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16. Not just the "baggers".
It's one of the greatest battlefield firearms of all time.

I have 3 myself... two of which I put together at home from parts kits.

Pros...

It's an ingenious, elegant, simple design (Ok... so it can be claimed that the Germans came up with it first).

Reliable... easy to disassemble and maintain... parts are readily available.

Spare magazines are plentiful and inexpensive (75 and 100 round drum mags are also available).

Up until a few years ago, ammo was also plentiful and inexpensive (1,000 rounds for under $100.00)

Cons...

not very accurate (crap beyond 200 meters), 7.62x39 is underpowered for a .30 caliber round (since replaced by 5.45x39).

Every gun owner should own at least one. :smoke:
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  -Bills pending to return M1's to US -- write your congressperson mistertrickster  Dec-06-11 03:19 PM   #0 
  - Tester rocks!!!  -..__...   Dec-06-11 03:26 PM   #1 
  - The Kitty would look a lot better  burf   Dec-06-11 03:28 PM   #4 
  - CarbineKitty?  -..__...   Dec-06-11 03:49 PM   #7 
  - That brings up a good point:  formercia   Dec-06-11 05:06 PM   #13 
     - good question  gejohnston   Dec-06-11 05:45 PM   #14 
     - Its also not very  burf   Dec-06-11 06:08 PM   #15 
     - Exactly. I don't own one but I am considering buying one. (n/t)  spin   Dec-06-11 06:34 PM   #18 
     - Not just the "baggers".  -..__...   Dec-06-11 06:13 PM   #16 
     - Because:  ObamaFTW2012   Dec-06-11 09:13 PM   #25 
     - There is a word you have missed....  PavePusher   Dec-06-11 11:39 PM   #27 
     - I own one.  Atypical Liberal   Dec-07-11 11:31 AM   #34 
  - It's nice that Dems are also backing this pro-gun bill. See, Congress CAN work together. nt  mistertrickster   Dec-06-11 03:37 PM   #6 
  - Edit: you updated the most to make it more accurate.  TheWraith   Dec-06-11 03:27 PM   #2 
  - I don't know what condition they're in....  ileus   Dec-06-11 03:27 PM   #3 
  - I hear all kinds of rumors but nobody seems to have any specific info, that I know of.  mistertrickster   Dec-06-11 03:35 PM   #5 
  - Okay, I'll bite: Why did the State Dept. quash reimportation in the first place? nt  SteveM   Dec-06-11 03:59 PM   #8 
  - See the youtube vid--Tester (D-Mont) says that the State Dept  mistertrickster   Dec-06-11 04:06 PM   #9 
     - Somehow...  We_Have_A_Problem   Dec-06-11 04:28 PM   #10 
     - I'm sure there are lots of gang drive-bys with Garands... somewhere?  DonP   Dec-06-11 04:34 PM   #11 
     - Itsn't it a little hard on the thumbs  burf   Dec-06-11 06:19 PM   #17 
        - Sure, you can get "Garand thumb"  Callisto32   Dec-07-11 07:28 AM   #28 
     - "Illicit?" A 10 lb. rifle with more wood than a 50s jukebox?  SteveM   Dec-06-11 04:49 PM   #12 
     - They've got a great feel to them. 8 lbs plus would give you a steady  mistertrickster   Dec-06-11 07:14 PM   #19 
        - You can always recrown.  Callisto32   Dec-07-11 07:36 AM   #29 
        - I agree. The barrel is from the 60's anyway.  mistertrickster   Dec-07-11 11:08 AM   #30 
           - And when you find one it is generally shot out, and expensive!  oneshooter   Dec-07-11 11:40 AM   #35 
        - I figured out a way to clean barrels which cannot be reached by breech...  SteveM   Dec-07-11 03:18 PM   #36 
           - That is an excellent idea! Will use that technique from here on out. nt  mistertrickster   Dec-07-11 03:31 PM   #37 
           - The easiest way to clean the bore of a M1 Garand  oneshooter   Dec-07-11 04:53 PM   #38 
              - Ah ha! That's apparently what happened to mine . . . although it's not worn out yet.  mistertrickster   Dec-07-11 07:52 PM   #39 
                 - No problem. I have been working on and shooting M1's for the last 10 years. n/t  oneshooter   Dec-07-11 09:44 PM   #41 
     - Doubt Springfield has that much clout  one-eyed fat man   Dec-06-11 08:31 PM   #23 
        - Interesting info . . . thanks for that. nt  mistertrickster   Dec-07-11 11:14 AM   #31 
  - I've got a couple of repatriated Greek M1 Garands  rl6214   Dec-06-11 07:22 PM   #20 
  - I only have 1 "Service Grade", from the CMP.  -..__...   Dec-06-11 07:32 PM   #22 
  - 2 Garands and 1 Carbine in my rack  DonP   Dec-06-11 10:33 PM   #26 
     - REALLY? I didn't know you could track them by serial number.  mistertrickster   Dec-07-11 11:17 AM   #32 
     - You'll probably have to do some digging on the CMP site  DonP   Dec-08-11 06:05 PM   #48 
     - I bought mine from a Korean vet and it had already been restocked and rebarrelled.  mistertrickster   Dec-07-11 11:21 AM   #33 
  - Oo oo! I'll adopt one or two!  Dragonbreathp9d   Dec-06-11 07:26 PM   #21 
  - Wrote my congresscritter...  BiggJawn   Dec-06-11 09:02 PM   #24 
  - There's a program on the Outdoor Channel right now  burf   Dec-07-11 09:03 PM   #40 
  - I'd rather buy an AR chambered in .308  OneTenthofOnePercent   Dec-07-11 10:24 PM   #42 
     - Sure . . . it's a good rifle, probably more advanced. But it didn't whip the Nazis, did it (heh)  mistertrickster   Dec-08-11 09:37 AM   #43 
        - Don't sell the bolt action short  one-eyed fat man   Dec-08-11 10:02 AM   #44 
           - A few mad minute examples.  oneshooter   Dec-08-11 11:05 AM   #45 
           - Spray and pray  one-eyed fat man   Dec-08-11 04:11 PM   #46 
           - I have a number of bolt-action rifles too, and they're great.  mistertrickster   Dec-08-11 05:52 PM   #47 
 

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