Great video. but just to let you know, you did not have the bolt pulled all the way back, thats why the bolt did not shoot forward loading the first cartridge. you should never have to slam the bolt forward manually unless the bolt is jammed with debris (dirt, mud, etc..) thats why you have to hold the bolt back in place while loading the clip, or else it'll fly forward, and give you garand thumb. Great video once again.
Dude pull the bolt ALL THE WAY to the rear when you want to demonstrate how 'safe' the m1 is.
If you can still see the bolt face, it's not locked. And that is actually the #1 cause of "m1 thumb" -- the bolt is merely resting on the rear of the follower and will slam forward when its no longer holding it back. Your statement about the bolt having to be forced forward is erroneous on a properly functioning m1. New spring may help alleviate this.
@evilplaya25 No, Not really dude. It was pronounced as ga-rand by the infantry, but later on, during the war, Was corrected from ga-rand to Grand. Much simpler to say in the intence heat of combat...
@JakeDTX what the fuck are you even saying? This isn't texting, you don't have to say "4 U 2 PPL". No one is going to believe you when you can't even properly express yourself. Soldiers referred to the rifle as the m1. They did not refer to it as a garand or m1 garand. Do you honestly think the soldiers knew who designed their rifle back then? Do you think they called the m1919 the browning?
@JakeDTX Maybe you should do the same, retard. Don't make shit up and then spout it out on youtube for others to pick up. Keep it in your thick-ass head.
@mikeymike4g63 Fuck you you fuckin fucker. Who even cares. Fine! What ev... I said false info. But dont start having a temper tantrum. Some people like you should be kicked in the balls, Punched in the stomach, and thrown in a dumpster. WTF... I hate people who talk like they've just drank piss and then chased it down with used toilet paper... I know a good psychiatrist... You should call her some time. Shes helped a lot of dirt faced hricks like you.
@JakeDTX "dirt faced hicks" i'm half Korean and grew up in Germany while my father was in the U.S. Army idiot. lol @ calling me a hick. You're clearly 12.
@mikeymike4g63 LOL! Im actually 27 and almost 28. You on the other hand, shouldn't even be old enough to make your own fukin lunch for school! Awwww, people like you just crack me up! lol...
@JakeDTX That's pretty sad you're 27 and act like a 15 year old. I'm 29 years young and I know more about the m1 than you do period. You don't know what you're talking about and you're mad. I honestly don't believe you're 27 but you won't prove it so there's no point in arguing it. The rifle was referred to as an m1 rifle. The end.
@mikeymike4g63 I didnt even call you a "Hick." I called you a HRICK! Thats russian for wasted bastard. HELLO? I THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO KENDERGARDEN!
@LoneWolf051 False info... Check your history... Well, Actually, You are partly right, but in a way it still turns out to be false. When in intense heat of battle, it was referred to as Quote "M-1!!!!!!!!!!". But when in a more calm and even keel situation, it was Referred to as Quote, "The Garand". There are many different philosophies on what the "Infantry" Actually called it or referred to it in the adrenaline induced battle. Just trying to politely correct the mis-informed, that's all.
@JakeDTX Well my granddad didnt and still doesnt call it "Garand", hell I've called it that and he didnt know what I was referring to, he just says M-1. Same for all the WWII and Korea vets I've talked to. To distinguish from the M-1 Carbine, you'd say 'M-1 rifle"
@LoneWolf051 Thank you. I read before that there is a way to convert this rifle to full automatic by filing a part down. Don't think anyone knows how to do it anymore. It was in Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose.
I thought I would Jump in and comment to the people on here that are so worried that you are using live ammo! All these functions should be perfectly safe with the safety on!!
@No1sonuk you don't get my point, do you? I mean you said it yourself: "anyone with any sense treats all guns as loaded anyway." isn't it just plain retarded to actually load it, too? and how in the world would you know that those bullets are not loaded? this whole argument is stupid. of course you don't put bullets in a functioning gun if they look realistic. I understand that he did it for realistic purposes, but you just don't do that. it's very irresponsible. end of discussion.
@SOFTIHUVVET For a start: YOU don't know they're not live, but that doesn't matter at all. What matters is whether the guy actually doing this knows. I've looked again, and for all I know, there may not be primers in the cases, and/or they may be marked in some other way not visible to the camera. e.g. primers with firing pin depressions in them.
@NgJackal1990 You need an FFL (Federal Firearms Licence) you can get the rifles from almost any local gun store or sporting goods store, or through the CMP.
@eubietubie I've been loading in my house for years. You don't go to the range to load your home defense weapon then drive home with it loaded do you? No... you load it at home. Its all about confidence and competence.
I never knew you could reload in mid-clip like that. Makes me feel stupid because I have fired hundreds of round through mine and never knew reloading in mid-clip was ever possible.
GREAT technique. I own a springfield garand Its made in 1945 and I actually didn't know of this technique AT ALL! I call myself a gun geek but WTH?! Anyways though in the REAL heat of battle, topping off the M1 garand is EXTREMELY time consuming, not to mention good COVER, not concealment, COVER!, is hard to find especially in open field fighting. In the heat you'd be better off using the rest of your rounds trying to pick off your enemy. But this video does prove the point u can top it off =D
@LoneWolf051 Yeah I was gonna type that but I ran outta space. The comment char. limit is killing me >.< But I assume most people knew you could reload mid-clip (or at least people who know how to do their research before they start flaming) so I left that out. But thanks for putting in that for me! Keep the FLAMERS away!
the Garand I had included a new stock with a scope and scope mount. It was a really fun rifle to shoot and accurate as hell. I should have never sold it.
