tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4900979583338138248..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Okay, that's pretty cool.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52275440602445941232011-01-11T20:29:42.535-05:002011-01-11T20:29:42.535-05:00Lyle - Relax, Doc, it's not as if you're t...<b>Lyle</b> - <i>Relax, Doc, it's not as if you're taking a milling machine to your Garand and then sticking it back together with JB Weld.</i><br /><br />I know, I know. It's just sort of jarring to the eye, creating a sense that something <i>just ain't right</i>, like seeing John Wayne carrying a PPK or Steve McQueen driving a Gremlin. Nothing wrong with those things <i>per se</i>, but they just... ain't right.<br /><br /><b>Tam</b> - <i>It all depends on whether the gun in question is viewed as a collectible</i> objet d'art <i>or is currently in use as a tool for shooting bad guys in the face, no?</i><br /><br />I consider some firearms (typically classics like the Garand, the Springfield, the Krag, the 1911, and the Peacemaker), like a Japanese sword, as fitting both categories: <i>objets d'art</i> that also are good for vermin control!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72339946641056910922011-01-11T12:05:40.215-05:002011-01-11T12:05:40.215-05:00Firehand,
"Though I just looked at the price...Firehand,<br /><br />"<i>Though I just looked at the price of the Aimpoint Micro. Yeesh. It'll have to be something a bit less spendy for the optic.</i>"<br /><br />Pat Rogers likes to demonstrate the durability of the T-1 by dropping his carbine at classes. On the optic. It still holds zero after all that rough handling. :oTamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87561795964242351602011-01-11T11:48:33.945-05:002011-01-11T11:48:33.945-05:00I'll throw in, a couple of years back a guy se...I'll throw in, a couple of years back a guy sent me some pictures of his modified Garand; he'd put a heavy match barrel on it, and drilled & tapped where the rear handguard used to be for a base. Very nice rig, but you had to have the large-profile barrel for it to work.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7653171646165179542011-01-10T21:37:38.697-05:002011-01-10T21:37:38.697-05:00Though I just looked at the price of the Aimpoint ...Though I just looked at the price of the Aimpoint Micro. Yeesh. It'll have to be something a bit less spendy for the optic.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72934875965328147052011-01-10T21:36:23.405-05:002011-01-10T21:36:23.405-05:00Indeed. The mount I put on my Carbine hasn't ...Indeed. The mount I put on my Carbine hasn't left a mark I can find, and that red dot would make dealing with a problem in low light a much easier- and more precise- proposition.<br /><br />Damn, if the tax man leaves me with anything I am going to have to get one for the Garand.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87370124480160857102011-01-10T18:34:41.618-05:002011-01-10T18:34:41.618-05:00If God had meant the AR to have rails on it, Stone...If God had meant the AR to have rails on it, Stoner would have built it that way from the start. If God had meant Man to fly, we'd have been born with wings, and stuff...<br /><br />Relax, Doc, it's not as if you're taking a milling machine to your Garand and then sticking it back together with JB Weld. You're just swapping out the handguard. You can put it right back before you donate the rifle to a museum.<br /><br />They put optics on the M1 back in the 1940s. It's just that optics and mounts have come along since then.<br /><br />Sporterizing, or personalizing, military rifles is an American tradition dating back to before the Revolution. Doing it well is what matters. -- LyleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30776375253629362242011-01-10T06:06:06.594-05:002011-01-10T06:06:06.594-05:00docjim505,
It all depends on whether the gun in q...docjim505,<br /><br />It all depends on whether the gun in question is viewed as a collectible <i>objet d'art</i> or is currently in use as a tool for shooting bad guys in the face, no? ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16515207279448085682011-01-10T04:27:53.078-05:002011-01-10T04:27:53.078-05:00...and money changed hands at the speed of white l......and money changed hands at the speed of white light.<br /><br />Thanks!wrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102470737392693528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21780114715893222142011-01-10T00:26:41.475-05:002011-01-10T00:26:41.475-05:00I confess to feeling a (silly) fleeting moment of ...I confess to feeling a (silly) fleeting moment of actual nausea when I read this: "A picatinny rail on a GARAND??? It was bad enough when rails starting appearing on the 1911 and M-14, but what's next? A laser sight for the Peacemaker? A Speedfeed stock for a Winchester trench gun? A six-position black plastic stock for a Thompson? If God had intended that Garands have rails, John C. would have designed one on it!" [curls into fetal position muttering, "The horror... the horror... the horror..."]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64888438081181494502011-01-09T19:52:39.425-05:002011-01-09T19:52:39.425-05:00You can get a Springfield Garand receiver from the...You can get a Springfield Garand receiver from the CMP for $195.00 + $9.95 S&H per receiver. Put a barrel on it and get some wood, you're not hurting History or anything.<br />I like my <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/Spodeley/Sportsman/Carbine/9000SC_1000.jpg" rel="nofollow">Carbine with the Ultimak</a>.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79692208130006213582011-01-09T10:56:28.406-05:002011-01-09T10:56:28.406-05:00Bah! Facts have no place in this argument. Let peo...Bah! Facts have no place in this argument. Let people mess up a Garand, and next thing you know, they'll be "improving" the 1911.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89511650555902119802011-01-09T09:57:11.763-05:002011-01-09T09:57:11.763-05:00In real life, they don't give extra points for...In real life, they don't give extra points for using iron sights. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1058251128624212842011-01-09T09:49:05.729-05:002011-01-09T09:49:05.729-05:00Heresy!!!
