Slow motion M1.

[blue109]

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/3kabN

Pretty cool. I would have guessed it slower than an AR.

[blue109]

And...OUCH http://m.imgur.com/gallery/BLIlJ

[survivalshop]

 Is the AR a 308 or 5.56 ?

 

  Is that someone purposely putting their finger in there to show how it gets pinched ?  I was taught correctly on how to work the M1's action before I had a chance to get M1 Thumb . <thumbsup>

[Rsquared]

Me too. I was taught initially all about Garand thumb....and how to avoid it. And I can't imagine someone intentionally slamming their finger in the action like that. But......if you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough. <laughs>

[blue109]

And get it on film

[Spartan]

very cool, thanks!

[unforgiven]

Great link brother,love that rifle.

 

It's not the pic of the thumb that's interesting,it's the look on the persons face.Mine was like this :blink:  after 2 minutes of intro.Up to that point the only thing I knew about the rifle was what I saw in the movies.

[Toolndie7]

That girl is fast. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

[mrmackc]

Very smooth rapid fire semi-auto. I think one of the key features is the 5/8" of slack that lets the operating rod to get up to speed before touching the bolt. Fail to feed,fire or extract-eject was extremely rare and was usually shooter error to make sure he didn't have a"long round" or fail to clean and lube properly

I love that old rifle, so much that just recently gave mine to my son along with a full ammo box of LC 1962 .30 ball IN BANDOLEARS Of enblocs as issued at Camp Perry for Rattle Battle. Rattle Battle was a fun type team match for us old codgers.

Edited June 18, 2015 by mrmackc