@Legacycs You implied that it's an outdated rifle. It won the second world war and still goin strong so I wouldn't quite discount it with sarcastic remarks just yet. Maybe when there's some new fangled repeating laser weapon I'll make jokes about a Garand. Until then I would trust it with my life.
@MainTightSqueeze Even then, it has it's place in history, and cannot be made fun of, since it was a winner, and why would you make jokes about a winner, just because it took place before out time?
@zzyzxxzzyzxx this is safe as long as u are not a complete idiot and keep your finger off the trigger anyone who knows guns will tell u this cycling live ammo is a normal way to test a guns action and is not dangerous as long as u know wat u are doing.
Please do it at a range or outside with a safe backstop. Negligent discharges with a .30-'06 battlerifle will go thru your walls like butter and endanger your family and neighbors for miles around.
You are NOT acting like you know what you are doing.
I heard quite the opisite, my grandfather when he went into the service in vietnam, he trained on the M1 and prefered the feel of it over the m16, then again this was later in the war, and politics switched from the m14 to the m16, but still both saw service simultaniously. The Bar and thompson if im not mistaken also very early in the war.
im not trying to troll, this is a very interesting video, didnt even consider you could top it off, then again ive never had the chance to fire this wonder piece of history. But as there is always a big hairy but in all compliments, its call the M1 Thumb, solely because it was nicknamed by GI's to whom the rifle was only the M1A1 or M1 infrantry rifle, the Garand moniker being the name of the designer is a civvy creation, but again for me to say this, it shows i have to much free time great vid!
@willowrhayne You only get bit if you dont load it right. And the M1A1 wasnt an infantry rifle, if fact "M1A1" can mean many thnigs. M1A1 Thompson, M1A1 Carbine ect. ect.
@LoneWolf051 I may stand corrected, Its just the terminology i gained from old service men in the Pacific theatre, you may know more than myself. I just know they prefered it to the .308 m14, either by personal familerity or preference, but they refered to it as the ol m1, given they are west coasters as you will. M1 can mean many things, as im sure the designation was military model one 1. Rather than anything else, so it does make it confusing historically, but i do with respect stand by mine.
@willowrhayne Thats true, the M-1 was simply called "M-1" by troops, later it began to be known as the "Garand" due to its reputation being built, and to distinguish it.
The Garand and M-14 did see brief service together in Vietnam, and yeah most troops preferred the M-1 due to the lighter weight. Even though they had been trained on the M-14.
I don't understand the point of the video. What's the difference between this and simply removing the clip to load and then put the clip back in the gun?
@anteracmacash "can you put a round in the chamber and then load a 8 round clip into the rifle ??is that possible ??" I wouldn't try it. Good way to get a jam...double feed.
No offence, but If it needs pushing than it isnt't fitted to well or needs cleaning. Actually a correctly fitted one would slam forward. Was it build from USGI parts?
@dddd4444666 Why, so his voice can be drowned out? I think in one of his earlier comments, he explains that his finger was off the trigger, and safety was on. To me, that's pretty safe. It's not like the rounds magically explode if you aren't on a range. I mean, he's alive enough to record and upload this video.
@druisteen1 Well the gas system is the same in how it forces the bolt to blow back and peel off individual rounds from the clip and feed them into the chamber, but the Garand's clip and magazine system are different.
@jeepsmorejeeps I went on the Springfield site and there was no Garand section, although they did have a Garand manual there. Are you talking about the same site I am? Thanks for responding!
PRETTY COOL, I'VE BEEN SHOOTING THE M-1 FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. I'LL APPLY THIS APPLICATION TO MY COMPETITION SHOOTS, THANKS FOR THE TIP. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Wow! Thanks! Thats a really great tip, that'll come in handy out in the field. I hate trying to replace half used clips, i was pulling them out then reloading a new clip and then restacking the clip i pulled out and putting it back in my cartridge belt. No i just need to carry a few loose rounds in my pockets :) cheers!
@mapache11 it makes a very audible clank when it leaves the gun...if youve ever shot one youd know..and an entire batallion firing repetedly it is very audible
@Krekov22 But in a combat situation, the tiny ping sound is all but impssible to hear 99.999% of the time, even when shooting an M1 repeatedly yourself its hard to hear, because your ears are ringing so loud, let along shooting in a line of men at the same time, the sound is deafening, now put a range of 100-150 yards away from all that, (where the enemy would be), now you have all the enemy's weapons firing away.
End result: Ping being a liability in combat = completely false.
@LoneWolf051 You might be right there, but the army were aware of it and tried to fix the problem. An alternative material for the ejecting "clip" was researched and developed, but never went into production. They tried to make it out of plastic to get rid of the metallic ping, but I don't think it worked.
@Krekov22 Not to mention one or 2 pings goin off isnt a reason to stick your head up and try to shoot the guy thats out, because you'll just get filled with lead from the other 10 or so guys who are still loaded and locked.
The ONLY time the ping would be a possible hazard, would be in close quarters urban combat, where the enemy is close, and your on concrete surfaces, and even then, most enemies dont care if one guy is out, they hear the ping, and use it as an indicator to get away ASAP.
