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Dwight55 · August 24, 2008, 11:52 PM

Not meaning to demean anyone's opinion of the M1 carbine, . . . but in 1966, we were sent to Long Xuyen, RVN to set up a base for the first group of PBR's up in that part of the river.

We were variously armed, . . . mostly Garands like mine, . . . but a few M1 carbines. At the RVN range one day, . . . I traded arms with one of the guys just to see how the carbine shot.

So help me, . . . if there had been a steel post there and the carbine had been my personal property, . . . I would have wrapped that little mule kicking piece of junk so tight around that steel pole, . . . you couldn't have seen daylight between the two.

My Garand, . . . my M3, . . . and later even my M14 didn't kick as hard as that carbine did.

No thanks, . . . didn't like it then, . . . don't need to re-try, . . . would never get one for my wife, . . . I like eating on time and my laundry done

May God bless,
Dwight

August 24, 2008, 11:52 PM	#22
Dwight55 Senior Member Join Date: June 18, 2004 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 2,568	Not meaning to demean anyone's opinion of the M1 carbine, . . . but in 1966, we were sent to Long Xuyen, RVN to set up a base for the first group of PBR's up in that part of the river. We were variously armed, . . . mostly Garands like mine, . . . but a few M1 carbines. At the RVN range one day, . . . I traded arms with one of the guys just to see how the carbine shot. So help me, . . . if there had been a steel post there and the carbine had been my personal property, . . . I would have wrapped that little mule kicking piece of junk so tight around that steel pole, . . . you couldn't have seen daylight between the two. My Garand, . . . my M3, . . . and later even my M14 didn't kick as hard as that carbine did. No thanks, . . . didn't like it then, . . . don't need to re-try, . . . would never get one for my wife, . . . I like eating on time and my laundry done May God bless, Dwight __________________ www.dwightsgunleather.com If you can breathe, . . . thank God! If you can read, . . . thank a teacher! If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a Veteran!