Loading the M1 Garand
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Oh my God, look how innocent he used to be before we all got to him.
What happened?
He was never innocent, he just didn't accept that we, his children, were born.
OMFG I clicked on this not even realizing this was GT until I read this comment. XD
got to him>...my friend, we havent even arrived to the proper place to "get to him" yet
😂 right
_No phones in sight. Just boys practicing Garand reloads, living in the moment._
I'm watching this on my phone.
@@smithpoq same 😅
As long as you apply pressure to the top round while inserting the en bloc you will not get bitten. The moment you release pressure the bolt can drive the round into the chamber and get you; so you better get your fingers the heck out of dodge.
Traditionally one uses the hand (like a knife hand or karate chop fashion) to sweep back the charging handle as the en block clip is inserted to avoid the dreaded "M1 thumb" or "Garand thumb" as your moniker says . Or at least that is the way the USMC taught in the late 50s early 60s.
So you weren't using your thumb to hold the bolt back by pushing in the clip at its rear?
I use basic M2 ball which is a specific loading for the M1 Garand. The Civilian Marksmanship Program sells this ammo at very reasonable prices. Around .50 or so cents a round.
3 point sling?
Oh what heresy.
Just payed $2.00 a round for my first 100 .30-06 rounds to feed my first M1 Garand, but at least they're 150gr with pressures good for the M1. Was doing my Garand TH-cam thing when I saw a 9 year old comment of yours on a Nutnfancy video upping the Garand for Florida climates. Feel like I saw some kind of esoteric side of gun TH-cam now.
Hi dad
Specter Gear M-14/M1A CQB Sling.
For the M1A/M-14 but fits the M1 Garand perfectly.
Why did you choose such sad background music...?
Dummy round typical refers to a round rendered inert by removal of powder and primer. In this case these are simply snap caps. Which are designed with rubbed primers to deaden the impact of the firing pin to prolong the life of the firing pin during repeated dry firings. Conversely I use them to practice loading my garand so that I don't have to chamber live rounds in the comfort of my home.
The music choices... true American psycho😂👍🏼
i wish my website aged as well as this firearm
Then you need to use Wix!
I was going to say this already but I happened to go to another tab on a video that was sponsored by Wix....
I've actually moved back to using the regular cotton web sling on my garand with a couple modifications (I'll describe it more in my next video). the 3-point inhibited my ability to switch shoulders.
yessir
.30-06 (7.62x63 if you like it in metric notation more). Although if you reload for it stick with bullet weights of 170 grains and below with IMR 4895.
The caliber is .30-06, otherwise known as .30 Cal. The diameter of the bullet/slug itself is .308 inches or 7.8mm with a typical weight of 150 grains (10 g).
@ptmccain Where I live Carbine matches differ from Rifle matches in the length of engagement. While rifle matches are typically 50 -600 yards, Carbine courses typically indicate targets closer than 50 yards with movement and reloading thrown in there. Thanks for commenting!
They are dummy rounds/inert rounds/snap caps, they have a rubber primer to absorb the impact of the firing pin.
Hey dude I love your content just wanted to ask if you could do a video taking a trip to my home state Montana and doing a range day there (I recommend Wilsall)
Sorry for the late reply. I'd recommend a more traditional sling for the Garand. I'll be posting a video about making the Garand into a fighting rifle within the next week.
Oh.
Do the roar
I love the m1 so much! When I got it I simply looked at it in awe.
Same here, my pops got me be for Christmas last year from the CMP and when he brought it out I was stunned.
JCPRODUCTIONS 506 were did you get your m1 garand
And thus the legend was born..
Thanks for the comments!
This whole time i thought "Garand Thumb" was his name
3 point sling ewwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!
because three points are terrible, they work against you at every occasion
Thanks!
FINALLLYYYY!!! someone says clip when its actually a clip.
Eight military round thirty ghost clip magazine.