@LoneWolf051 In the pacific theater of ww2 the Japanese would often charge bayonet style if they heard several pings going off, then again those are still suicide charges.
@Xennox70 Yeah i heard that. I also heard our boys got smart to that. They would fire a round toss an empty clip on the ground making the ping sound, and when the baddy popped up to charge they would fire.
@chezypuuf Too bad thats a myth though, you cant hear the ping in combat, and even if you did, it means 1 soldier or Marine is out of ammo, NOT the entire squad or platoon. You'll still die if you poke your head up when you hear a ping sound (which you wont hear anyways unless you're within 10 feet)
@LoneWolf051 Well, i heard it from that really fat guy that's always on the History/Military channel. He seems like a really reliable source. I think it would be in a situation where somehow you're not with an entire battalion of dudes all firing. Maybe one or two guys hold up in a building or something, I don't really know, but it makes sense that it could happen in a 1v1 or 2v2 situation.
@chezypuuf Yeah the old Top Ten rifles show, dont know why seemingly professionls would make up a myth like that, and make it seem like it was a big problem.
In close quarters a ping might POSSIBLY be an issue, but ONLY if you're alone, if theres even 1 other friend with you, if you run out or he runs out, the enemy wont try to attack you, because they know the other guy is still loaded.
plus in most combat situations, youd just disregard where empty clips landed after it ejected, if you ran low, you just yelled for another bandolier. Then if the guys were told conserve ammo, you would, after combat, go around and look for empty clips to refill. But in most of the time, in combat, empty clips were just left behind, due to ammo being so widely avalible.
youd have to be awefully clumsy to constantly be stepping on clips, and even then, merely stepping on them m wont ruin them, just slightly bend the sides, which can easily be bent back, no problem.
in combat theres plenty of clips if you run low, plus stepping on an empty clip wont ruin them, just bend the sides a little, and a can easily bent back in place, ive done it myself accidently, and simply bent them back in place.
Well there you go, you learn something new every day. All these people in their videos saying that you can top off an M1's clip, they all need to watch this video!
The only real historical issue with the clip is that they are easy to lose track off & if you step on one, it is pretty much ruined. It sucks to start a battle with 13 clips & only be able to find 2-3 working clips afterwards. Not an issue for the target range but enough to convince my grandfather to dump his garand for a magazine-loading carbine in 1944.
@barracuda546 Seems like you need a few lessons in firearms, No.1 a "gun" is a crew served artillary piece, not a smallarm, No.2, a "clip" is a device that contains the ammo, a "magazine" is a devise that is either fixed into a firearm's receiver, or is a detachable device that has a built in spring to feed the ammo. A good example of a magazine is an M16's it has a spring at the bottom to feed the ammo. The M1 has a "clip", since it has no spring, which is fed into the rifle's fixed magazine.
@barracuda546 Basically, a rifle with a fixed magazine if fed by a clip. A clip is a simple metal devise that simply feeds that rifle's fixed magazine. A rifle with a non-fixed magazine will have a detachable magazine, like the M16 or AK47, the detachable magazine feeds the ammo from the magazine into the breech.
@barracuda546 Dunno who told you that. The .30-06 is a powerhouse. If it takes more than one shot, you're either missing, or shooting at non-vital body parts :)
@Sev89 I'm taking the piss if you read my other comments
I'm mocking all the call of duty faggots who feel the need to express their wide amount of knowledge on firearms in every miltary video if you know what I mean?
@barracuda546 Ah, okay XD Don't get me wrong, I like call of duty and all, but the people who think they know everything just by playing it piss me off :/
@Krekov22 ..if you are downrange from a Garand you don't hear anything but the round being fired. If you have a company of soldiers firing away, you can't hear yourself think, let alone any little "clink".
I sure hope those were dummy round for demo only! I learned something from this video, but, what was (is) the first thing about firearms safety? NO LIVE AMMO unless you are on the range!!
Nice gun... one small comment... it's not a magazine, it's a clip. A magazine is in a pistol, basically it's a closed mechanism with a spring directly inside it whereas a clip is just a piece of metal and the spring that pushes the rounds is a direct part of the gun. Otherwise good job on the gun
I find it somewhat amusing that in this case, when "clip" would be accurate, he uses the word "magazine".
No1sonuk 3 months ago 2
Would this work for reloading the en-blocs?
QuarterbackU 3 months ago
Great video. but just to let you know, you did not have the bolt pulled all the way back, thats why the bolt did not shoot forward loading the first cartridge. you should never have to slam the bolt forward manually unless the bolt is jammed with debris (dirt, mud, etc..) thats why you have to hold the bolt back in place while loading the clip, or else it'll fly forward, and give you garand thumb. Great video once again.
TheWilliamBlade1 3 months ago
Dude pull the bolt ALL THE WAY to the rear when you want to demonstrate how 'safe' the m1 is.
If you can still see the bolt face, it's not locked. And that is actually the #1 cause of "m1 thumb" -- the bolt is merely resting on the rear of the follower and will slam forward when its no longer holding it back. Your statement about the bolt having to be forced forward is erroneous on a properly functioning m1. New spring may help alleviate this.
mikeymike4g63 4 months ago
Interdasting
drbackjack 4 months ago
Good vid but it's pronounced ga-rand not grand
evilplaya25 4 months ago
@evilplaya25 No, Not really dude. It was pronounced as ga-rand by the infantry, but later on, during the war, Was corrected from ga-rand to Grand. Much simpler to say in the intence heat of combat...
