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She pushed the bolt forward and it diden't lock. It has to be pulled all the way back and released to slam forward in order to lock..it will happen everytime.
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Not the recommended way to field strip a Garand...
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OUCH!
I shot and been at many service rifle matches, and never heard of an M1 kaboom.
It must have been from firing on an open bolt.
Hope she got away with out an injury.
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Betcha five bucks she's got herself a nasty flinch.
Hope she's alright.
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She pushed the bolt forward and it diden't lock. It has to be pulled all the way back and released to slam forward in order to lock..it will happen everytime. My 5 M1s will chamber and lock from about half back every last time....doesn't mean others will, but the bottom line, even if you slam the full bolt length you have to be smart enough to check things before pulling the trigger
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Wow..... sure hope she was only scared and not hurt....
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Could have been a reloaded case that wasn't sized down enough too.
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If you read the comments, they were firing new factory ammo--no reloads.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that current commercial factory ammo should not be used in Garands.
Last edited by Cheyenne; 01/05/12. Reason: clarification
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Generally not a good idea, but Hornady makes Garand safe ammo.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that current commercial factory ammo should not be used in Garands. No, it's okay. You should probably stick to 150s though instead of 180s as that they are hard on the op rod.
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It's not bullet weight as much as pressure vs. time where the gas bleeds off to run the action.
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WOW! I hope she is alright. I've shot a lot of M1's many of them shot out and have never seen that happen before.
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garands have one strong action. The issue with the ammo is the pressure curve on ignition, garands are built for a certain pressure range and that is why it is said not to use commercial ammo other than the hornady made special for the garand. You can also get a different gas jet to allow for heavier bullets. On seeing the video, it seemed she got a case jamed on the sixth round, and threw it to the ground. I am assuming that the round fired. She did NOT check the barrel and could have had a squib round. It looked to me like she did not push the bolt forward from a partially open position. Translated, and from the comments on her brothers rifle, she needs or her brother need to see a garand crank like phil at usury pass and have the remaining rifle checked.
i am thinking squib load
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She pushed the bolt forward and it diden't lock. It has to be pulled all the way back and released to slam forward in order to lock..it will happen everytime. look again, she removed her hand from the op rod and let it go forward.
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She pushed the bolt forward and it diden't lock. It has to be pulled all the way back and released to slam forward in order to lock..it will happen everytime. look again, she removed her hand from the op rod and let it go forward. you look again . she was touching the slide as it went forward. something we were preached to not do when I was in training.
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