Tom, you should know better. The clip shown is not for an M1 Garand as it holds 10 rounds. The M1's magazine capacity is 8 rounds. At 10, I'd hazard it's a British SMLE clip.
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How Do People Buy Guns Legally?
- Thread starter Squire Robertsson
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But my question wasn't about the gun matterials, but how does a young man with limited resources acquire such weaponry and supplies?
Perhaps folks have greater income then I did at that age, but I was considered fortunate to have enough to by my best girl at that age a soda!
Isn't $500 plus expenses a stretch for any teen?
Perhaps folks have greater income then I did at that age, but I was considered fortunate to have enough to by my best girl at that age a soda!
Isn't $500 plus expenses a stretch for any teen?
No not really. Depending.
We haven't heard yet (I don't think) about his connections.
That is what its probably all about.
Yes, that is why I said "similar rifle."
Tom, I guess I've been spending too much time watching Forgotten Weapons on YouTube. But, similar to the SMLE is the 1903Ax Springfield not the M1 Garand.
Yes, that is why I said "similar rifle."
"Similar" in that they are clip fed.
And I don't mind the info you post. Lot's of good stuff! (And I realize I didn't word that very well and it may have sounded as if the clip was to load an M-1 rather than being a generic statement.)
In the Military, we called it a Banana Clip (the larger magazine) and the smaller mag was the standard for the M-16
No, because not all of us served back when - We didn't have banana clips, but y'all didn't have pluggersRight, because none of the rest of us served.
I trained on the M-14 and was issued one while in the field (SE Asia). By about 1966 it was being replaced by the M-16. But the A-1 came to us with many flaws (it was rushed into production and issued to the troops in spite of known flaws). It had to be kept very clean or it would jam, and the rounds would often fail to go fully into battery. The A-1 did not have a forward assist lever so we would bang the operating rod handle into a handy tree or whatever else was available to clear the firing chamber. The forward assist lever came out shortly thereafter and helped a lot, but the real fix was to back off on the tolerances so a little mud or sand did not cause it to jam.No, because not all of us served back when - We didn't have banana clips, but y'all didn't have pluggers
I guess the kids who came along later didn't have the respect for proper nomenclature (or much else, apparently) and/or didn't know enough about firearms to understand the difference between a clip and a magazine.
No, because not all of us served back when - We didn't have banana clips, but y'all didn't have pluggers
This is no place for a Yankee like me: "Back when", "Y'all". . .
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I have had you wrong all this time. I was sure that you trained with and were issued an 1863 Springfield.I trained on the M-14 and was issued one while in the field (SE Asia). By about 1966 it was being replaced by the M-16. But the A-1 came to us with many flaws (it was rushed into production and issued to the troops in spite of known flaws). It had to be kept very clean or it would jam, and the rounds would often fail to go fully into battery. The A-1 did not have a forward assist lever so we would bang the operating rod handle into a handy tree or whatever else was available to clear the firing chamber. The forward assist lever came out shortly thereafter and helped a lot, but the real fix was to back off on the tolerances so a little mud or sand did not cause it to jam.
I guess the kids who came along later didn't have the respect for proper nomenclature (or much else, apparently) and/or didn't know enough about firearms to understand the difference between a clip and a magazine.
Did I read that his daddy used the black gun powder musket common In 1812?I have had you wrong all this time. I was sure that you trained with and were issued an 1863 Springfield.
Yes, but he fought on the other side. He was a Brit until coming here in 1924.Did I read that his daddy used the black gun powder musket common In 1812?
Ah, one of those late lads. Did he go through Ellis island?
If I recall he arrived during the Coolidge administration. He no doubt came with great hopes, only to see huge downturn in some six years.
You guys will always have that Northern aggression thing....and Massachusetts . Best to leave the fighting to us.
No. From Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan.
My grandfather was a master engraver and my dad was apprenticed to him. They opened a shop in Detroit and within a year were making $1000 per week. They sold the shop in 1937 and moved to north suburban Los Angeles. They never noticed the depression.
No. When I was in high school I bought several rifles costing more than $500, 30 years ago.
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