JakeDTX 4 months ago
@JakeDTX It was NEVER called the garand by the infantry, they referred to it as the m1. calling it a garand is a misnomer.
mikeymike4g63 4 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 False info AS 4 U 2... Check your History PPL!!!
JakeDTX 3 months ago
@JakeDTX what the fuck are you even saying? This isn't texting, you don't have to say "4 U 2 PPL". No one is going to believe you when you can't even properly express yourself. Soldiers referred to the rifle as the m1. They did not refer to it as a garand or m1 garand. Do you honestly think the soldiers knew who designed their rifle back then? Do you think they called the m1919 the browning?
mikeymike4g63 3 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 I do not like your language... If you don't have anything meaningful to say, then keep it in your thick head...
JakeDTX 3 months ago
@JakeDTX Maybe you should do the same, retard. Don't make shit up and then spout it out on youtube for others to pick up. Keep it in your thick-ass head.
mikeymike4g63 3 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 Dick shit head. Fuck you bitch face bastard...
JakeDTX 3 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 Fuck you you fuckin fucker. Who even cares. Fine! What ev... I said false info. But dont start having a temper tantrum. Some people like you should be kicked in the balls, Punched in the stomach, and thrown in a dumpster. WTF... I hate people who talk like they've just drank piss and then chased it down with used toilet paper... I know a good psychiatrist... You should call her some time. Shes helped a lot of dirt faced hricks like you.
JakeDTX 3 months ago
@JakeDTX "dirt faced hicks" i'm half Korean and grew up in Germany while my father was in the U.S. Army idiot. lol @ calling me a hick. You're clearly 12.
mikeymike4g63 3 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 LOL! Im actually 27 and almost 28. You on the other hand, shouldn't even be old enough to make your own fukin lunch for school! Awwww, people like you just crack me up! lol...
JakeDTX 3 months ago
@JakeDTX That's pretty sad you're 27 and act like a 15 year old. I'm 29 years young and I know more about the m1 than you do period. You don't know what you're talking about and you're mad. I honestly don't believe you're 27 but you won't prove it so there's no point in arguing it. The rifle was referred to as an m1 rifle. The end.
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@mikeymike4g63 the end
JakeDTX 3 months ago
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@mikeymike4g63 OK. Thanks. Bye.
JakeDTX 3 months ago
@mikeymike4g63 I didnt even call you a "Hick." I called you a HRICK! Thats russian for wasted bastard. HELLO? I THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO KENDERGARDEN!
JakeDTX 3 months ago
@JakeDTX It was never called Garand in combat, it was called "M-1"
LoneWolf051 3 months ago
@LoneWolf051 False info... Check your history... Well, Actually, You are partly right, but in a way it still turns out to be false. When in intense heat of battle, it was referred to as Quote "M-1!!!!!!!!!!". But when in a more calm and even keel situation, it was Referred to as Quote, "The Garand". There are many different philosophies on what the "Infantry" Actually called it or referred to it in the adrenaline induced battle. Just trying to politely correct the mis-informed, that's all.
JakeDTX 3 months ago
@JakeDTX Well my granddad didnt and still doesnt call it "Garand", hell I've called it that and he didnt know what I was referring to, he just says M-1. Same for all the WWII and Korea vets I've talked to. To distinguish from the M-1 Carbine, you'd say 'M-1 rifle"
LoneWolf051 3 months ago
@LoneWolf051 this. +10000000000 this. someone who actually knows what they're talking about.
mikeymike4g63 3 months ago
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this is sweet i never knew that untill now im going to have to try it on my korea
searria 7 months ago
you know there is an eject clip button on the side
bulldogrj5020 7 months ago
nice gun the m1 is my favorite gun
rdyrdek10 8 months ago
Nice video, unsure whether or not some of those features were on WW2 spec Garands or if they were was added later, like for Korea.
CallingValleyForge 9 months ago
@CallingValleyForge The M-1 in this video is a WWII M-1.
LoneWolf051 8 months ago
@LoneWolf051 Thank you. I read before that there is a way to convert this rifle to full automatic by filing a part down. Don't think anyone knows how to do it anymore. It was in Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose.
CallingValleyForge 8 months ago
I thought I would Jump in and comment to the people on here that are so worried that you are using live ammo! All these functions should be perfectly safe with the safety on!!
usamachinist 9 months ago
i love the m1 but if only it fired more instead of 8. there is a conversion kit right?
Defy4545 9 months ago
@Defy4545 That's called the M14.
csmybuttt 9 months ago
@csmybuttt fuck that i want with .30-06
Defy4545 9 months ago
@Defy4545 Yeah, "coversion: M-14"
LoneWolf051 8 months ago
are you crazy? use dummy rounds for gods sake, not full metal jacket u crazy bastard, wouldn't want to put a hole in your wall. or your head. jesus.
SOFTIHUVVET 9 months ago
@SOFTIHUVVET do you wear a helmet when you run? just in case you trip and hit your head?
pze94 9 months ago
@pze94 I'm going to say this one time. Don't underestimate firearms. Dumbass.
SOFTIHUVVET 9 months ago
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pze94 9 months ago
@pze94 I'm deeply sorry for the loss of you eyes.. -.-
SOFTIHUVVET 9 months ago
@pze94 That is apart from the word 'Dumbass'.
