Loading and Shooting the M1 Garand

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Just a little snippet of my initial work with the M1 Garand we bought at the CMP a few days ago.
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@scottyscorch6217 7 лет назад

I could only imagine what it would sound like to have 30-40 of these going off at the same time in a battle.

@xaleypoo4779 6 лет назад

PING

@aaronbelden8894 5 лет назад

I imagine it sounded like freedom

@5adam8 5 лет назад

@@aaronbelden8894 stfu

@thenthson 5 лет назад

Wouldn't mind listening to that for a few

@RebelLyfeBoxing80 4 года назад

@@5adam8 😂😂😂😂🤣😭😭

@angelomordini6779 8 лет назад

The ping sound when it runs out is music to my ears

@deutsch-amerikanisch8281 7 лет назад

JERAMY Zappe In combat its loud anyway and the ping is quiet compared to that. Odds are they will not hear it at all lol. Even this video it shows that the final shot masks the ping. Maybe in a one on one situation, but why do you have a 80 year old M1 when you can any shinny new shotgun, AR, or AK.

@deutsch-amerikanisch8281 7 лет назад

They will not hear it*

@braindeadxd447 7 лет назад

The ping sound was loud and got many soldiers killed. So clearly they did hear it.

@doggowolf2768 7 лет назад

Yeah, I tried to look it up some more after reading your comment. I agree with what you said Max g Dog, someone told me that story along time ago but when I did some research and really, just thought about it some more, its really no more than a myth.

@TheGodParticle 7 лет назад

Spicylisterine nah, what you talking about, you could probably here that round go off a mile away, that little ping wouldn't be heard 100 yards away.

@kingfluffyelias8022 10 лет назад

My great old grandpa can still fire a M1 after all this time, And he owns one but does not shot that much.

@lambdog76 14 лет назад

I very much appreciate this series. My Grandpa passed away last year, he was a veteran of WWII. Seeing your Garande and action and the stores of the CMP are greatly appreciated as this series reminds me of him and his generation. Thank you too, for demonstrating the respect these firearms deserve. May God Bless the "Greatest Generation".

@DustySquitoNM 9 лет назад

4:24 for the part we all secretly came here for. God, I love that gun.

@dalord5933 9 лет назад

Pure bliss.

@Krynictrace 9 лет назад

That last ejection sound is so satisfying...

@PurelexA 9 лет назад

dustysquito I really watched this video only for that sound xD

@zillsburyy1 9 лет назад

dustysquito stop watching these videos and get one

@knightlykin1499 8 лет назад

+dustysquito I just found out that the Army of Haiti still use these rifles for their soldiers! It's a poor country and a good rifle for a poor nation are these.

@frankcarvell8935 9 лет назад

Your Dad's service is much appreciated. Thank you for passing along his knowledge.

@balriel7229 8 лет назад

Damn, makes a hell of a noise. Guess I've been watching too much WW2 movies/series. Surprised how loud it was.

@nate6907 8 лет назад

Me too i was thinking is it really that loud? Men in ww2 shot that thing multiple times like that?

@pepinozinanasshole 8 лет назад

+The Great Ammuraf That loud noise coming over and over again wouldn't make it with all the other sounds in the movie, explosions yelling so forth it cant be transmitted.

@ryangis431 7 лет назад

That's why they had hand signals.

@diamondemerald116 7 лет назад

The Great Ammuraf everything around it was quiet so that must have clouded your judgement.

@richardroberson2564 6 лет назад

30-06 is a big round, not super annoying in real life though

@paulsimmons5726 7 лет назад

Gotta love that Ping!

@j.krowling7212 8 лет назад

This gun always reminds of world at war

@yandhi1128 5 лет назад

Jeff Quintero same

@mathze 5 лет назад

Is the gun gay?

@shawndrasass1316 5 лет назад

And that’s why the Mil surp prices have gone up and is non existent anymore from gamer fan boys an M1 Garand reminds me of being an American and what my fathers went through.

@kilo393 4 года назад

@@shawndrasass1316 Also movies and tv series like Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers.

@Tommy-ni1yw 3 года назад

Ain’t that the truth. Wish that shit never became pop cultured

@BeerDad69 9 лет назад

Eric rocking the Canadian tuxedo in all denim haha

@Balithazzarr 7 лет назад

Super Nintendo Chalmers HAHAHAHAHAHA

@AfromanKKK2 11 лет назад

Ive been loading my Garand all wrong!!! Man this is such a better way to load the rifle. Such an awesome rifle, I'm a pround owner of a M1.

