<p>No less an authority than General George S. Patton call the M-1 Garand  “the finest battlefield implement ever devised.”  American factories produced over six million of them and American GIs and Marines used them to win the Second World War.  They came out of the Springfield Armory.  So … not bad for government work.</p>

No less an authority than General George S. Patton call the M-1 Garand “the finest battlefield implement ever devised.” American factories produced over six million of them and American GIs and Marines used them to win the Second World War. They came out of the Springfield Armory. So … not bad for government work.

<p>No less an authority than General George S. Patton call the M-1 Garand&nbsp; “the finest battlefield implement ever devised.”&nbsp; American factories produced over six million of them and American GIs and Marines used them to win the Second World War.&nbsp; They came out of the Springfield Armory.&nbsp; So … not bad for government work.</p>

#9 - M-1 Garand

The Boresight Tapes is a podcast about guns where the panelists – Ted Hatfield, Philip Schreier, and Geoffrey Norman (bios attached) talk about the abiding feelings of respect, affection, and even love many Americans have for firearms. They talk about people, like John Moses Browning, who designed and built legendary guns. And they talk about the people like Teddy Roosevelt who embraced their creations. They talk about iconic guns like the M1 Garand and the 1911 Colt. And they talk about remarkable shooters from history, like Annie Oakley and Alvin York, as well as great shooters, like Rob Leatham, in the present.

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