Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
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General George Patton who had some experience with battles and battle rifles had some thoughts on the matter.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2015/4/10/handling-general-george-s-patton-s-m1-garand/
From an article in American Rifleman.General George S. Patton had the highest praise for the semi-automatic rifle designed by John C. Garand and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1936. A generation of young Americans literally saved the world from unspeakable evil—one eight-round en bloc clip at a time—with this rifle.
General Patton wrote a letter to Springfield Armory that has given us one of the most memorable gun quotes of all time: “In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised.”
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2015/4/10/handling-general-george-s-patton-s-m1-garand/