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I happily admit that when I saw this video from Paul Harrell, I wondered as I clicked whether he’d pronounce “Garand” reasonably, or instead say it like Ian of Forgotten Weapons. And once the actual video presentation began about 1.5 minutes in, he made me laugh by not pronouncing it at all!
During the intro, he gets to the Garand and calls it “the M1 this word right here,” gesturing at a space where the word “Garand” appears. That was good for a nice guffaw out of me… and I was further pleased when he deigned to pronounce it in the way I happen to prefer.
Getting down to brass tacks and the purpose of the video, we look at the M1A (7.62 NATO / 308 WIN) and the M1 Garand (30-06 Springfield).
I have very little experience with either of the rifles, but my father had considerable shooting time with the Garand and and he was not a fan in the least. I believe I could sum up his opinion like so: The Garand is heavy, rattly, inaccurate, and will do its best to take off your thumb.
Paul clocks some ammo, demonstrating that each rifle produces similar velocity with similar bullet weights. Then he shoots for accuracy at 60 yards.
Monodraw 1 3 – powerful ascii art editor tutorial. His results show better accuracy out of the M1A. Cloudtv 3 7. Then he decides to shoot more rapidly and toss in a reload — preceded by a demonstration of how each rifle is loaded and reloaded. Accuracy results this time are not different enough to matter.
After pronouncing the M1A the “winner,” — which one would hope, since it was intended to replace the Garand — he bends the ol’ brain a bit and decides to compare the guns against the rifles they actually went up against in battle.
M1 Garand vs the M1A/M14. This is a discussion on M1 Garand vs the M1A/M14 within the The M14 forums, part of the M14 M1A Forum category; Here is good comparison, a short ladder done on the same day, same POA different POI. Guess which one shot tighter. The scope issue make the m1a a better choice, if you need a scope. You can only have five round capacity while hunting so that is equal. It is harder to get the mag out of the m1a than the garand as it gust twangs out when empty. Disclaimer garand thumb can be eradicated with education.
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M1a Socom Vs M1 Garand Tanker
This approach first pits the Garand against a Mauser 8mm bolt action rifle, fired by Chuck. Although Chuck can run a bolt action pretty well, he of course loses the race to the semi-auto. Notably, the Garand also wins the accuracy comparison by a large margin.
Springfield M1a Vs M1 Garand
Next, Chuck shoots the M1A while Paul fires an AK clone, and the AK wins. So they fire the drill again, after swapping guns… and this time, the results are much closer.
M1a Vs M1 Garand Recoil
Enjoy the video, then comment to let us now which one you prefer.