@whiskeyriver4322 5 лет назад

Beautiful!!! After twenty-four years in the Army, thirteen of them in the 82nd, I finally ordered my CMP M1. Should be here in another three or four weeks.

@GalaxyEighty 6 лет назад

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG PING

@Chainspike101 8 лет назад

what a beast of a weapon

@someotherguytoo2710 11 лет назад

When you right, you are right. You load the M1 like the Army training films show how to load it. You know what you are talking about and you are right, most vids on youtube are by folks that THINK they know. There is no M1 thumb risk while loading and you showed it. You paused and left your thumb right there for all to see. Perfect video. You are correct, most people are scared of the rifle. Thumbs up x 100.

@bwcurley 14 лет назад

Thanks for this information. I got bit by the Garand the first day I got it. That SOB HURT! All I saw were videos of people loading it, but not really explaining it, or saying to hold the bolt carrier and use your thumb... None of it worked. Your technique has restored my faith in loading the Garand, it was much more simple and I didn't get bit this time. Thanks!

@mr.m1garand254 6 лет назад

Imagine thousands of those going off during D-Day along with the sounds of explosions and other noise

@ddoswell2675 8 лет назад

I love watching the magazine fly out of the gun when its empty

@Stikkzz 8 лет назад

+Assassin401 and all can hear when you are out of ammo^^

@slickstrings 8 лет назад

+Christian Meyer thats just a silly myth.

@Stikkzz 8 лет назад

1st my Boy. you where ever in a battle against troops with garand.? i dont think so!! 2nd in a 1vs1 i can hear when u are out of ammo. thats a fact silly comment

@slickstrings 8 лет назад

Christian Meyer Who cares what you think in a 1v1. How many 1v1's with rifles do you think were documented where the sound of a clip dictated the winner. Find me one. How many real 1v1's do you even think there was. where 2 soldiers from opposing sides both happened to get so separated from the battle that it was quiet enough to hear a ping after being deafened by combat noise and also just happened to bump into each other AND happened to come down to empty guns. What a load of shit. Not a fact at all. Show me a single FACT in your statement. all you have is your own baseless assertions. Silly comment.

@Stikkzz 8 лет назад

lol "never argue with a mental disabled"

@tiggerr42431 13 лет назад

A Garand is Patton's favorite invention and a classic of WWII greatest generation history that needs to be appreciated for what it meant to our freedom and the world's freedom.

@FubarSir 5 лет назад

NICE JOB, finally someone shows how to properly load the Garand!

@Ramazancitak67227 10 лет назад

I love the sounds of the m1 garand *_* bling! My favourite guns of the ww2 are: M1 Garand, BAR, M1A1 Carbine,M1A1 Thompson,Mauser Karabiner (Carbine) 98,MP 40 and MP 44 and yes i am german but im not a nazi :)

@LetThereBeLoud 10 лет назад

Some of my favorites is the Type 99, Type 100, BAR, M1A1, M1 Carbine, M1917 Heavy MG, and the 1911.

@dexterdysthe9881 10 лет назад

mine are the same as yours but also the mg 42 citak but i am a nazi muhahahahah

@LetThereBeLoud 10 лет назад

Dexter Dysthe Are you joking about being a Nazi? Or you're serious? If you're joking, that's in poor taste, man. And if you're serious, fuck off.

@derpypotatos4610 9 лет назад

Dexter Dysthe Get him he's a nazi lol

@Choom-li 10 лет назад

What a beautiful gun...snff

@77cemoore Год назад

I watch your channel all the time. Been a fan for years. But I recently picked a used Garand and wanted to watch how to load it and found one of your old videos. Glad to know I can always count on you. But wow how your videos have improved over the years! Way to go Eric!

@TravelSenpaii Год назад

I'm also getting one soon how do you like yours?

@RileygoodVideos 11 лет назад

I know Im thirteen and I started taking interest in Military equipment at around 7, this was one of the first guns I learned about. Got to love such a innovation in the American arsenal of war

@adrianlarkins7259 9 лет назад

Beautiful rifle, and being semi auto when most nations had bolt action, it was a winner. Only problem was the empty mag "ping". In close combat the enemy knew when you were out of ammo. However, GI Joe, being a clever fella used the "ping" to his advantage. His fellow GI would deliberately make a "ping". The enemy would pop his head up, thinking he was safe and BANG, one seriously dead enemy.

@Krynictrace 9 лет назад

Apparently they had a spare one to tap against their helmets to confuse the enemy.