SOFTIHUVVET 9 months ago
@SOFTIHUVVET How do you know they're not dummy rounds?
It's very easy to use empty casings and new FMJ bullets to make dummies.
No1sonuk 3 months ago
@No1sonuk that is still very irresponsible since you can easily mistake those kind of dummies for live rounds.
SOFTIHUVVET 3 months ago
@SOFTIHUVVET Not really. Anyone with any sense treats all live guns as loaded anyway.
No1sonuk 3 months ago
@No1sonuk Yes, but you shouldn't take any risks and load a functioning firearm with dummy bullets which look real. That's just plain stupid.
SOFTIHUVVET 3 months ago
@SOFTIHUVVET Why? It's far less dangerous than using live rounds...
No1sonuk 3 months ago
@No1sonuk you don't get my point, do you? I mean you said it yourself: "anyone with any sense treats all guns as loaded anyway." isn't it just plain retarded to actually load it, too? and how in the world would you know that those bullets are not loaded? this whole argument is stupid. of course you don't put bullets in a functioning gun if they look realistic. I understand that he did it for realistic purposes, but you just don't do that. it's very irresponsible. end of discussion.
SOFTIHUVVET 3 months ago
@SOFTIHUVVET For a start: YOU don't know they're not live, but that doesn't matter at all. What matters is whether the guy actually doing this knows. I've looked again, and for all I know, there may not be primers in the cases, and/or they may be marked in some other way not visible to the camera. e.g. primers with firing pin depressions in them.
Then there's the weight...
No1sonuk 3 months ago
@No1sonuk WHAT THE FUCK EVER. STOP FUCKING ARGUING.
SOFTIHUVVET 3 months ago
@SOFTIHUVVET You're the one arguing. And swearing doesn't make you any less wrong.
No1sonuk 3 months ago
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@No1sonuk just get the fuck over it, you obnoxious little shit.
SOFTIHUVVET 3 months ago
How to buy one? Do I need gun license for this?
NgJackal1990 10 months ago
@NgJackal1990 You need an FFL (Federal Firearms Licence) you can get the rifles from almost any local gun store or sporting goods store, or through the CMP.
LoneWolf051 10 months ago
@LoneWolf051 Yeah I just read through the gun law here man. No shit!
NgJackal1990 10 months ago
oh thank god it wasnt a fucking airsoft vid..i wasnt sure when i clicked on it
fuckiraq12 11 months ago
Geeze Louise! I hope those weren't LIVE ROUNDS THIS GUY WAS LOADING IN HIS HOUSE ! ! !
eubietubie 1 year ago
@eubietubie I've been loading in my house for years. You don't go to the range to load your home defense weapon then drive home with it loaded do you? No... you load it at home. Its all about confidence and competence.
getemhi 9 months ago
Great tip!
I never knew you could reload in mid-clip like that. Makes me feel stupid because I have fired hundreds of round through mine and never knew reloading in mid-clip was ever possible.
SavageJim01 1 year ago
GREAT technique. I own a springfield garand Its made in 1945 and I actually didn't know of this technique AT ALL! I call myself a gun geek but WTH?! Anyways though in the REAL heat of battle, topping off the M1 garand is EXTREMELY time consuming, not to mention good COVER, not concealment, COVER!, is hard to find especially in open field fighting. In the heat you'd be better off using the rest of your rounds trying to pick off your enemy. But this video does prove the point u can top it off =D
loltanic 1 year ago
@loltanic Or eject the clip manually and insert a new one, reloading mid clip is much faster then topping off.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 Yeah I was gonna type that but I ran outta space. The comment char. limit is killing me >.< But I assume most people knew you could reload mid-clip (or at least people who know how to do their research before they start flaming) so I left that out. But thanks for putting in that for me! Keep the FLAMERS away!
loltanic 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 yeh but uve just wasted them bullets then
travismw2boy1 1 year ago
@travismw2boy1 How do you loose them if you put them in your pocket for use later? I do it all the time when I shoot my Garand, I never "loose" ammo.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
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do you reload 30-06 for the m1 garand and if you do what powder primer and bullets do you use
airsofter21 1 year ago
Fantastic material.... ...but didn't you fear to load this hell powerfull rifle in your kitchen?
Gryszaq 1 year ago
@Gryszaq this isnt a kitchen..lol
goblinfing 1 year ago
wow you really shut up alot of gun know it alls with this one
Sturmmann 1 year ago
the Garand I had included a new stock with a scope and scope mount. It was a really fun rifle to shoot and accurate as hell. I should have never sold it.
HunterTom3006 1 year ago
The only reason I want to move to US is that you can buy weapons, people understand and its awesome there
ltlrenati 1 year ago
How do u refurnish your weapons wood?
RADDxSTEEZY 1 year ago
Mordern warfare 1867
Legacycs 1 year ago
@Legacycs ??? Try 1941
MainTightSqueeze 1 year ago
@MainTightSqueeze why?
Legacycs 1 year ago
@Legacycs You implied that it's an outdated rifle. It won the second world war and still goin strong so I wouldn't quite discount it with sarcastic remarks just yet. Maybe when there's some new fangled repeating laser weapon I'll make jokes about a Garand. Until then I would trust it with my life.
