. So more properly like "GARE-und." Not "Guh-Rand"
@@ablejack3 :
My drill sergeant said it's "GaRAND." He had more rank than I do.
General George S. Patton, who outranked me (private E1 at the time), and my drill sergeant, also pronounced it GaRAND.
@@andybreglia9431 Right, cause the very man himself pronouncing his own name isn't convincing enough for some fuddy reason.
@@georgewhitworth9742 :
If you ever wore the Army uniform, you would know there are 3 ways to do thing. The right way. The wrong way. The ARMY way. My drill sergeant pronounced it "GaRAND.":
@@andybreglia9431 your drill sarge was wrong. Its g-errand not GUHrand
I really enjoy Who Tee’s energy, its a calm low-key pure enthusiasm, by far the easiest gun enthusiast to watch on youtube
I have what some people would call a sickness. I collect Garands and carbines. Super fun for deer hunting. BTW... Don't count the flyer. You had a good group going there.
Been wanting a M1 Garand. Now I really want one. Thanks for all the great videos.
One of the best firing weapons ever made. I own two of them, one is a Springfield and the other is a Winchester. I like the Winchester the best. Peep hole sights are fine to shoot, you just have to understand how they work and practice a little. All I have to say is……..,PING!
I bought a Winchester from a guy in Texas this last fall haven't shot it much where do you buy your ammo.
@@JamesWhite-tg4kw everything I shoot thru M1s is reloads. If you check a lot of old reload books you can find quite a few highly accurate loads.
I'll look into that bearded tanker I know you don't want to shoot too hot of loads you may bend the operating rod
@@JamesWhite-tg4kw I actually shoot light loads for accuracy. Trajectories like a rainbow! It’s my understanding that light loads have less barrel harmonics. All I know is that they work for me.
You did fine job. Beautiful rifle there. 3006 in a semi! Sweet!!!!!!!!
Have Rem. 03a3 that was spoterized way back when. It has a 2 groove barrel and is quite the shooter even with peeps.
Old guns 🪨
I've had an M1 Garand since about 1986 30-06, I also have a sporterized Remington Springfield 30-06 with a 3-9 power Leupold Scope. I much prefer hunting in the west (Utah) with the M1. I've shot 3 Utah Moose (1 bull, 2 cows) and countless elk. Even a 3 hundred yard cow elk with the M1. I also don't feel it's very heavy. Being semiautomatic it has less recoil than my other -06 with a recoil pad.
Nice shooting for the first time picking it up
Great Service Rifle and I wasn't expecting you doing M1 Garand shooting Video
Have a Good Day, sir
Classic timeless beauty. What a great looking example of the M1 Garand
The Garand is a fine rifle. I have shot mine at 550 yards. My club has an 18" gong out there and I was able to hit it pretty well with South Korean (KA headstamp) M1 Ball. I do reload for it which does produce tighter groups.
I had 11 M1's and have since thinned my inventory to the 3 best ones. I have one H. & R., one Springfield and a beauty of a Winchester. My favorite rifle. I also have M1A's and AR's but still prefer the Garands.
The M1 is abit like our aussie made lithgow .303, its a patriot thing to have one
My brother has one and we love to shoot it and it hits dead center at 200 yards and we get 2 inch groups and alot of looks and smiles every time we go out. I knew you would get a blast out of shooting it . Glad you got your chance brother 🙂
Thanks brother it means a lot from a good man like you keep up the good work and keep on shooting and smiling 😃 👍
Thanks for watching John!
WAY more fun shooting a Garand off hand. If I can hit a 12" gong at 100 yards all of the time or most the time I'm happy with that.
That rifle is in perfect condition! Soooo beautiful!🥰
Beautiful rifle and guuud chootin!
"In my opinion, the M1 is the greatest battle implement ever devised."- General George Patton. The Garand offered superior fire power in WW II.
My buddy has one of these. Fantastic rifles. Really cool video, WTW!
Classic firearms had them in stock and up for sale
👍😊 that’s some nice looking wood on that M1 . Your right about one thing there’s no comparison to a mini-14 but an M-14 is a different story.
O boy , I'm jelly . Always wanted one and now that you can get the new ping on demand ones . I really want one
That's a nice one ! Good shooting WTW, Thanks to Randy for letting you show it off.
Welcome Charles
Awesome. There's nothing like a garand. 👍
My big bro' got a M1. He's taken it deer hunting and I was riding with him to the farm. I got a .270. I told him that we had to be careful and not get our ammo mixed up. He gave me that "WTF" look. Had to explain to the former Marine that .270 WILL fire in a .30-06. This from a former Army MekaNek! Turnin' wrenches wasn't the only thing that I was good at in the Army. But both of us drank enough beer to float a battleship. That, we agree upon.
I don't have an M1, but for my 17th birthday my Mom bought me an old sporterized Brazilian Mauser chambered in 30-06 for a deer rifle. From the research I have done it was made in Germany sometime during the 1930s as a 7mm and shipped to Brazil where it was re-chambered in 30-06. I've shot several other high powered rifles some of which were also 30-06, mine is hands down the best shooting gun I've ever fired and it's almost 100 years old! Ohhh yeah I almost forgot to mention. My Mom got it in a pawn shop for somewhere around $200. Such a great find!!!
General Patton quote in a letter : In my opinion the M-1 Rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised .
This was a really really fun video full of fond memories. The first real rifle I learned to shoot with. Thanks for the memories WTW. By the way, good shooting.
Peep sights are the best. Haven't fired one in ages, but with a good solid prone position and a tight sling, and good ammo, I could get a group you could cover with a quarter.
I wasn't impressed with the M14, and certainly not with today's Mattelamatics that look like toys. The M1 Garand is an honest to God battle rifle.
looks like it kicks pretty hard. 30 06 baby!
I used to have one. they make any ar or ak look like child's play
I love the M1 . Great rifle . Never got to own one bit have done flinging with a few and I'd buy one in a second if I could
I had one for about 10 years shot it at 100 yards shooting at a pistol target with peep sights and a rest shot well.
Awesome video! Glad to see you growing this channel, nice job!
I want one! I want a Springfield M1a. Too. Lol. But... I have a yugo SKS. And man it's fun shootin cheap steel case.
I love M1.s I qualifyed every year in the Marine Corps at 200 300 & 500 yards. great video thanks
Dang, thats a nice boom stick bro! Im jealous!
That is a very nice looking rifle and I should have never solded the one I had down in Louisiana in 1993.........
Always wanted one. Will have the budget one of these days
The first weapon I was issued. After which to the carbine.
Sure brings back memories.
With practice you would love the peep sights.
That’s on my list, would love to have one.
That's a beautiful rifle.
The M1 Grand is a proshision rifle. Still used at Camp Parry