@Guitarfollower22 9 лет назад

***** na they just used their empty clips

@Riverstyx197 9 лет назад

The ping is actually a bit of a misconception. Most of the time it wasn't loud enough to be heard over all the gunshots, explosions, and shouting going on. Battlefields are noisy places, so the ping didn't make a whole lot of difference.

@goktugevcim3123 7 лет назад

How the hell are you planning to hear that sound from meters away with all the noise and stuff going on.Sorry misleading information indeed.

@adrianlarkins7259 7 лет назад

No. the ping came into its own in quiet sniper situations. Two guys go out to where an enemy sniper has been operating. Contact made and the "ping trick" came in handy.

@Isegrim-yd1tx 8 лет назад

the rifle that won ww2 ? dont get me wrong, the garand is a great rifle, but i think the mass of the red army and usaf & raf won the war.

@nevagornagibewop1284 8 лет назад

Agreed

@shotgunsteve93 8 лет назад

American Manufacturing won the war.

@aidin67 7 лет назад

British intelligence, American manufacturing, Russian blood.

@CurlousCam 7 лет назад

LOL, Sure jan.

@Legionzzzz1 7 лет назад

well I mean when you consider that virtually every other military in the war used bolt action rifles as their main service weapon the Garand gave American soldiers a major advantage since it was a semi-automatic rifle and was the main service weapon. So you could actually say that it won the war since it gave soldiers a big advantage against opposing forces.

@elmajiko420 13 лет назад

great video! thank you for making a video about proper loading. i just purchased an m1 garand and should be getting it in 6 days i was looking for a video where it showed how to load a full clip and this is the best one ive seen thanks again for a great video.

@cheechtjs 10 лет назад

Great to see someone loading it the right way. Love it ....

@joedejesus6363 3 года назад

Thank you for making the loading of the M1 Garand very simple.👍

@josephrea3251 5 лет назад

Love the acoustics of where he is shooting. It is the voice of history speaking.

@Spongebobber463 10 месяцев назад

I love how loud guns are it’s so satisfying

@Bravo5656 13 лет назад

This rifle is my favorite, My grandfather still has his, i love the sound the clip makes when its out :D

@jamestaylor8509 2 года назад

I love how the report carries on for several seconds after each shot.

@neolexington 14 лет назад

love that action, its the reason i bought my mini 14, unbeatable design. Great Video keep 'em coming!

@LetterRedMedia 12 лет назад

Great video, it helped me alot on how to properly load my M1 and not get paranoid about getting Garand thumb.

@TaZ101SAGA 13 лет назад

Your videos are the best out there!

@314299 14 лет назад

Yes, it ran just fine. The loads were a little easier on the brass than ball-equivalent loads, although any self loader will scuff the brass up a bit.

@LoveMyCountryAussie 11 лет назад

Thank you for your service mate ,,from AUSTRALIA ,,great video

@guinnessdrenker 13 лет назад

Your video helped me learning how to load an M1 Garand. Thx man :)

@ArtyukhinRetribution 14 лет назад

that, my friend, was an excellent way of showing how it's done.

@garandfan12 14 лет назад

i got the garand thumb when i was about 10, but ive been shooting it for three years now and im still lovin it

@LtThompsonCS 11 лет назад

Awesome - thanks for the info! Been wondering this quite some time now.

@3OCALM1 14 лет назад

Gotta love the Garand! I was just out shooting mine today.

@andrewkenseth4814 9 лет назад

Just ordered my CMP Special, can't wait to shoot it!

@Tony-ml5bs 9 лет назад

How it go?

@thespiritof76. 8 лет назад

Love that report!

@cylersala5234 5 лет назад

My dad and I have one, I'm watching this to learn how to use this since we don't really have anywhere to test it. Thanks for the vid!

@benjaminfinklestein6967 11 лет назад

Thanks for making!!!

@shsmustangs 12 лет назад

in my opinion one of the best rifles out there....i love the garand....pure beauty and elegance

@RobinApprentice 13 лет назад

"greatest battle implement ever devised" -Patton This is by far my favorite rifle ever made.

@jessesimmons4503 7 лет назад

Love the sound of .30-06 Springfield. You can tell by the sound you have some power.

@lalitday9563 11 лет назад

the charecteristic "ping" sound... just love it!

@im.the.wanderer 6 лет назад

I love to see how much he’s grown!

@usriflecal30m1garand 11 лет назад

Great vid and thanks for your service

@KingOfTheClutch 12 лет назад

I absolutely LOVE this rifle, I'll be getting one in the spring, right in time for open range firing at the gun club.

