New M1a

[2111]

Thanks for all the information. Do you remember the feeling when you got your first Garand? I'm having it again.

I remember the feeling well. I was scared shxxless. PISC 1956 Semper Fi

[2111]

This one, #47300, just sold on G.B. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=440375223 I considered bidding but was afraid of a bidding war and didn't want to go much higher than the one bid it got. Looked like a real nice rifle.

[Devil Dog]

That M1a looks EXACTLY the same as mine. Adding up the stuff I traded, I probably paid just a little more than the $1500. it sold for. I'm happy so far....though I still haven't fired it yet.

Joe, I went through PI about 8 years after you. I never saw a Garand there. As a 2111, did you work on any M14's?

[Griff Murphey]

The only walnut handguards I ever saw on M-14s were the ones in the Army training films, which were made with very early production rifles. I think they went away rapidly because of charring in full auto (which was expected to be an important use of the M-14, although it proved ineffective) and sustained semiauto fire.

[Rock]

The only walnut handguards I ever saw on M-14s were the ones in the Army training films, which were made with very early production rifles. I think they went away rapidly because of charring in full auto (which was expected to be an important use of the M-14, although it proved ineffective) and sustained semiauto fire.

I have read some battle accounts of M1 wood handguards bursting into flame during sustained semi auto fire. They just kept firing.

[2111]

That M1a looks EXACTLY the same as mine. Adding up the stuff I traded, I probably paid just a little more than the $1500. it sold for. I'm happy so far....though I still haven't fired it yet.

Joe, I went through PI about 8 years after you. I never saw a Garand there. As a 2111, did you work on any M14's?

No, I was discharged in 1959, a few years before the M14 was issued.