The M1 Garand

[@JablesMullet]

The off-camera safety briefing given at 11:40 was the best part.

[@nelsonmanning3090]

I purchased my 1945 m1 garand. It is the best weapon I have ever owned and fired .easy to use easy to breakdown and lasts forever if taken care of !!

[@w.rustylane5650]

During WWII only Springfield Armory made M1 Garands. The Winchester and HRA ones were made after WWII. Just as your trigger guard was made post WWII. The "ping" meaning you're out of ammo was bull shit during WWII. Just like your grandad said (and I've talked to a lot of WWII vets) the noise level is so high you could never hear a ping. Just remember that you cannot shoot commercial .30-06 thru your M1 Garand. The recommended ammo for an M1 Garand is M2 ball ammo unless you install an adjustable gas plug to bleed off some of the pressure of commercial .30-06 ammo. I've pulled down M2 ball ammo and nearly all I've inspected and weighed have 150 grain FMJ flat based or boat tail projectiles and loaded over 47.5 grains of IMR 4895 either short cut or long cut powder which, by the way, is the recommended powder for the M2 ball cartridges. As for slings, you use what is called a "hasty sling" when in combat. You use the cloth sling loosely and wrap your left hand in the sling and grip the rifle and pull it into your shoulder. All military rifles should use luberplate for lubrication with some oil. I'm a Marine and Vietnam vet and we always used luberplate which is a high heat grease.

[@Mr2ndAmendment]

Not factual on the production numbers, Springfield wasn't the only maker or contractor pumping out M1 rifles during World War II. If you look at wartime Winchesters, you'll see what I'm talking about, just as one example -wartime M1s are a little rough, no matter who made them.

[@w.rustylane5650]

@@Mr2ndAmendment Yeah, I found out Winchester Repeating Arms made M1's during the war but didn't realize it until after posting this. Only ones I've ever seen were Springfield Armory. Guess the WRA's are rare.

[@patclifton5715]

Great video & info .

[@avianphlu5397]

my wife bought one for me 10years ago from CMP. Mine was made in November 1941. all s/n's match and it shoots great.

[@shmicknoogan2431]

You seem very knowledgeable and you arent just talking to be talking like a lot of gun channels. Glad I found you. good job

[@DFox-ud3gx]

World war 2 had a different bread of young men. Like you I'm proud of all of them.The German's filled the battlefield with young children and girls too. I had family in that war.🇺🇸👍🏻

[@Mr2ndAmendment]

It depends what I'm doing. If I'm looking for a defensive rifle or a rifle that is more "usable" as part of my stockpile, I'd go for the M1A. If I'm looking for collection purposes rather than adding to the defensive arsenal, I'd go for the M1.

[@geezerp1982]

you should also get the Lee enfield No4 rifle ! then you will have the best two rifles in ww2

[@crazymaxx89]

Great Vid! Thanks for all the info, ill be sure to pick up one of those tools at the next crossroads show; I didn't even know they existed till now.

[@johnnyklebitzrevenge4793]

When it came to the American troops killed because the M1 pinged, there were 0 reported instances from both main Axis powers, Germany and Japan. This also goes to the ping trick. Edit: with the Reloading thing, Call of Duty World at War taught me that

[@deepsouthredneck1]

The end of my thumbs are double jointed so I've never had to worry about m1 thumb, the action just pushes my thumb out of the way.

[@georgepatton8693]

I'll do my best. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

[@rdsii64]

I stand corrected General. Since you have taken a brake from your current tour of duty in the great beyond, before you return, would you kindly stop off in Washington DC. When you arrive would you please apply some your well known corrective leadership to those knot heads in our government. We could use a break down here in the trenches.

[@MrBkunert]

About to own a Winchester restored M1, thinking about M1A in trade. Which would you rather own and why?

[@DobermansRock]

I can't wait to get my hands on one. That was a fun video.