MainTightSqueeze 1 year ago
@MainTightSqueeze Even then, it has it's place in history, and cannot be made fun of, since it was a winner, and why would you make jokes about a winner, just because it took place before out time?
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 That's what I'm saying.
MainTightSqueeze 1 year ago
@Legacycs they used black powder guns in 1867...
Ronald3570 1 year ago
@Ronald3570 Do i care? :)
Legacycs 1 year ago
@Legacycs i dont give a shit if you care. im just saying learn a bit about history.
Ronald3570 1 year ago
@Legacycs If you want to repeat history, then ignore it all you want.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
Good information to know on this!
hellcat29er 1 year ago
Playing with live ammo inside your home is MORONIC. Get some snap caps before you kill someone.
zzyzxxzzyzxx 1 year ago
@zzyzxxzzyzxx this is safe as long as u are not a complete idiot and keep your finger off the trigger anyone who knows guns will tell u this cycling live ammo is a normal way to test a guns action and is not dangerous as long as u know wat u are doing.
gunman3006m 1 year ago
@gunman3006m
Please do it at a range or outside with a safe backstop. Negligent discharges with a .30-'06 battlerifle will go thru your walls like butter and endanger your family and neighbors for miles around.
You are NOT acting like you know what you are doing.
zzyzxxzzyzxx 1 year ago
@zzyzxxzzyzxx LOL, you're talking like the ammo is unstable and the man demonstrating it is a complete novice with no firearms knowledge and safety.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
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zzyzxxzzyzxx 1 year ago
I heard quite the opisite, my grandfather when he went into the service in vietnam, he trained on the M1 and prefered the feel of it over the m16, then again this was later in the war, and politics switched from the m14 to the m16, but still both saw service simultaniously. The Bar and thompson if im not mistaken also very early in the war.
willowrhayne 1 year ago
yup
semiauto762 1 year ago
im not trying to troll, this is a very interesting video, didnt even consider you could top it off, then again ive never had the chance to fire this wonder piece of history. But as there is always a big hairy but in all compliments, its call the M1 Thumb, solely because it was nicknamed by GI's to whom the rifle was only the M1A1 or M1 infrantry rifle, the Garand moniker being the name of the designer is a civvy creation, but again for me to say this, it shows i have to much free time great vid!
willowrhayne 1 year ago
@willowrhayne You only get bit if you dont load it right. And the M1A1 wasnt an infantry rifle, if fact "M1A1" can mean many thnigs. M1A1 Thompson, M1A1 Carbine ect. ect.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 I may stand corrected, Its just the terminology i gained from old service men in the Pacific theatre, you may know more than myself. I just know they prefered it to the .308 m14, either by personal familerity or preference, but they refered to it as the ol m1, given they are west coasters as you will. M1 can mean many things, as im sure the designation was military model one 1. Rather than anything else, so it does make it confusing historically, but i do with respect stand by mine.
willowrhayne 1 year ago
@willowrhayne Thats true, the M-1 was simply called "M-1" by troops, later it began to be known as the "Garand" due to its reputation being built, and to distinguish it.
The Garand and M-14 did see brief service together in Vietnam, and yeah most troops preferred the M-1 due to the lighter weight. Even though they had been trained on the M-14.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
I don't understand the point of the video. What's the difference between this and simply removing the clip to load and then put the clip back in the gun?
Makingnewnamesisdumb 1 year ago
can you put a round in the chamber and then load a 8 round clip into the rifle ??is that possible ??
anteracmacash 1 year ago
@anteracmacash No, because the chambered round will be blocking the first round in the clip that is chambered when the bolt closes.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@anteracmacash "can you put a round in the chamber and then load a 8 round clip into the rifle ??is that possible ??" I wouldn't try it. Good way to get a jam...double feed.
jgreystoke 1 year ago
nice vid
agustincamacho1 1 year ago
is this real? or airsoft?
MegaPacpac 1 year ago
@MegaPacpac Obviously real.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051
what does mean obviously
that is visible to ?
druisteen1 1 year ago
@druisteen1 It means clearly understandable to everyone.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@MegaPacpac good question you idiot
Chowkin9 1 year ago
@Chowkin9 im just saying asshole!
MegaPacpac 1 year ago
No offence, but If it needs pushing than it isnt't fitted to well or needs cleaning. Actually a correctly fitted one would slam forward. Was it build from USGI parts?
alenleroc 1 year ago
The maker if the M1 was a Canadian
tippmann981234 1 year ago
Another moron screwing around with a loaded gun in his house. He couldn't make this video at a range?
dddd4444666 1 year ago
@dddd4444666 Why, so his voice can be drowned out? I think in one of his earlier comments, he explains that his finger was off the trigger, and safety was on. To me, that's pretty safe. It's not like the rounds magically explode if you aren't on a range. I mean, he's alive enough to record and upload this video.
csmybuttt 1 year ago
"Greatest battle implement ever devised"
-General George S. Patton
semiauto762 1 year ago 42
@semiauto762 Its rain proof, dirt proof, and even soldier proof!
willowrhayne 1 year ago
@semiauto762 "As i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i have no fear because im the meanest motherfucker in the whole valley."
