#M1 GARAND RELOAD MID CLIP MANUAL#

Simonov used it for the 14.5mm PTRS anti-tank rifle, which otherwise closely resembles an SKS-45 with a thyroid problem.

SMGs, LMGs, pistols, Automatic rifles, etc.Дavid, the Russians were familiar with the en bloc clip. In the 1930s detachable box magazines seemed to imply specialized training, e.g.

#M1 GARAND RELOAD MID CLIP MANUAL#

Not the manual of arms of the SKS: dump the cartridges into the hand, then pull back the bolt to clear the chamber, or vice-versa if вЂњmis-handled.вЂќ So the SKS self-loading carbine had a fixed ten-round magazine and used top-loading chargers to replenish the magazine.

If the box magazine was removed and lost, the rifle was now a singl-shot. Their rifle designers decided that these spare magazines were excessive weight, required more resources, and were prone to being lost. The Soviets adopted the box magazine for the Tokarev self-loader, but only gave some three magazines or so with the rifle. Note the latch on the M-1 carbineвЂ™s op-rod that allows for the bolt to be opened AND locked in the rearward position while the box magazine is removedвЂ¦ With the Pedersen device, BAR, and M-1 carbine вЂњlight rifle projectвЂќ the magazine can be removed but a round could still be in the chamber. Great information for the Garand aficionado! I really like mine! An unstated and overlooked rationale for NOT using a detachable box magazine is the risk of negligent discharges by вЂњnon-soldier proofedвЂќ soldiersвЂ¦ To unload the magazine, the entire action is opened, which unloads the chamber FIRST, and then the latch depressed to release the en-bloc clip. I expect he was carefully trying to balance the requirements of durability, weight, cost and reliability in addition to making a clip design as efficient as possible to manufacture, with a minimum number of stamping operations and best repeatability for QC. When looking at these, itвЂ™s important to remember that John Garand was designing the manufacturing tooling to make his rifle in addition to the rifle itself. The later designs show the pattern of removing material to save weight and strengthening parts of the clip to improve durability. As best I can tell, these were taken in 1931, and they do not include the final design (note that the final variant shown still has a corrugated bottom surface, instead of the circle and curved grooves that were ultimately used).Д¬learly the first two versions would have put too much pressure on the rounds to allow reliable feeding. I apologize for the somewhat marginal quality of the scans, but they still give a pretty good idea of the changes that were made. Well, I came across these scans of Ordnance Department photos of the various iterations. 276 Pedersen before the final revision back to 8 rounds of. 30-06 ammo, which then changed to 10 rounds of. Initially, of course, the Garand rifle was built to hold 10 rounds of. We would expect a need to refine the clip design for good reliable performance, but changes to the rifle required a couple major redesigns of the clips as well. Well, the clips that it fed from were no different вЂ“ they also underwent a design evolution. The design for the M1 Garand underwent a whole slew of changes large and small before finally reaching the form ultimately adopted by the US military.

M1 garand reload mid clip