[eclancy]

Gentlemen,
During testing in the mid to late 1930's the M1 Garand was built to fire in semi-auto fire only. What is your point of view on the M1 Garand having full-auto and semi-auto firing built into it before we got into WW2. We know that many of the people working on the Garand Project 5 at SA were looking at this.
Thanks again
Clancy

[genwinters]

it would have been to hard to control. the BAR had more weight and could be controlled a little bit better. Ammo, only 8 rounds. they would have to modify the mag well or use a detachable mag to increase the capacity. they basically did the same stuff to the M14, but it was to uncontrollable.

[lefty o]

the 14 isnt uncontrollable. having said that though, semi auto with a full sized cartridge is sufficient.

[genwinters]

14 in full auto is very hard to control, maybe not uncontrollable. I will give you that

[ruger22com]

like what genwinters said...too light and hard to control. hell, as a semi it was one of the top 3 battle rifles ever made!

[charmincarmens]

A 3 round burst with a M14 is all you can control, more then 3 rounds is a waste of ammo. The 4th. round would be flying up to heaven. Not a very good rifle in full auto. BAR was good, but only 20 round mag. It had a buffer to reduce recoil. And it was heavy.

[M1D-Garand]

They were sensible enough NOT to build the auto option on this rifle!!!!!!

Rob

[BattleRifleG3]

If they'd made them full auto it would be a lot harder for civilians to own them, even with the laws at that time, so that's one reason I'm thankful they weren't full auto. I wonder if that was on someone else's mind too, that already having SMGs like the Thompson and LMGs like the BAR, there should be a standard issue rifle that could be used in common between military and militia.

[oldjarhead]

One well placed shot is worth ten thrown all over the place.
M-14's needed the bi-pod for good accurate full auto use. Even the BARman had a metal cup on his specific cartrige belt to help in control of that heavy beast.
BAR vs M-14...BAR wins out.