The UK's Finest Independent Forum for Shooters and Gun Owners. Est 2010.

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/201 ... or-350-00/

Just saw this on accurate shooter. I have not had the privilege of handling an M1, but without the gas system, would it not be a perfect straight pull?

Ignoring the difficulties of importing them etc,

DM

Dangermouse wrote:http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/201 ... or-350-00/

Just saw this on accurate shooter. I have not had the privilege of handling an M1, but without the gas system, would it not be a perfect straight pull?

Ignoring the difficulties of importing them etc,

DM

I've had the privilege of firing a straight pull M1 Garand, a few years ago and I have to say it was very, very nice to shoot, indeed.

I have fired an M1 in original spec, and they are a lovely rifle, they are however very expensive nowadays, so I would have thought a straight pull M1 would be an expensive option :(

Sold by the Civilian Marksmanship Program...Apparently you have to be a US Citizen.

A recent article about the CMP...

Hi all,

I sold an old spec de-activated M1 Garand a few months ago, I was very taken with what a lovely rifle it is, it shoulders and handles very well, also beautifully engineered without compromise, especially considering mine was 1942 dated, no war time short-cuts on that rifle!

The only real weak point in this otherwise outstanding design being the very long operating rod, being easy to damage as it's largely exposed at the bottom of the stock, even a small kink will adversely effect the function and accuracy, however a straight pull won't have this issue

I believe Beretta were making straight pull Garands a while back, might be wrong though, very tempting indeed!

Cheers, John.