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Jim Watson · December 20, 2021, 04:30 PM

Apparently it was not effective to just bung a BAR magazine into an M1 action. There was a lot of work done on magazines and magazine catches in the late WWII developments.

I don't know what Mr Garand used in his 1920s guns before they selected an enclosed en bloc clip system over a box magazine.

December 20, 2021, 04:30 PM	#10
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,541	Apparently it was not effective to just bung a BAR magazine into an M1 action. There was a lot of work done on magazines and magazine catches in the late WWII developments. I don't know what Mr Garand used in his 1920s guns before they selected an enclosed en bloc clip system over a box magazine.