M1 Garand - First Trip to Range

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Well I bought a CMP Special Grade in September as a proviso that it would be a Christmas present... Those that are married know where I'm coming from here
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Anyway, here's a few pics at the range and a few targets. She performed beautifully and I can't wait to get out more. I checked windage at 25, 50 and 100 yards and had it shooting in a total of about 5 shots. It's wearing a DGR stock. Quite a beauty - Love shooting it
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No safe queens in my arsenal....

M1
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Few pics on the table
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100 yard shooting - includes the zeroing shots as well
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100 yard groups - 4 shots each
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200 yards - 1st and only group I shot at 200
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All shots were with HXP in Aggressive Engineering clips (purchased from Fulton Armory). Not a single malfunction and the rifle ran like a top. Very Merry Christmas indeed!
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anyway - just thought I'd share.

 
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Re: M1 Garand - First Trip to Range

You didn't just buy a rifle, you bought a piece of American history. Congrats.

Every red blooded American should have a Garand.

You should attend a CMP GSM Clinic and then start shooting Garand Matches. The old work horses deserve a chance to show us they still have it in them.

Congrats
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kraigWY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You didn't just buy a rifle, you bought a piece of American history. Congrats.

Every red blooded American should have a Garand.

You should attend a CMP GSM Clinic and then start shooting Garand Matches. The old work horses deserve a chance to show us they still have it in them.

Congrats</div></div>


Yep, I did a clinic in October. We shot club rifles. I had way too much fun;)

I ordered e CMP Special to get a WWII receiver. Mine happens to be a 1.4 mil SA. Puts mfg date around March 1943. Both my grandfathers served from around 42/43 to the end of the war. One in Europe and one in the Pacific. If these rifles could talk...
 
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Man,..I've used that old "early Christmast present" bit a little too much,..my wife just gives me the look. You guys what I mean when I say "the look".

Great looking rig. I love my M1, it just looks and feels like a real rifle should,..so much history.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RemmyMaxhit</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Beautiful! Is that grouping typical of what you can expect from a CMP Garand? </div></div>

A special grade has a new barrel, so yes they are shooters.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A special grade has a new barrel, so yes they are shooters.</div></div>

They don't have to be new barrels to be shooters. I got mine in the early 80s from DCM. Since, I've shoot the crap out of it. I took it to sniper schools using the C/Ds and shot it more then once until sap was boiling out of the stock.

I forget what the ME and Chamber gages said, but it should be wore out.

I shot this last fall @ 100 yards, setting rapid.

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They are to be cherished! My first trip to the range I didn't realize the gas cylinder was a little wobbly, which of course affects the front sight.
 
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Awesome setup. I have one too, a gift form a relative. Went out with him in the woods for a walk-and-shoot. Those get heavy really quickly. I feel for the poor soldiers who had to lug those around. Nice groupings!
 
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