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Yesterday 03:58 AM
'88Scrat I find myself in need of another handy little rifle I can keep in the truck or in my boat when I go on extended camping/fishing trips. Something to keep coyotes at bay and take potshots at empty pop cans. * * *
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M1 Garand - in traditional '06 or .308/7.62.
Perhaps overkill on the 'yotes and pop cans, but it's 50-states legal, ... especially as a "truck gun" where the "gun" in that label means a go-to-right-now
rifle.
Arguably, an M1 looks even less "evil" than a Mini-14 (if that matters), since it's clip-fed without the visible and dreaded detachable magazine feature, abhorred by lefties everywhere.
By the way, there's a reason why the Navy retained M1s for use as repelling and boarding weapons, when every other service defaulted to some form of M16. Something to think about for a "boat gun."
Various configurations are available: "standard" (or full-size) M1s as sold by the CMP; 18" "Tankers" from various vendors, e.g., Fulton Armory; or the popular and handy 16" Mini-G, available from Shuff's.
Gotta love those Mini-Gs:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XlYJacucucQ