Not sure I quite understand the first question. When the round is ignited the gun powder burns and the expanding gases propel the slug out of the barrel. At the same time there is a port drilled into the front of the barrel so that some of these expanding gas can be tapped off to drive a gas pistol backwards which then subsequently ejects a spent cartridge. Not completely familiar with the NY law. But if the ban is nothing over 7 rounds then the Garand would be banned. Which is a damn shame.
old ass reply, but technically the internal magazine in a garand only ever holds 7, it cant fit 8, so its like a permanent 7+1 capacity. not sure if thatr helps but could maybe be argued that its acceptable.
We were taught to keep the heel of our hand in front of the op rod handle as you push the top of the clip down with your thumb. After the clip clicks, simply raise your hand upwards; sometimes the op rod requires a love tap forward…
That is correct sir! Garand Thumb doesn't know the proper way to load a Garand.
It’s like finding old pictures of your dad in the attic, watching these old videos…
Shoutout to the OG videos by Mike from wayyyyy back last decade! Keep up the good work on the videos, and here's to another decade of fun and epic videos!
One trick is to load your clips so when inserted the top round is on the right. This allows for a shorter reach with your loading hand assuming you are loading from the right with your right hand. Works either way but a tad easier.
Garand is the name of John C. Garand, the Canadian-American man who designed the rifle. He actually pronounced his name the way it is pronounced in the video, so although the pronunciation is not the common way, it is not wrong.
It shouldn't happen. But if it does it is quite painful and can bust your thumb.
before you go on guard duty you have an inspection by the officer of the guard and when he stands in front of you, you quickly open up the Garand breech and as soon as his hand moves you let go of the rifle. so he can grab it then he gives it back to you and you close the breech. I did it many times and never got my finger grabbed by the mechanism. it wont happen if you are trained not to let it happen. the rifle has low recoil because it is about 8.5 pounds. good rifle.
If youve ever creeped on old Flannel Daddy videos...
no plaid? i'm confused and scared
Omg those are blood soaked bullets on the top
0:31,
Its called MOAR LUBE!
Is this how Garand Thumb was born?
you've become a long way man keep!!
@SASRCaptainClifford If you have the bolt locked back properly, it can't move forward until you hear the "click." As long as you keep pressing down on the top round in the clip, the bolt will not feed it into the chamber and can't give you the dreaded M1 thumb. There is no need to hold the op rod back with the edge of your hand.
Place back of hand on charging handle as you push in the clip. That works for me every time. Use mine for hunting.
Oh, another video poster - son of a vet who used the M1 - showed to use the bottom of the right hand against the bolt release when putting in the clip. He said he learned to do it this way from his dad. I suppose most in the military ended up learning their "own" way or that of a mentor (sarge!) so it would be interesting to see what the weapons manual says on loading.
The original manual of arms includes using the meat of your right hand to hold the oprod handle back, so even if it releases while your thumb is in the action, the bolt will be restrained.
That ain't what mine said!
Very nice vid. Thanks for putting it up. Great quality.
And make sure you get a after market gas plug, it makes it safe to shoot higher pressure modern rounds or those nasty overcharged surplus French rounds lol
Wow. This is very old lol 😂
Thanks for the nice video!
I love guns and shooting, though only air rifles to this point. I'm in IL and have my FOID now. I hope to some day own and fire an M1 Garand, my favorite weapon of the last century. I know it took a while - I'm 52, but I'll get there yet. Anyone have a recommendation on where to go to get started? I live about 25 miles south of Chicago.
Thanks!
8 years ago never knew you made this.
Instructions unclear, I now have serious case of garand foreskin
Ok. Thanks for the reply.
This is your daddiest video so far, keep it up 👍🏻
"this is safe"
Pushing in blood soaked clip
Dude your channel has exploded in the last year
That's what I figured, thanks for the tip, looking forward to the vid
and here... garand thumb was born
*WHERE IS THE* *PING* DISLIKE
That's a real masterpiece
And now it all makes sense
What a smooth action!
I'm part of the cmp program and I'm one of the few that had never got their finger jammed. "Lefties are made the best"
I can say I have never seen a 3 point sling on an M1, but it looks interesting.
I had to go and see what Garand Thumb is all about.
Was not disappointed.
It wouldn't work. In the M1, since you can't access the magazine without the bolt fully to the rear, you'd eject any rounds you already had chambered. You can't depress the rounds in the magazine in order to get the bolt over the top round so it can close on a round you dropped into the chamber because there isn't room.
