My Father's Firearms: M1 Garand vs. Pumpkins!

In this session, I shoot my late father's MI Garand out at his range and attempt to destroy some pumpkins. This is the first time I have ever fired any M1 Garand, and it was fun!

[@magnusskipton7067]

If you cut the top out of the pumpkin, as if you were gonna empty it for carving, then filled it with water and replaced the top, they explode much better

[@treyveston7965]

This is information that I don't feel bad about not knowing, lol! Good tip!

[@rateyesmertz3785]

That looks like a Collector Grade CMP Garand that's been butchered with a peep sight and a picatinny rail. Some people collect them and don't even shoot them.
Plenty of information on them at the CMP web sight and youtube videos

[@treyveston7965]

Nope. Found the paperwork and it is "Special" grade. I wouldn't call anything a USMC sniper does to a weapon to make it shoot better "butchering".

[@rateyesmertz3785]

@@treyveston7965 I'm no expert but I don't think they had picckitinny rails in WWII or Korea. The rear handguarrd space in not the most solid place to mount a scope.The M1 D'sI've seen mount on the left side of the receiver