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Old 10-23-2012, 10:32 PM
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Holy Shit, my dad just got me an M1 Garand as an early birthday present.
Some folks are just too lucky.

Congratulations. Very envious.
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Old 10-24-2012, 12:09 AM
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Damn, I want a Garand
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Old 10-25-2012, 09:36 PM
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Damn, I want a Garand
Unfortunately the Garand (a 1944 Springfield Armory btw) came with no en bloc clips so I have not had the chance yet to shoot it.
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Old 10-25-2012, 11:57 PM
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Unfortunately the Garand (a 1944 Springfield Armory btw) came with no en bloc clips so I have not had the chance yet to shoot it.
Shouldn't be too hard to track some down
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Old 10-26-2012, 12:32 AM
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Shouldn't be too hard to track some down
yeah, ive already ordered some from amazon and im going to go to a gun show this weekend so they should have some as well.
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Old 10-26-2012, 02:02 AM
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Get some good ammo and don't forget to give the old girl a nice clean before you take her to town
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Old 10-26-2012, 03:40 AM
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Unfortunately the Garand (a 1944 Springfield Armory btw) came with no en bloc clips so I have not had the chance yet to shoot it.
Becareful with the old Lady, I've read that Garands don't like the modern loadings of the .30-06 cartridge.
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Old 10-26-2012, 12:47 PM
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Becareful with the old Lady, I've read that Garands don't like the modern loadings of the .30-06 cartridge.
No worries, Im only going to run made for garand 150 grs through it.
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should be getting my g19 tomorrow
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g19 is chilling in new york, sandy delayed shipping
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