The Garand served in both theaters in WW2 and remained the standard US rifle in the Korean War, being replaced by the select-fire M14 Rifle in 1957, though Garands remained in service until the seventies.
A survey of users during the Korean War found a small number concerned over the possibility, but far more deemed it a helpful reminder of needing to reload than a potential hazard. Much is made of the "ping" sound that occurred when the metal clip ejects or lands on a hard surface, but this "disadvantage" imagines that wars are fought as one-on-one duels in perfect silence, and was seldom a factor in reality. Soldiers were drilled to fully expend a clip rather than attempt this in combat. The sharp closing of the bolt when a clip was inserted could result in the bolt slamming shut on the operator's thumb, resulting in a condition given names such as "rifleman's thumb" or "Garand thumb." In videogames, the Garand is often depicted as impossible to reload without expending the entire clip this is not strictly true, as it is possible to eject a partially fired clip by pressing the clip latch button and operating the action, though this requires the use of both hands. The Garand features a distinctive loading method where the entire 8-round en-bloc clip is inserted into the action, automatically ejecting when expended and locking the bolt open for a rapid reload. For those of you who are uninformed of federal laws, BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE PERFORMED ON ALL POTENTIAL FIREARM PURCHASES AT GUN SHOWS.The M1 Garand was the standard rifle of the United States military during the Second World War and the first semi-automatic rifle to be issued as a primary arm by a major armed force, officially replacing the bolt-action Springfield M1903 as the US Army's standard rifle in 1936.
It may be up to 9 months before all work is completed & rifles are sent back to my gun shop & custom gun shop is licensed by the way, guns can't be sent to a home in any state due to Federal laws. I will be having them shipped to a custom gun maker that makes all their guns in house, by hand & by having them work on my M1's I can have both of them fully restored, custom engraving, coating, light trigger pull, lighten the weight on each of the M1's by them rebuild them using titanium parts, etc. The rifles need some serious work but when I tested them on the firing range they worked just fine, need new sights, barrel, trigger assembly & slide all need replaced on each of the rifles.
Love my Springfield M1 Garands, got 4 of them off a friend for a total of $750.00 & I am working with the DAV, funeral services & police to have a couple of them buried with some WW2 veterans & will be keeping the remaining Springfield M1 Garands that I purchased.
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