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Homerboy · October 12, 2013, 05:05 AM

M1 garand from CMP. You can get a Service Special for the same price as an AR, and they sell 30-06 for 100 bucks per 200 round can, about the same as .223. I have an AR and a Garand and the garand is so much more fun. I don't shoot as often anymore, maybe 400 rounds of centerfire rifle ammo a year. There is nothing like hearing that PING.

Plus it's a real military issued weapon. I look at the dings on the stock of my 1942 issued Springfield and wonder how they got there. Jumping into a foxhole? Liberating a concentration camp? Wish it could talk.

October 12, 2013, 05:05 AM	#25
Homerboy Junior member Join Date: June 16, 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,320	M1 garand from CMP. You can get a Service Special for the same price as an AR, and they sell 30-06 for 100 bucks per 200 round can, about the same as .223. I have an AR and a Garand and the garand is so much more fun. I don't shoot as often anymore, maybe 400 rounds of centerfire rifle ammo a year. There is nothing like hearing that PING. Plus it's a real military issued weapon. I look at the dings on the stock of my 1942 issued Springfield and wonder how they got there. Jumping into a foxhole? Liberating a concentration camp? Wish it could talk.