[@LtThompsonCS]

Are you planning on doing any more future videos on M1's? ie: cleaning/maintenance, etc

[@Mr2ndAmendment]

LtThompsonCS Someday in the future I will do more M1 videos. I'm active duty right now and I don't have my M1 out here so it'll be a stretch. Have you checked out my M1 Garand playlist though?

[@bernardkircher3533]

hi love my Garand can you guide me to a site where I can get the tool you talk about in the video

[@Mr2ndAmendment]

I found some things you might want to check out. Since I did this video, it looks like some better things have come out. On Amazon there's a product called "American National Firearms M1 Garand Gas Cylinder Wrench." Looks like an improved version of the kind of tool I had in the video, and it's pretty affordable -I might have to order one. I also recommend the standard butt stock cleaning kit setup if you wanted to get that, also on Amazon called "M1 Garand Mil Spec Buttstock Cleaning Kit." I don't use those tools to actually clean my Garand but it's cool to own the standard issue stuff, if you're into that. You could also get some use out of the M3A1 combo tool, at least to clean the chamber and remove the gas plug. A purpose-built tool for the gas plug would be something like "M1 Garand Gas Cylinder Lock Screw Wrench" also on Amazon. Assuming you got the regular gas plug and not the slotted one, that tool would work. Hopefully that helps! -Mr. 2nd

[@dnhman]

Is it true you can ONLY use m2 garand ammo only?

[@Mr2ndAmendment]

As is, a standard M1 Garand should only be fed M2 ammunition or ammunition that is made to similar pressure/powder specs. Back in the 1930s, the only 30.06 that existed was military M2-pattern ammo loaded to a specific pressure/powder specification, so Garand designed his rifle directly around the use of the M2 cartridge. Nowadays there have been MANY advancements in powder burn rates, components, and bullets -by feeding a M1 modern ammunition, you run the risk of over-gassing the rifle's gas system, causing damage to the rifle's op-rod specifically. This is because the gas port on an M1 Garand may get over-gassed by modern ammunition as it's usually a little (or a lot) hotter than the old M2 load, causing a bent op-rod and possibly other damage to the receiver because the recoil puts a LOT of stress on the whole system. A second concern with shooting modern ammo is the issue of the primers. The M1 Garand uses a free-floated firing pin, which means every time you chamber a round, either manually or by firing, the firing pin does actually make contact with the primer. Military ammo made for the Garand had "military primers," which means they were made thicker and could withstand being struck by the firing pin during cycling without actually going off. Some modern-made ammunition may have primers that aren't able to withstand the firing pin's light contact during cycling, which basically means you may encounter "bump fires" while shooting (essentially, the rifle could fire off two or more rounds with one trigger pull -not good). You will find that modern-day hand-loaders who make ammo for their Garands will almost always use military primers to avoid this issue -it's definitely recommended. There are a couple ways to avoid damaging the rifle. Firstly, you could stick to surplus M2 ammunition. Lake City surplus, Greek, and Korean surplus tend to work extremely well and safely out of the rifle, but surplus ammo is always getting harder to find these days. The next option is to create your own ammunition by hand-loading it properly. All reloading books have data pages specifically for the 30.06 being shot out of a M1 Garand, and you could use this data to make your own 30.06 ammo using modern components loaded to pressure/powder ratings that are safe in the M1 Garand. Essentially you use modern components to replicate the lower pressures of the original M2 ball, making your ammunition safe to shoot through the rifle. Usually people making their own ammunition for their Garands will use old-school powders such as IMR4895 to replicate the same burn rate of ball powder (it's actually the same stuff mostly). The last option is pretty painless -order an adjustable gas plug for the Garand so you can control the port pressure in the gas system. You swap out the standard-issue gas plug and replace it with an adjustable plug so you can now shoot any type of modern-made ammunition without damaging the rifle. Each brand and type of ammunition you feed the rifle will require new adjustments to the gas plug via your own trial and error process, but the instructions are fairly simple and it's definitely the cheapest/fastest way to make your M1 Garand safely be able to shoot all types of ammo you would ever want to feed it. The only downside is the trial and error process till the rifle works just right, and adjustments to the gas plug will affect point of impact/accuracy as well. My advice: buy surplus or buy modern-made ammo that's made to be safely shot out of M1 Garands, such as American Eagle's 30.06 made for the M1 Garand. If you want to go hunting, get the gas plug and experiment with different brands/types of hunting ammo. If you're really enthusiastic and have some time and money to spend into it, get into reloading and start making your own ammo for this rifle. Hope this helps!

