Garand reloading

[danwak]

Why is it that you are able to reload the M1 Garand in the middle of a clip? This is not correct. It was one of the two biggest drawbacks the Garand had..you had to empty the clip before reloading.

[danwak]

Why is it that you are able to reload the M1 Garand in the middle of a clip? This is not correct. It was one of the two biggest drawbacks the Garand had..you had to empty the clip before reloading.

[WE_STAND_ALONE]

It can be done. You pull back action and hold with right hand while gun is pointing to the left.

Put your left hand over breech/magazine and with left thumb hit the magazine release..it comes out...just not as fast as in game.

It is true and accurate.

[SgtGarand]

Yea I own a Garand..and it can be done...but I dont think they would waste there time in a battle to do that.

[Willys-MB]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SgtGarand:
Yea I own a Garand..and it can be done...but I dont think they would waste there time in a battle to do that. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Guess I'll post this here also. From Don Burgett WWII 101 vet on Mark Bando's website:

I nearly always counted my shots mentally and never paid attention to a ping. In heavy fighting and if you have a few slack seconds and you had counted your shots and you know you are down to maybe two rounds left in the rifle, eject those two rounds and put in a fresh clip of eight rounds. It may save your life when in a couple of more seconds the fire fight gets heavy again.

[SgtGarand]

Ok....so maybe I was wrong...congratulations http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/35.gif

[Basher66]

You can do it. I own 4 M1s, and I can record me doing that if someone will host it...

[monstermozza]

this is true, but it was hard, and you lost the rounds left in the clip.

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