Watching a guy take a snap shot at a German with his No.1 Enfield in the movie “1917”....
Birdy,
Not really an answer to your question, but my uncle Glen was up in the area near Hurtgen in the rugged and forested terrain just before the Battle of the Bulge (which he fought in), he said they had lots of skirmishes and he really hated the peep on the Garand. His concept of the ideal sights for snap shooting would have been the old Winchester buckhorn rear with a big gold dot front. He felt that the buckhorn was accurate enough for the close range, snap shots they were forced to take. He did love that the Garand was a semi-auto. He said that the rate of fire could pin down an enemy long enough to do them real harm.
