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M1Garand myths and facts explained by a funny Brit

RetiredNSmilin

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My son sent me this video this morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2idYNKWGm4&t=605s

He says some of the myths about the M1 Garand were invented by video gamers, rather than real experiences.

The "ping" being one of them.

OK, in a squad with Thompsons, BARs, and carbines, who in their right mind is going to jump up and charge when they hear the ping. That is if they hear it at all. This makes no sense.

It is a 12 minute video but entertaining as well as funny in most parts.


Enjoy.
 
RetiredNSmilin said:
My son sent me this video this morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2idYNKWGm4&t=605s

He says some of the myths about the M1 Garand were invented by video gamers, rather than real experiences.

The "ping" being one of them.

OK, in a squad with Thompsons, BARs, and carbines, who in their right mind is going to jump up and charge when they hear the ping. That is if they hear it at all. This makes no sense.

It is a 12 minute video but entertaining as well as funny in most parts.


Enjoy.
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I think you might enjoy this video about the gun in real life as well as in video games. It has really cool vector art.
 
Had a chance to fire one on a range last year, wonderful weapon.
 
RetiredNSmilin said:
My son sent me this video this morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2idYNKWGm4&t=605s

He says some of the myths about the M1 Garand were invented by video gamers, rather than real experiences.

The "ping" being one of them.

OK, in a squad with Thompsons, BARs, and carbines, who in their right mind is going to jump up and charge when they hear the ping. That is if they hear it at all. This makes no sense.

It is a 12 minute video but entertaining as well as funny in most parts.


Enjoy.
Click to expand...

The ping myth predates video games by decades, I first read about it in a 1994 book by former editor of American Rifleman Bruce Canfield
 
Carjosse said:
I think you might enjoy this video about the gun in real life as well as in video games. It has really cool vector art.
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Very nice video indeed.
They certainly got that PING sound down accurately.
Really nice, thank you, Carjosse

I only saw one technical discrepancy in the beginning, but it was so small It is not worth of mention....but for the geeks like me.....here it is...
(for technical geeks, I will mention it here only as an aside to this most excellent video. The silhouette of the Springfield rifle they use is actually the silhouette of a later model, the 03A3 we used in ww2, not the 03A1 we adopted in 1903. You can tell it is an 03A3 by the rear peep sight behind the bolt. The 03A1 had a ladder rear sight forward of the bolt.)
 
EMNofSeattle said:
The ping myth predates video games by decades, I first read about it in a 1994 book by former editor of American Rifleman Bruce Canfield
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Yeah, I agree. I had heard about it in the 70's. That is why I said "He says" in my post.

For once though, just once...I would like to read or watch an evaluation on the Garand WITHOUT that damned quote from Patton.
It is like some law or something, they ALWAYS have to include it.
Now I roll my eyes every time I hear it.
 
RetiredNSmilin said:
Isn't it almost magical how easy the rifle points?

I noticed that almost immediately.
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It's a little heavier than I imagined but not by much.

I went to a range out in vegas that did this awesome WWII package.

Fired the M1911, Springfield M1903 I think it was, Garand, M1 carbine, Thompson and BAR.

'Twas a good time.
 
RetiredNSmilin said:
Yeah, I agree. I had heard about it in the 70's. That is why I said "He says" in my post.

For once though, just once...I would like to read or watch an evaluation on the Garand WITHOUT that damned quote from Patton.
It is like some law or something, they ALWAYS have to include it.
Now I roll my eyes every time I hear it.
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I did read a related ping story that the clips after ejection would make an audible ping upon striking hard snow, and that it incentived Germans at Bastogne to take shots. I read a related story that GIs in the battle of the bulge would toss empty clips to the ground to lure the Germans out of the foxhole to take a shot.

The sounds slightly more credible, I'll need to see if I can find that book again in my fathers study
 
RetiredNSmilin said:
Very nice video indeed.
They certainly got that PING sound down accurately.
Really nice, thank you, Carjosse

I only saw one technical discrepancy in the beginning, but it was so small It is not worth of mention....but for the geeks like me.....here it is...
(for technical geeks, I will mention it here only as an aside to this most excellent video. The silhouette of the Springfield rifle they use is actually the silhouette of a later model, the 03A3 we used in ww2, not the 03A1 we adopted in 1903. You can tell it is an 03A3 by the rear peep sight behind the bolt. The 03A1 had a ladder rear sight forward of the bolt.)
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You would probably like his other videos as well. He has covered a lot of the most popular weapons in video games.
 
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