@e93bausch 14 лет назад

The Garand is one of my favorite guns, truly a rifleman's rifle. Re: M1 Thumb, if you are worried about it the best way to avoid it is to place the back of your hand, just above the pinkie finger (think karate chop), on the charge handle. This way if the op-rod starts to move it rotates your thumb out of the way. I have never owned a Garand that would chamber the first round like yours does. I have always had to tap the charge handle, like you mentioned.

@podmonkey2501 11 лет назад

Repro Garands are still generally made with refurbed parts and are typically very expensive. Fulton Armory offers Garands ranging in price from $1200 to $2500. an original reliable shooter can be had for around $600-$700 from the CMP. The CMP also offers what they call a special grade which is a refurbished receiver and parts with a new production stock and barrel. It is essentially a new gun, they go for $950. Soft point ammo feeds well in mine.

@babysherm3487 7 лет назад

One of my favorite guns of all time

@angelomordini6779 8 лет назад

This is a beautiful piece of weaponry

@jessesimmons4503 7 лет назад

Angelo James Mordini beautiful piece of America.

@BadgerlandBandit 14 лет назад

Another great video!

@314299 14 лет назад

I've shot cast bullets in my Garand for an entire summer (without taking the rifle down) and in the fall there was virtually no lead in the gas port or on the piston. Used RCBS 30-180-SP bullet with gas check sized .311", water dropped wheel weights. Shot just as accurate as ball ammo. I was using Accurate arms 2495 powder but IMR4895 should work as well.

@znignflo72 14 лет назад

m1 garand is an amazing rifle i want one. Cant wait to see what videos r gonna come from this gun!!!

@survivorsfeat2293 5 лет назад

Absolutely beautiful rifle!

@314299 14 лет назад

Thanks for the clarification.

@BigBearWeek 12 лет назад

Very nice video I saw guy at a shooting range with 1 of these yesterday it was much louder than I expected but still very very nice rifle

@johncduff 11 лет назад

I hold the handgrip and lock my index finger over the op rod handle when I load to prevent M-1 thumb. You do it right though, and the way you show it, the charging handle doesn;lt close until pressure is released from pushing down the clip. The problem is when you don't fully cock the charging handle and it is held open only by the friction from the follower assembly - then as soon as you push the en bloc clip in it shuts on your thumb.

@PyahEXEThon 11 лет назад

That *CLING!* when the clip ejects...eargasm

@Rubengt303 11 лет назад

i didnt even know your channel has been around this long, just bought my first cmp m1 garand today

@stepjohn100 13 лет назад

This is HOW to get an M1 thumb. HOLD THE OPERATING ROD! As an NDCC cadet I was issued an M1 Garand in 1969 and taught by a WWII infantry officer. Draw the bolt to the rear locking it; place the butt of the weapon on your thigh & with the edge of your hand holding the operating rod handle in place, push the en bloc clip down on the follower until it reaches the bottom. Only then remove the edge of your hand from the operating rod handle and bump the operating rod hand forward. Old school!

@soelenny 9 лет назад

I used to have the sniper version. Shoot good and with loading it never had a problem with it. Automatically went well..

@stalker1983 13 лет назад

I have always been fascinated with the garand rifle. My dad was trained on it when he served in denmark (For some reason we keep some in stock???) He told me he had two rifles over the course of his training. One performed nicely like yours, the other he only had to look at the clip for it to smack his thumb :) Sadly not allowed to buy one here but would be fun.

@gkidcj 14 лет назад

wow this is such an historycal gun! love it

@NightOfTheLiving8bit 11 лет назад

Such an iconic sound of the M1's clip ejecting.

@jcarlosgomez2030 7 лет назад

I would absolutely love to buy one of these beauties!!! Love your videos man!

@richardnethery9024 12 лет назад

Great Looking M1. Nice Video

@MatteV2 10 лет назад

I have no experience with Garands, only bolt actions, but I saw a guy who put his hand, right below his little finger, on the bolt, to stop it from accidently going forward when the clip was inserted, in order to avoid the M1-thumb. What he did was he placed the clip in the gun, put his hand on the handle to the bolt, and pushed the clip into the weapon with his thumb, while keeping the bolt back with the rest of his hand.

@Sovakian 3 года назад

The quality of this video is way better then I thought.

@BrianCaramore 12 лет назад

man... that sound....that's authority right there

@strange-universe 14 лет назад

the new guns you bought at CMP were field grade? Thanks for sharing that shopping trip and this shooting vid.

