Cobra 76 two 2,677 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Had a great weekend shooting a few pieces of history with friends. If ya got a favorite Garand experience please share! Good times... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jojo200517 68 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Nice gun, Its absolutely on my gotta have one list ever since I shot a friends. What no garand thumb pics? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 76 two 2,677 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 What you mean this little ol thing? Nahhh J/K, fortunately I'm pretty good at keeping my thumb out of that type of danger...lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arik 565 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I owned one for a short time about 2 years ago. It was a H&R made. Seemed like at one point it was used as a training rifle and the previous owner stained over it so it wouldnt look like shit but if you held it at right angle in the light you could still make out the #s. Anyhow, I managed to score 6 tins of Greek 3006 along with some loose boxes and 2 smaller ammo cans of the same stuff. All in all I had about 2500 rounds. Cost me about $500 + the Garand was about $600. First time out at the range I realized I forgot to bring targets! Duh!! My friend drew a circle about the size of a clay pigeon, with a dried up pink marker on white paper and ran it out to the 100 yard line. Oh and I also forgot my glasses! Double DUH!! So there I am trying to see a light pink circle on white paper thats a 100 yards away while squinting really really hard. I think I see it, but it could be just my eyes playing tricks on me while under stress from squinting......so I take 4 rapid shots! We go check the target and not only are all 4 shot in the circle 3 of them are clustered around the center with the last one being a bit high! It was the most accurate semi auto rifle I ever shot. In the end I sold it and the remaining 2k rounds of ammo because I couldn't afford to keep feeding it. The original ammo I bought I was just at the right place at the right time. I couldnt justify feeding and already expansive semi auto 7.62NATO rifle along with the Garand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Syndicate 812 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I found a pic of the THUMB last night, but it was from a S&W 500. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoutjoe 276 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Easiest rifle for me to pick up and smack some steel at 400yds with. Looks a little big for shooting out the back door there Shannon 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Garys4598 1,065 Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 I just stumbled across this thread. It's a few months old. . . but figured since Shannon asked to share photos of our M1 Garands, I would comply. My Garand is a newly rebuilt Harrington & Richardson by Dean's Gun Restoration (DGR). She's chambered for 7.62 NATO, with an 18" barrel. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 76 two 2,677 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Nice Gary! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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