It ain't natural!
Shhot iron sight...Heresy!!!<br /><br />It ain't natural!<br /><br />Shhot iron sights or put that weapon up and buy one of those little black poodle-shooting AR's.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91145642890077567152011-01-09T06:00:24.417-05:002011-01-09T06:00:24.417-05:00Harumph!Harumph!Henry Blowflynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75499387831043617562011-01-08T20:27:29.573-05:002011-01-08T20:27:29.573-05:00Now of course one can purchase “Tanker” Garand’s i...<i>Now of course one can purchase “Tanker” Garand’s in 7.62X51, which when located handle and shoot remarkably well on a tactical rifle course, even though they retain the en-bloc clips.</i><br /><br />Actually what I was thinking of for a second Garand. And give Ohio law about loaded magazines = Loaded rifle, feeding it with clips becomes a feature in a truck gun scenario.<br /><br />That I can reload with Garand Clips about as fast as performing a magazine change.Randynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80862196493209417082011-01-08T19:54:35.186-05:002011-01-08T19:54:35.186-05:00"Not hurting the rifle mind you, but the opti..."Not hurting the rifle mind you, but the optics."<br /><br />Aimpoints will take the heat, no problem. EoTechs tend to overheat and fade out, mainly due to the battery location. <br /><br />A quality standard style scope should have no heat problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40149212050188387272011-01-08T19:31:56.121-05:002011-01-08T19:31:56.121-05:00Got on my Carbine, too, with a Millett red dot, an...Got on my Carbine, too, with a Millett red dot, and it's wonderful.<br /><br />Down the road, when can talk myself out of a couple of hundred for the mount and more for a suitable scope, I'd like to put on on my Garand; I like shooting it with irons, but on some days the eyes aren't so good at it anymore.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6917213638284649482011-01-08T19:00:36.628-05:002011-01-08T19:00:36.628-05:00Neato, clearly neato!Neato, clearly neato!mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571641888235183785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90654888345018404442011-01-08T18:59:41.974-05:002011-01-08T18:59:41.974-05:00Agree with NJT... Have a Burris and it workfs fine...Agree with NJT... Have a Burris and it workfs fine, but the Leupold would have been first choice.<br /><br />Al T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44899580922299926322011-01-08T16:26:51.647-05:002011-01-08T16:26:51.647-05:00Luepold, then Burriss, Trebor.
And I've never...Luepold, then Burriss, Trebor.<br /><br />And I've never had heat issues on the Garand sinking up through the mount to the optics. Sure it gets hot but not too. I also don't fire more than 80 rounds in a session, and I don't fire them off that quicklyNew Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10500163814731816932011-01-08T15:44:10.231-05:002011-01-08T15:44:10.231-05:00I have an Ultimak mount with an Aimpoint on a M-1 ...I have an Ultimak mount with an Aimpoint on a M-1 Carbine and it's a very sweet setup. The little gun is still very light and handy and the red dot makes it noticeably faster on target.<br /><br />For the Garand, personally, I think I'd go with a scout scope instead of a red dot to take advantage of the longer reach of the '06 over the .30 Carbine.<br /><br />I'm going to count my shekels and see if I can afford one of these. The scope will have to come later though. <br /><br />Any recommendations on a good scout scope?<br /><br />Rob (Trebor)Rob Reedhttp://www.examiner.com/firearms-in-detroit/rob-reednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26053838087659595352011-01-08T15:38:33.268-05:002011-01-08T15:38:33.268-05:00As a Garand owner/shooter I will say the best upda...As a Garand owner/shooter I will say the best updated example of such was the Berretta BM-59 in 7.62X51. When these first started to show up in the US during the mid to late 1970’s the “Survivalist” craze was in full vogue. Mel Tappen and others waxed poetically over upgraded Garand conversions to semi auto BM-59 configurations. Of course this was a bit pricey as Garand’s were hard to find at the time and a lot of re-weld variants were cropping up.<br />One very innovative option wasn’t a BM-59 clone; instead it was a Garand, converted to 7.62X51 and configured to use an M-14 magazine while retaining the rifles original forend.If I recall correctly it was called an M-1 ½, I don’t remember who was doing this conversion but it was fantastic. Now of course one can purchase “Tanker” Garand’s in 7.62X51, which when located handle and shoot remarkably well on a tactical rifle course, even though they retain the en-bloc clips.<br />One of the items on my short list of gun’s to buy before I retire will be one of Springfield Armories TG’s if for no other reason the satisfaction and fun of ownership and usage. I disapprove of converting or modifying original military rifle’s or handgun’s into something that destroys or alters the historical original. In this others have opinions of their own as well.Sport Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04862280966739841769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27623589926380376622011-01-08T14:48:31.082-05:002011-01-08T14:48:31.082-05:00Anyone have any "heat" concerns?
Not...Anyone have any "heat" concerns? <br /> <br />Not hurting the rifle mind you, but the optics. <br /> <br />Still, I passed it around.TheSevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32914497789034478482011-01-08T14:08:44.432-05:002011-01-08T14:08:44.432-05:00Sweet!! That's better than a Ruger Scout Rifl...Sweet!! That's better than a Ruger Scout Rifle right there.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72552000550093221852011-01-08T14:05:29.383-05:002011-01-08T14:05:29.383-05:00Only one garand? I'm a little disillusioned no...Only one garand? I'm a little disillusioned now. Hold me!oghttp://www.neanderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.com