@brianlee6849 4 года назад

You are right most guys say you have to hold back the handle. I did see one time before though I think it was gun guy showed push till it clicks and it won't go until you release it. Just don't waste any time when you pull your thumb out. 😁 I have been trying to decide between the M1A and the M1 garand. I go back and forth. Honestly eight shots is more than enough and I prefer not to have a big magazine hanging down. With equivalent bedding & Barrel do you feel like one is better than the other for accuracy. I plan to use mine for a combination of target shooting and hunting. I enjoy your videos and I've subscribed. Thank you

@Eggugat 11 лет назад

the sound is actually of it being ejected from the rifle, it only makes the ping sound if it hits something hard like a rock or a helmet. The soldier in WWII used to have a N-Clip tied to a string to swing and hit their helmet with so the Germans thought the gun was out of ammo.

@lhbobchakma3195 6 лет назад

This is the only M1 GARAND RIFILE video in youtube so far gave satisfaction.

@Tommy-ni1yw 3 года назад

Thank you sir. I don’t understand the whole m1 thumb long as you sustain pressure you’re okay, just as you said. Only time I ever got the thumb is when I had 7 in the clip and I fumbled.

@AN_PVS-2 11 лет назад

I love the garand so much, I think I'm going to try and get it during the summer

@3hounddogs 13 лет назад

This is a great video. I REALLY appreciate the loading part. You're right, a lot of videos on RU-vid do not show that part very well. I was wanting to learn about how to avoid "Garand Thumb". Thanks again! Bill

@tompaul2591 3 года назад

Hold the bolt open with your right hand under your pinky while you use your right thumb to push the clip down. See hickock45 on the proper way to load it

@KillaMuffin7 10 лет назад

God i love that Dinging sound

@DerWeisskunig 6 лет назад

The most beautiful rifle!

@Arphalia 13 лет назад

Wonderful video and absolutely beautiful rifle! How much did she cost you? Is ammunition tough to come by? I know that the surplus stuff is getting scarcer nowadays, but if I recall Federal Eagle is making new factory ammunition the M1 Garand loaded to the specifications the rifle requires to shoot it safely.

@skatek610 13 лет назад

When ever closing the bolt be sure to have the flat of your palm holding back the op rod and your thumb inserts the enbloc/pushes the follwer slide, this ensures that you have control in the closure of the bolt

@Frogtalkin 13 лет назад

These are fun as hell to hip fire and pull as quick as you can!

@MrClutch1999 12 лет назад

The M1 garand is my all time favorite rifle of all time!

@MarshalZhukov 14 лет назад

The powder in commercial ammo doesn't burn fast enough, if I'm not mistaken, in the Garand. This can cause operating rod damage. There is powder out there, and I believe Hornady makes Garand-safe ammunition to shoot out of the box. But, an adjustable gas plug from Brownells or Midway will be the safest way to shoot any commercially loaded ammo out of a Garand if somebody so chose. Op rods are expensive, and I haven't gotten an adj. gas plug. Greek HXP for me. My 1903 loves that stuff too.

@ShellShock11C 2 года назад

Is there anything more American than a veteran chilling in the woods shooting an M1?

@billdeluca4592 8 лет назад

thank you for showing the correct way,I think it is fear of getting hurt that people come up with all these safe ways to load theM1,but there is only one way ,the right way,thanks

@Robert-jv4hf 8 лет назад

Fill the clip, drop it in.

@HvyMetal4Ever 14 лет назад

Damn fine weapon you have there! I just bought one not long ago and have not yet the chance to shoot it. What is your preference / reccomendation for ammo. I have been told keep it around a 150gr. Any thoughts to that?

@Joe0898 11 лет назад

Such a beautiful gun

@aidandunwoody2406 6 лет назад

I had a great experience with this rifle. Need to get my own M1.

@tedbarsalou 11 лет назад

Depends on how patient you are. You can still get one of the "Special Grade" garands from CMP. They're under $1000 and include new stock and barrel. They look to be in mint condition, so that might be what you saw at the gun show. It takes about two months to get them from CMP (unless you can drive to one of their stores), but it's well worth it.

@catwiener22 7 месяцев назад

10 years later, unfortunately this has changed

@Rossco139 13 лет назад

30-06 is a great round, the M1 Garand is a great rifle, this is a great video.

@hotchman99 13 лет назад

Beautiful gun sir.

@RandomPoolGuy84 13 лет назад

There's a more efficeint way to load the M1. While holding a loaded clip with your thumb and fore finger, use the blade of your right hand to press the charging handle to the rear and hold. Use your thumb to press the clip into the mag well and then lift your thumb away untill it's clear of the receiver. Then release the charging handle. Train reloading that way and you'll increase your reload speed.