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March 9th, 2004
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| Buttercup  | Actually, for all the great things you hear about the M1 Garand, one of my professors is a Korean War vet, and he told me he absolutely hated it. Said it was easily fouled by debris and jammed often.
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March 9th, 2004
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| Optio | Not to mention the difficulty of reloading before the bandolier was empty.
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March 9th, 2004
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| Optio | Bah... M1 was a great rifle, thats why it was the standard weapon. Yes, it does have its downfalls but every gun does. For it's time 60 years ago it was a great gun. 
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March 9th, 2004
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| Buttercup | You got any experience to back that up?  I'm inclined to believe a man who actually used one in combat. |
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March 9th, 2004
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| Optio | Haha, you got me there... no real-combat experience, only documents. But hey, that's just ONE guy who hated it that much, I think you would have saw a lot more soldiers with '03's if they hated the Garand that much... because they still had an option(most soldiers) |
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March 9th, 2004
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| Milforum Moderator  | Post; Generations gap..By korea the M1 was getting old...In WWII it was considerd good, apart from the loading diffeculties. I guss that by the 50's, it was getting outdated...
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March 10th, 2004
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| Centurion | There was a browning rifle that was also used in WW2 that I saw talked about on mail call the other night, it sounded better than the M1. |
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March 10th, 2004
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| Buttercup | You're not referring to the M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), are you? |
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March 10th, 2004
| Post 19 |
| Centurion | I don't remember what it was called though I think the military bought a little over 1,000 of them in 1941 and pretty much just gave it to special forces though I am not quite sure. |
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March 10th, 2004
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| Buttercup | Any more specific information? What caliber, was it automatic or semi, bolt action or self-loading, what it generally looks like, etc.? |
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