Re: M1 Garand
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Greg Langelius *</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="color: #FF6666">You shoot a Garand enough, and it will eventually get you, every single one of you</span>.
The Corps trained us with the M-14 in Boot Camp, and the Garand in Infantry training in 1966. I've been the proud owner and enthusiastic shooter of my own prewar SA Garand since the early 1990's.
Greg </div></div>
I don't know about that Greg. I've owned Garands for the last 20+ years and I haven't been bitten yet... yet. I was shown the proper way to load a Garand by a guy named Chuck Love. Chuck was a Marine DI during Korea. He even had a small part in the movie "The DI". Not as a DI though. His character's name was Hillbilly in the movie. Anyway, he sold me my first Garand and explained how to hold my hand when pushing the clip down.
Now... I did, however, get bitten by a Damn Hakim! Makes Garand Thumb look like sissy stuff!