[@JoeyP322]

Awesome video thanks!!

[@jameswmallory6634]

was that a national match front sight are planning on doing a national match rebuild

[@MerihemXx]

About the lethality of the Block mag's pinging. Enemy troops were infact trained to listen for this, but we countered with the use of taking an empty mag flicking it to the ground a blowing the Nazi's head off when he/she poked his/her head out of cover to shoot. It's rether funny if I do say so myself.

[@armynurseboy]

To all who think that a bad guy is going to hear the ping of a en bloc clip being ejected in the middle of a firefight, you've never been around a lot of guns being fired at the same time. You aren't going to hear it....

[@Mr2ndAmendment]

***** I can see some rare situations where the PING might be an issue, but overall on the line in a rifle company I don't see it being a problem considering how much noise there usually would be in an engagement. Maybe if a fire team was clearing a building and it was an isolated incident, an enemy soldier might hear it and attempt to take advantage of it but honestly we're talking the rarest of the rare kind of scenario. I've worked with and met a lot of veterans of that war, some of which had experience in huge battles on the front (my Grandfather included) and NONE of them complained about the PING, even when I questioned them on it. I think they were far too impressed with the rifle and its extraordinary capabilities for the time to think too badly of the rifle in any aspect. Digging through piles of research and primary sources, I've come to the conclusion that very few of our guys had any negative things to say about the M1 -it definitely proved itself successful in that war and beyond.

[@kylewebber8300]

A Lee Enfield holds 10 rounds

[@Mr2ndAmendment]

Kyle Webber Definitely the technical answer. Mine holds 12+1 for a total of 13, I think the spring and/or follower is weird to allow 12 rounds to fit in the magazine.

[@jameswhite5720]

Hopefully this magnificent rifle, a true weapon of war, will remain beneath the gun control radar.

[@Mr2ndAmendment]

James White I hope we can continue to be successful pushing back anything trampling over our rights, but some are not as lucky depending on state. This rifle will always be fine, I know that for sure.

[@nelsonmanning3090]

And you can top off .you can load 2 rounds 3 rounds don t matter it's been said ya can t that is also false

[@sahmadi1000]

Its a nice rifle just don't buy one from CMP because they will send you a parts gun.

[@jz8805]

I'm perfectly happy with my parts gun that cost half to a quarter of your all correct one.

[@CynicalNsomniac]

So. Instead of replying with facts and sources, you decided to take the "call him autistic" route. 10/10 contribution worth my undying respect.

[@mikeegloff8020]

I wish you would remake this video only the next time actually show the M1 during the discussions, not the jacket on the bench behind the gun. Most of your video does not have the gun even being shown or the parts you are talking about in the view.

[@criscross6591]

👍👍

[@rdsii64]

If God was a grunt he would issue himself an M1 Garand. Patten was right. This is the greatest battle empliment ever devised by human hands. When an enemy combantant catches that 147 grain slug launched at 2800 FPS they would drop like that had been God smacked.

[@Gobeldeg00p]

Don't argue with an idiot, they only bring you down to their level.

[@whopperjrDEagle]

Most of the time the enemy wouldn't listen to that sound cause it could be a trap US soldiers would sometimes throw the clips at the ground or tap it against their helmets imitating the sound

[@georgepatton8693]

Excuse me, my last name is spelled with an "o".