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Happy 83rd Birthday

kraigWY

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On this date, Jan 10th 1936 the US Army adopted the US 30 Cal M1 Garand and the offical battle rifle.

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It's only happened to me once. Believe me, from that point forward I made sure she was good and locked!
It's only happened to me once as well. As a kid getting to shoot one with a friend, he knew about it and didn't want my thumb getting bit. As an adult i was shown how to load it by another M1 owning friend and had just done so, when I went to release the bolt and as he was saying "Doooooont:eek:!"...I slammed my thumb:rolleyes:.