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ORIGINAL: m10bob

My Uncle Jim's opinion of the carbine was that it was little better than a .22 and had no stopping nor knock down power..
I have owned and fired both.
I have never shot anybody with the carbine.

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ORIGINAL: Twotribes

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ORIGINAL: m10bob

My Uncle Jim's opinion of the carbine was that it was little better than a .22 and had no stopping nor knock down power..
I have owned and fired both.
I have never shot anybody with the carbine.

Does that mean you HAVE shot someone with a .22?

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ORIGINAL: m10bob

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ORIGINAL: Twotribes

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ORIGINAL: m10bob

My Uncle Jim's opinion of the carbine was that it was little better than a .22 and had no stopping nor knock down power..
I have owned and fired both.
I have never shot anybody with the carbine.

Does that mean you HAVE shot someone with a .22?

Gyrenes...every time........LEG!

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ORIGINAL: azraelck

I have heard and read stories, such as at the Bulge, where one officer fired three rounds into an advancing German, without stopping him. The man next to him put two rounds from a Garand into the German, and he stopped.

To be honest, all I have seen and heard of the .30 Carbine is that it is a long ranged pistol, for all intents and purposes. I have even seen pistols chambered for .30 Carbine. As a rifle, which is what many people consider it to be, it is wholly inadequet.Though, the M1 Carbine was intended to replace the M1911 Colt .45ACP in second line and aux units, not actually be used as a primary weapon in the front lines.

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ORIGINAL: Twotribes

I have owned 2 Garands, the first one was stolen along with my second Carbine, have owned 3 Carbines, gave the first to my brother when I joined the Marine Corps in 79, bought the second in 1994 along with a Garand ( they were not to expensive then, 180 for carbine, 300 for Garand) they were stolen in late 95. I replaced them in 96 after prices went up. Carbine was over 400 and so was the Garand. All were surplus. The first one had had the original stock removed and a civilian stock applied. The second was probably a collectors item, it was made by Rockolla, a Juke Box Company as far as I could tell. The 3rd was used by the Isreali forces. Never got the histories on the Garands. The second one came from South America most likely.

I cant replace the barrel on the current Carbine, who ever put it back together once in the States twisted it to hard, gun smith said he would likely break the weapon if he forced it apart. So I have a brand new Carbine barrel and nothing to use it on )

The Carbines I have owned were accurate out to at least 100 yards never fired them past that. Fired the garand once in an NRA match but by the time we moved back to the 300 yard line the sights had worked loose and would run down on every shot. Gun Smith didnt get to me till 500 yard line so needless to say part of 300 and 500 yard line sucked for me )

It is a blast firing the garand and I loved the rapid fire part. 10 rounds, 2 clips ( first has 2 rounds, second has the 8) in 1 minute. It is even more fun to fire the carbine fast. It has less movement off your sight on each shot so can shot faster and more rounds in same time. At 50 yards you can sight down the barrel of the carbine and hit what your trying to. Dont try it at 100 though need the sights for that.