GEN George S. Patton
xxuncexx 1 year ago 5
@xxuncexx i think thats from deep blue sea
ViolentEncounter 4 months ago
@ViolentEncounter if it was made before or during ww2 that you might be right
xxuncexx 4 months ago
@xxuncexx patton said i fear no one for i am the meanest muthafucker in the valley
ViolentEncounter 4 months ago
@semiauto762 Not very true though..its a great rifle but its not what patton says it is
xfatexfatalx 7 months ago
curiously the m1 has the same méchanism than rsc 1917
druisteen1 1 year ago
@druisteen1 Its a very similar mechanism, not identical.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051
please tell me more ..
i am interrested
i am frech and i know anything about garand
druisteen1 1 year ago
@druisteen1 Well the gas system is the same in how it forces the bolt to blow back and peel off individual rounds from the clip and feed them into the chamber, but the Garand's clip and magazine system are different.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051
so so curiously ...
i thinked french eat escargot and loose all war
but they has made a fantastic gun who inspired of the invincible us army
mr bush do you know something about that ?
druisteen1 1 year ago
@druisteen1 Oh yeah, thats true.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051
i don't understand you
druisteen1 1 year ago
@druisteen1 everyone ripped off mauser also, so it should be no suprise
willowrhayne 1 year ago
It's not a magazine it's a clip
SchutzStaffel441 1 year ago
@jeepsmorejeeps I went on the Springfield site and there was no Garand section, although they did have a Garand manual there. Are you talking about the same site I am? Thanks for responding!
45calibermedic 1 year ago
PRETTY COOL, I'VE BEEN SHOOTING THE M-1 FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. I'LL APPLY THIS APPLICATION TO MY COMPETITION SHOOTS, THANKS FOR THE TIP. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
mike26057 1 year ago
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mike26057 1 year ago
Wow! Thanks! Thats a really great tip, that'll come in handy out in the field. I hate trying to replace half used clips, i was pulling them out then reloading a new clip and then restacking the clip i pulled out and putting it back in my cartridge belt. No i just need to carry a few loose rounds in my pockets :) cheers!
ginjaninja1988 1 year ago
@mapache11 it makes a very audible clank when it leaves the gun...if youve ever shot one youd know..and an entire batallion firing repetedly it is very audible
Krekov22 1 year ago
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LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@Krekov22 But in a combat situation, the tiny ping sound is all but impssible to hear 99.999% of the time, even when shooting an M1 repeatedly yourself its hard to hear, because your ears are ringing so loud, let along shooting in a line of men at the same time, the sound is deafening, now put a range of 100-150 yards away from all that, (where the enemy would be), now you have all the enemy's weapons firing away.
End result: Ping being a liability in combat = completely false.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago 25
@LoneWolf051 You might be right there, but the army were aware of it and tried to fix the problem. An alternative material for the ejecting "clip" was researched and developed, but never went into production. They tried to make it out of plastic to get rid of the metallic ping, but I don't think it worked.
CallingValleyForge 8 months ago
@CallingValleyForge They kept cracking in the magazine from the cycling action
LoneWolf051 8 months ago
@Krekov22 Not to mention one or 2 pings goin off isnt a reason to stick your head up and try to shoot the guy thats out, because you'll just get filled with lead from the other 10 or so guys who are still loaded and locked.
The ONLY time the ping would be a possible hazard, would be in close quarters urban combat, where the enemy is close, and your on concrete surfaces, and even then, most enemies dont care if one guy is out, they hear the ping, and use it as an indicator to get away ASAP.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 In the pacific theater of ww2 the Japanese would often charge bayonet style if they heard several pings going off, then again those are still suicide charges.
Xennox70 1 year ago
@Xennox70 Yeah i heard that. I also heard our boys got smart to that. They would fire a round toss an empty clip on the ground making the ping sound, and when the baddy popped up to charge they would fire.
chezypuuf 1 year ago
@chezypuuf Too bad thats a myth though, you cant hear the ping in combat, and even if you did, it means 1 soldier or Marine is out of ammo, NOT the entire squad or platoon. You'll still die if you poke your head up when you hear a ping sound (which you wont hear anyways unless you're within 10 feet)
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 Well, i heard it from that really fat guy that's always on the History/Military channel. He seems like a really reliable source. I think it would be in a situation where somehow you're not with an entire battalion of dudes all firing. Maybe one or two guys hold up in a building or something, I don't really know, but it makes sense that it could happen in a 1v1 or 2v2 situation.
chezypuuf 1 year ago
@chezypuuf Yeah the old Top Ten rifles show, dont know why seemingly professionls would make up a myth like that, and make it seem like it was a big problem.
In close quarters a ping might POSSIBLY be an issue, but ONLY if you're alone, if theres even 1 other friend with you, if you run out or he runs out, the enemy wont try to attack you, because they know the other guy is still loaded.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
plus in most combat situations, youd just disregard where empty clips landed after it ejected, if you ran low, you just yelled for another bandolier. Then if the guys were told conserve ammo, you would, after combat, go around and look for empty clips to refill. But in most of the time, in combat, empty clips were just left behind, due to ammo being so widely avalible.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
youd have to be awefully clumsy to constantly be stepping on clips, and even then, merely stepping on them m wont ruin them, just slightly bend the sides, which can easily be bent back, no problem.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
in combat theres plenty of clips if you run low, plus stepping on an empty clip wont ruin them, just bend the sides a little, and a can easily bent back in place, ive done it myself accidently, and simply bent them back in place.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
Well there you go, you learn something new every day. All these people in their videos saying that you can top off an M1's clip, they all need to watch this video!
