Garand – Forgotten Weapons

John Garand on US Weapons Development (Video)

February 26, 2013 Ian McCollum 20

Thanks to a tip from Big Al last week, we found a couple minutes of video of John Garand talking about the development of US small arms. It was buried in an episode of “The […]

Navy .308 Garand Conversion

March 5, 2012 Ian McCollum 3

Back in the 1960s, the US Navy decided to rechamber a bunch of its M1 Garand rifles to 7.62 NATO. The proper way to do this would have been to simply put new 7.62 barrels […]

Book Review: Collector’s Guide to the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine

January 26, 2012 Ian McCollum 0

Today we take a look at Bruce Canfield’s Collector’s Guide to the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine. This is one of Canfield’s earlier books, and is now out of print. It is still available, though, […]

The Japanese military had been experimenting with semiauto service rifles for some time prior to World War II (most countries were, to some extent). There was some development of a Japanese Pedersen rifle, among others. […]