My friend and I made our annual Christmas day trip to the range yesterday, bringing several new peices including an M1-D Garand and a Norinco M1A. I brought my favorite little "tanker" Enfield #4mk2 carbine.
I had never fired a Garand before, and we shot the new one both with and without the scope, and I was pretty pleased with the rifle. the recoil wasn't as bad as I'd been told to expect, and it was decently accurate with the GI surplus ammo we had for it. Easy to see why this rifle is a favorite of so many people.
I think getting used to the offset scope of the M1-D will make quite a difference in the accuracy there. The M1A was also fun to shoot, but again the scope was unusual and took some getting used to. The accuracy was pretty good both with the scope and iron sights.
The Enfield was as always fun to shoot, hitting everything out to 100 yards and beyond. It's my fun gun, and I shoot it pretty well because I shoot it quite a bit.
All in all a good time was had by all, the Garand had one 8-round clip that didn't want to stay in the action and bound things up temporarily , but no other malfunctions. Nothing else had any malfunctions.
We only went through a few hundred rounds, it was only 16 degrees(F) outside and we reloaded mags in the truck to thaw out!
The range owner also dropped by, he's recently been diagnosed with lymph cancer and is going through chemotherapy and all that goes with it, so it was good to see him out and about, if only for a minute or two. We're all hoping he beats it, he's one of the good ones and there ain't that many good ones left nowadays.
Best wishes to all and Happy Holidays!
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With my shield or on it...
I had never fired a Garand before, and we shot the new one both with and without the scope, and I was pretty pleased with the rifle. the recoil wasn't as bad as I'd been told to expect, and it was decently accurate with the GI surplus ammo we had for it. Easy to see why this rifle is a favorite of so many people.
I think getting used to the offset scope of the M1-D will make quite a difference in the accuracy there. The M1A was also fun to shoot, but again the scope was unusual and took some getting used to. The accuracy was pretty good both with the scope and iron sights.
The Enfield was as always fun to shoot, hitting everything out to 100 yards and beyond. It's my fun gun, and I shoot it pretty well because I shoot it quite a bit.
All in all a good time was had by all, the Garand had one 8-round clip that didn't want to stay in the action and bound things up temporarily , but no other malfunctions. Nothing else had any malfunctions.
We only went through a few hundred rounds, it was only 16 degrees(F) outside and we reloaded mags in the truck to thaw out!
The range owner also dropped by, he's recently been diagnosed with lymph cancer and is going through chemotherapy and all that goes with it, so it was good to see him out and about, if only for a minute or two. We're all hoping he beats it, he's one of the good ones and there ain't that many good ones left nowadays.
Best wishes to all and Happy Holidays!
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With my shield or on it...