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Originally Posted by Hufflepuff
PS: The stories about the 'ping' are as told by WWII vets themselves.
And the Garand can be manually reloaded, as you said, but it takes time and you wouldn't want to do it with bullets whizzing by your head.
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Um every vet I know loved his Garand. After the ping it only takes a second to have eight more in. This was always done in a fight.
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Originally Posted by ValkyrieKatrina
typically, most infantry encounters take place at 100 yards or less, a decently sighted in rifle like the garand is good out to at least 500 yards. yes, the 'chinging' sound is a minus here but so is working a bolt if your enemy happens to be close. compromise is the key here: the garand works close and far. at longer ranges than are considered combat range, a scoped sniper type weapon is called for. I would have tried to get my hands on an mp-44 assault rifle. 30 rounds of gently recoiling 7.93mm would be comforting to have at ones disposal  |
Ah the advent of the assault rifle....
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Originally Posted by Rommel25
for long range I would choose the Kar98 because of the power and better range than the M1.
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Bah! If it is within 600 meters and you can shoot well enough the M1 is your buddy. Now if we want to talk sniping find another thread. Power, if you get hit by any 30-6 round you are going to be hurting.
Who was asking for a detachable mag???? Come on please. Eight is enough. The stripper clip works well for eight to ten rounds and this is enough for anything less than full auto.
M1 FTW.