TaZ101SAGA 1 year ago
The only real historical issue with the clip is that they are easy to lose track off & if you step on one, it is pretty much ruined. It sucks to start a battle with 13 clips & only be able to find 2-3 working clips afterwards. Not an issue for the target range but enough to convince my grandfather to dump his garand for a magazine-loading carbine in 1944.
Stritchers 1 year ago
Hahaha so you can load a garand with a stripper clip!
TheBelva85 1 year ago
@TheBelva85 you have to use that clip
mmkropp 1 year ago
Its a magazine not a clip you retard
barracuda546 1 year ago
@barracuda546 The clip is inserted into the magazine.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 You put the magazine into the gun you dont know what your talking about....
barracuda546 1 year ago
@barracuda546 Seems like you need a few lessons in firearms, No.1 a "gun" is a crew served artillary piece, not a smallarm, No.2, a "clip" is a device that contains the ammo, a "magazine" is a devise that is either fixed into a firearm's receiver, or is a detachable device that has a built in spring to feed the ammo. A good example of a magazine is an M16's it has a spring at the bottom to feed the ammo. The M1 has a "clip", since it has no spring, which is fed into the rifle's fixed magazine.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@barracuda546 Basically, a rifle with a fixed magazine if fed by a clip. A clip is a simple metal devise that simply feeds that rifle's fixed magazine. A rifle with a non-fixed magazine will have a detachable magazine, like the M16 or AK47, the detachable magazine feeds the ammo from the magazine into the breech.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 Yeah I know I was just trollin
barracuda546 1 year ago
@barracuda546 Something told me you were lol.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 Yeah I just saw the comment on call of duty in the top rated things and it got me in a trollin mood lol
barracuda546 1 year ago
@barracuda546 LOL, its so funny to troll on COD vids, making all those 9 year old know-it-all nooblets pissed.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@LoneWolf051 Yeah its a great laugh to ruin their little world of thinking they-know-it-all
To bad the m1 grand takes 5 bullets to kill I honest dunno why the american army used it like.. :P
barracuda546 1 year ago
@barracuda546 Dunno who told you that. The .30-06 is a powerhouse. If it takes more than one shot, you're either missing, or shooting at non-vital body parts :)
Sev89 1 year ago
@Sev89 Well head shots take 2 the body takes 5 and the legs or arms take 6
barracuda546 1 year ago
@barracuda546 You must be talking about in a video game or something. It only takes one shot in real life to the head to kill somebody.
Sev89 1 year ago
@Sev89 I'm taking the piss if you read my other comments
I'm mocking all the call of duty faggots who feel the need to express their wide amount of knowledge on firearms in every miltary video if you know what I mean?
barracuda546 1 year ago
@barracuda546 Ah, okay XD Don't get me wrong, I like call of duty and all, but the people who think they know everything just by playing it piss me off :/
Sev89 1 year ago
@Sev89 I used to like it but most of them are "codfags" look up any popular "montager" and you will see what i mean
barracuda546 1 year ago
That is a rifle, or .30 cal gas operated semi-automatic rifle BUT NEVER NEVER a Gun.
Drop and give me 10.
MJD1701A 1 year ago
every call of duty ever made is bull shit. the best games are the simulators (Red Orchestra, Armed Assault, Resistance and Liberation)
back on topic here,
i have never OWNED a m1 garand and have only seen a m1 garand once in my life. If i could hold one once more i would. and hopefully shoot it as well.
AMT4245 1 year ago
@AMT4245 And Brothers in Arms, best storyline and authenticity. Also Forgotten Hope 2, most authentic weapon models and sounds.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
the M1 Gerand is a great gun..only drawback though is the loud ching it makes when the clip is expelled..
Krekov22 1 year ago
@Krekov22 Not really a drawback, you can only really hear it if your right next to it when it ejects.
LoneWolf051 1 year ago
@Krekov22 ..if you are downrange from a Garand you don't hear anything but the round being fired. If you have a company of soldiers firing away, you can't hear yourself think, let alone any little "clink".
mapache11 1 year ago
well, on my 1943 SA it closes with out having to slap the op rod. it varies on how worn out the gun is, how tight the clip is, ETC so watch out.
kainhall 1 year ago
I sure hope those were dummy round for demo only! I learned something from this video, but, what was (is) the first thing about firearms safety? NO LIVE AMMO unless you are on the range!!
RIVERINE 1 year ago
@RIVERINE if you do not use live ammo how is a person suposed to shoot a hole in their hose? :-)
rpk762 1 year ago
They sell single shot clips for guys like me who were too dumb to figure out how to reload a partial clip. You are a certified genius. And thanks!
crackshot35 1 year ago
Nice gun... one small comment... it's not a magazine, it's a clip. A magazine is in a pistol, basically it's a closed mechanism with a spring directly inside it whereas a clip is just a piece of metal and the spring that pushes the rounds is a direct part of the gun. Otherwise good job on the gun
Iltigo123 1 year ago
@Iltigo123 or in the Garand's case, an En-block ^_^
varocks183 1 year ago
nice, how much did that run you?
noobtuber2009 1 year ago
u mean remove the clip, the magazine is in the gun
clipboardfun 1 year ago
cool i did not know you could do that. i have only shot the m1 once . i do not have one
steviebleckley 1 year ago
Clip not magazine o.o
jakeman52 1 year ago