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Classic M1 Garand: An Ongoing Legacy for Shooters and Collectors [Paperback]

Jim Thompson (Author)
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The only full-power, semiautomatic standard infantry rifle in existence during World War II, the M1 Garand remains the most popular high-powered target semiautomatic in the world -- and arguably the most rugged and durable. This sequel to 'The Complete M1 Garand' is an up-to-date guide to admiring, shooting and collecting this classic rifle well into the 21st century. Part One includes the M1's tactical, developmental and industrial history, takes a realistic look at its perceived 'flaws' and presents savvy advice on buying parts and parts kits in today's marketplace. Plus it incorporates charts detailing the M1's World War II and post-war delivery chronology, to be used as general guidelines when restoring an M1. The second half of the book addresses some common questions about the rifle and covers some of the touchiest aspects of maintaining the rifle.

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Jim Thompson is an internationally published firearms writer, photographer and consultant with more than three decades of experience as a serious collector and shooter. His dedication to precise historical research combined with his practical, empirical insight has yielded significant contributions to the fields of military history and weapons development.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Way better than most of the others..., Aug 8 2003
This review is from: Classic M1 Garand: An Ongoing Legacy for Shooters and Collectors (Paperback)
These books are way better than Canfield's, and
have way less errors. And they include the Italian
rifles and the ones a guy is likely to actually GET,
too, and in MUCH MORE detail.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best and the easiest to read and understand, Aug 2 2002
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J.W. Thompson (Springfield, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Classic M1 Garand: An Ongoing Legacy for Shooters and Collectors (Paperback)
These are the best of the M1 books, the easiest to read and
understand, with the detail laid out in a way that anybody can
understand. And the guns he shows look like the real thing.

The notes on the gun confiscation movement and local politics bring this World War II veteran rifle into modern context, and make it very obvious what the motiviations of the antigunners really are.

Scholarly without being pretentious, I found myself absorbing techniques and information without even noticing it.
And I did most of his maintenance stuff, and it all worked. With the trouble shooting information in Thompson's other book, THE COMPLETE M1 GARAND, the books have saved me thousands of dollars and lots of hours.

He goes beyond other researchers, who seem to dig up all their stuff at the armories, the factories, and from dry delivery records, and who pay no attention to the reports of veterans and actual units in the field. This makes his work very practical. He also puts holes in some of the "stand operating b.s." and lies of the past, which someone out there is surely going to find troubling, but what he says, I found out, works, makes sense, and is the truth. He has spent a lot of time getting this stuff from gunsmiths and armorers, and a lot of it I had heard previously but discarded because it wasn't in the dry books of other authors. It seems he is right on virtually every score, and much of the "official" stuff is smokescreen. My gunsmith (who built M1's during World War II, and wound up carrying one in Korea) loves the M1, and says Thompson obviously listened to "the right guys"... He also affirms Thompson's data and analysis of the gas traps and their performance, and that everything else in the book is obviously the way it really was.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Save money, trouble, aggravations, July 24 2002
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This review is from: Classic M1 Garand: An Ongoing Legacy for Shooters and Collectors (Paperback)
The COMPLETE M1 GARAND and THE CLASSIC M1 GARAND are a pair of the most practical and straightforward firearms books I have ever read or seen. Most important, they saved me money, trouble, and thumbs. This writer does not fool around! Rather than elaborate charts of which 99% are useless to the typical gunnie, this guy gets to the meat, and in a hurry. And yet, the material is easy to handle.

He even covers and shows fake and real and rare and common parts, the way they ACTUALLY look, instead of all fancified and restored. I had lots of trouble with other books, where the parts arrays were new or better-than-new, and didn't seem even similar to mine.

I invested, I think, %45.00 in these books. Dollarwise, I have saved maybe $2000 or more, and a lot of problems. This guy knows the gun, knows the market, knows the parts, and tells you what you need to know, in practical, plain English, not mumbo-jumbo garbage.

I got all the M1 books. This one is the easiest to use, and makes more sense than all the others together.

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