Reddit reviews The M1 Garand Rifle
We found 4 Reddit comments about The M1 Garand Rifle. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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Reddit reviews The M1 Garand RifleWe found 4 Reddit comments about The M1 Garand Rifle. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Enjoyed the pictures, the M1 is very likely my favorite overall historical firearm. If anyone here ever wants to read the bible, this is an excellent resource. The M1 Garand Rifle
Anything that tries to be comprehensive is, by necessity, going to be shallow. Conversely, anything that gets deep is going to be very narrow. Lots of guns out there, lots of opinions, lots of good info and even more bad info.
There are some excellent specialty type books out there for certain flavors if you're into that sort of thing and want to read about one model or platform.
Subreddits like Jake suggested are good, but may be limited by the amount of participation. Message boards are out there that have spent years building up participation and information. Start with some of those (ak47.net, ar15.com, local shooting boards are good sometimes).
>I just got a Garand from the CMP. I know how to look up the serial number, but is there any way for me to look up the numbers on other parts like the bolt?
You can try to match them with the reference parts over at AmmoGarand, but I think the best thing to do would be to get a copy of Bruce Canfield's book.
>Also, how do I know if my stock is original USGI? It has the “P” stamp (with no circle around it) and a “25” under the grip.
Post lots of pictures on this subreddit and folks can help you identify.
Bruce Canton's fairly extensive M1 Garand resource is pretty much the end-all-be-all for M1 identification. Very interesting read.
Barring there, there's a lot of good books out there that are much cheaper, and Google will yield much of that information for free.