Q. It seems to me that few World War II-vintage M1 Garand rifles retain their original barrels today, whereas most M1 Carbines of the same era I have seen still have the original barrels?

Captain Johnson himself (now reasonably content with a big order for his gun from The Netherlands Indies) had conceded that the new Garand was better than the earlier model. Redesigned barrels and ...

Hailed as “the greatest battle implement ever devised,” the M1 Garand is a WW2 legend—but was it really that flawless? In this video, I share some hot takes on its performance, reliability ...