M1 Garand Blowup

Vince · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:24 am Post subject: M1 Garand Blowup

Received this in an email from a mate in NY today. One very lucky shooter...there was potential for severe or even lethal injuries.

M1 Garand Blowup

Elvis · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:42 am Post subject: Re: M1 Garand Blowup

she had piss poor posture before it happened..bet she has a wicked flinch now...lucky to walk away from that one.

dhc4ever · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 3:42 am Post subject: Re: M1 Garand Blowup

Small women, heavy rifle.
Thats a fairly typical posture in those circumstances.
Hope she didnt have any permanent injuries.

slimjim · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:47 am Post subject: Re: M1 Garand Blowup

Wooooow! Those are two lucky shooters. Thanks for posting.

MacD · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: M1 Garand Blowup

Since the rifle obviously didn't cycle on a squib round she had to reload manually unless she was at rhe end of the last clip and this was the start of a new one. I saw the same thing happen with an SKS but with much less dramatic results.

As an afterthought since the M1 ejects the clip and locks open she had to must have manually recocked after the cycle failure.

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:28 pm Post subject: Re: M1 Garand Blowup

I've seen similar videos involving ARs. One reason I decided against the "forward assist".

Gil Martin · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:29 am Post subject: Re: M1 Garand Blowup

How tragic. When a semi-auto fails to function one should stop firing and clear the weapon immediately. The shooter was very fortunate, but appears to be untrained to fire a semi-auto. All the best...
Gil

Vince · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: M1 Garand Blowup

I think you are right Gil. Everything about her stance etc says inexperience.

Tremblay · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: M1 Garand Blowup

WOOOWEEEE

gelandangan · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: M1 Garand Blowup

Yikes!!