You are the first man to use full term "Garand" not "Grand". Five cheers!
Your voice sounds good for movies, some what dramatic sound to it.
heck yeah, the best rifle ever made.
Amazing firearm.
Thanks for sharing !
i think i play too much battlefield 1923 LOL
Garand daddy’s early days.
Coming back to this to see how much papa has grown but also somehow stayed the same.
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Same
The music made this feel sad
My grandfather is a victim of the dreaded M1 Thumb. He still talks about it trying to eat his thumb to this day :).
Do you have any videos of you using your Garand in competitions?
Here in 2022
thanks for the info!
I would like to enjoy some history
no
I came for the ping
I left empty handed
Do you have to have to put a gas cartridge in it? If yes how often? If assault weapons are banned would this be one? Like in NY and MA it may be that rounds have to be 7 or less.
thanks :)
So this is the founder of task force 69
I couldn't understand what you said. A lot of people fear the loading mechanism, why?
Where did you pick up that 3 point sling from I have been wanting to put one on my garand for a while now.
Based 👍🏼
3-point sling? Heresy
might be a stupid question, but why do those 2 bullets have a different color?
10 years ago 😭
wow. big difference between this video "I give myself Garand thumb"
question. I bought a Springfield Armory/National?? 1970s M1 repro, but it doesnt load on an 8 round clip. It loads on 7 just fine, but it will not load on an 8 round clip whether the first round is on the left or right, and the casings as far back as they can go. Im about 90% sure my enblocs are GI spec, but they are brand new and i have currently broken in two of them. IT seems that the round is getting hung up on the metal part of the receiver that guides the round up and into the chamber. Is it a worn recoil spring? It is really frustrating me now. In order to get it to chamber, i literally have to PULL on the charging handle to get it to chamber, but it scrapes the living hell out of the 2nd round in the process. THEN when i try to pull back on the charging handle, i literally have to take a hammer to the handle to get it to pull back, but if i load 7 i can manipulate the handle manually without issue (yes i am using blue dummy rounds during all this)
I’m worried about this although I don’t own one and never will. Any tips for me?
Instructions unclear weenur is caught in chamber
So do you recommend a three point or a more standard Garand sling?
Who makes the sling you have on your M1 and what type of sling it is?
So what's with the 2 red short rounds on the top of the clip?
Snap caps. Dummy rounds for practice
What are those two red bullets you have in the clip?
Were did you get your m1 garand how much was it
How do you avoid the bolt closing on your fingers?
Is anyone still making Garands nowadays or are all the pieces in the market surplus from old wars?
They made some repros like the do the M1 carbine but for the most part they were a commercial failure. I have a Springfield armory 1943 Garand I got from the civilian marksmanship program and it is in amazing condition. They can be hard to come by because the market is shrinking.
lucky fuck. I want one but hard to find and it will be expensive as fuck.
Fulton Armory uses the old receiver and build around that. They use complete USGI parts except for the barrel and stock, and some other minor parts. With CMP and Fulton Armory, you're guaranteed they don't use the nasty welded receivers that float around.
The Garand receiver is very hard and expensive to make. No company wants to do it because there isn't a big market for it, and it would cost too much. Some companies still make M14/M1A receivers but they don't quite follow the original blue print for it. The original M14 machine was sold to China, and before the 95AWB, you could have gotten your hands on a really nice Norinco receiver which was the closet thing to the real M14 that is made during "modern" times. The receiver required a lot of work since the Chinese didn't really get the process down and just pumped out as much as they could.
CMP has them starting at $600 on up. Obviously the higher the price the higher the quality, but the $600 range is still fine, they shoot, just dont look so pretty. If you go to 2 sites called ammo garand, and garand gear you can buy brand new barrels and virtually every part for them and bring one to life.
luckily i have not gotten my finger caught in an m1 yet:-)
what is the Size of the m1 Bullet
To say this mechanism is safe is a falsehood. Try loading this thing in the middle of a war. You're gonna get your thumb samsed more than once.
"Garand thumb" only happens ONCE!!