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Wow, our meeting ran really late tonight. No wonder I was getting the evil eye from the Warden when I got home.
We had an M1 Garand 'Show and Tell' tonight. We had more M1's in the club than I realized. We had a number of members who never come to meetings show up tonight. Some had M1's and others just wanted to see the vaunted old war horse.
I took mine along with a USMC En block clip belt and 2 different bandoliers, one from the WWII era and one from the Korean War Era along with the En Bloc clips with ball ammo and armor piercing ammo. One of the fellows had a grenade launcher attachment for his. Really good time. Usually everyone is complaining if the meeting goes past 2100.
As president I issued a decree tonight that next month will be show and tell for M1A's!
The rifle was set up for a scope (I do have the scope mount) The serial number and the Springfield stamp definitely confirm my rifle (a family heirloom) was manufactured by Springfield Armory in August 1943. The "WRA GHD" would indicate it went through the Post WWII overhaul-rebuild (that just about all WWII M1's made prior to 1945 went through) by Winchester Repeating Arms and inspected by Col. Guy H. Drewry. Rear sight is the T105E1 that all "overhauled" M1's were equipped with. Mine still has the machined trigger guard and not the replacement stamped trigger guard that rifles that need a new guard got during the overhauls.
Morning all. Headed to my own slide this morning with some engineers. Luckily it's not that big and not much traffic. Unless you're the guy that is a mile from it and now has a 1.5hr detour.
I'm told there is a contractor on site at the Arizona slide on 101 and they are trying to open at least one lane by the end of the week. Forecast for the south coast.... Wet, wet and more Wet. Will circle the wagons with the wife and see if she is still game for the trip. Last time it rained like this when we were in Gold beach we were jetboating the Rogue and we camped in the boat. It rain 4+ inches. The boating was easy and no rocks were harmed. LOL.
Hey Brett, not a lot of progress on the house in the last few weeks do to weather and light. Also the holidays, the daughter is pregnant and we have two birthday this month so weekends seemed to be eaten up.
No rain here but 35F, wind normal again for now. Glad the deliveries are easier Chris.
Rich did you work out all your vacation wrinkles?
Evan, did the citrus crops get affected by the cold or storms?
Jim - heirlooms are neat but functional ones are amazing! Is ammo a difficult part of the M1 saga?
Andy, hows the house project going?
Git-er-done eveeyone!
Hey Brett, I haven't heard anything about damage to the citrus crops, but I'm sure there was some. We got down to 19 degrees with 8 degree wind chill during that Christmas cold front. We got down below freezing again a couple weeks ago and looks like we will again this weekend. My wife had planted a fall garden and had to cover all of her plants as best she could. Last winter we didn't get down to freezing until later in January/February and I think the coldest we saw was around 28 or 30.
If anyone asks, dealing with estates, a family trust that was supposed to make everything easy but complicated it beyond words and a greedy sister who apparently has already spent money she doesn't have - and may not get is flipping fabulous!!!
Originally Posted by Red60
No rain here but 35F, wind normal again for now. Glad the deliveries are easier Chris.
Jim - heirlooms are neat but functional ones are amazing! Is ammo a difficult part of the M1 saga?
Git-er-done eveeyone!
Fully functional, fully operational and unlimited ammo (but not an unlimited bank account for the ammo). Fires standard .30-06 ammo and I have the 5 round En block clips so it's legal for big game hunting.
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