Q: After a lot of looking, I finally found an unaltered 1943-vintage U.S. M1 Garand rifle in excellent condition. I am now having a difficult time finding the correct 1943-dated M1907 sling to ...

To me, it’s also a symbol of old school marksmanship, a tight 1907 leather sling, and pulling targets in the pits. I competed in service rifle competitions for a number of years and shot several M1 ...

A M1 Garand wearing one of At The Front's World War II version M1907 slings. Courtesy of At The Front. The M1907 sling design is a complex arrangement that offers great stability if used properly ...

be able to be carried on a sling, and provide effective fire to 300 yards. As for ammunition, neither the .30/06 M1 Garand ammo or the standard-issue .45 ACP were appropriate. For the project ...

However, Kennedy’s M1 Garand rifle is from neither his presidency nor his time in the Navy. In 1957, the U.S. military introduced the M14 as its standard-issue service rifle and started to phase ...

Few weapons share quite the same notoriety as the M1 Garand—used by the U.S. Military from 1936-1957, which meant it would’ve been involved in just about every conflict that spanned from World ...

be able to be carried on a sling, and provide effective fire to 300 yards. As for ammunition, neither the .30/06 M1 Garand ammo or the standard-issue .45 ACP were appropriate. For the project, ...

The U.S. infantryman by comparison was equipped with the M1 Garand, which in addition to being semi-automatic—offering a higher rate of fire—held eight rounds. As it was fed by en bloc clips ...