This is what a wise man once wrote about shooting the M-1 Garand:
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We've been doing a lot of .22 and AR shooting lately. Nothing wrong with .22's: in fact, I'd say that shooting a lot of .22 LR is the foundation of improving marksmanship. Nothing wrong with ARs, either: they're relatively inexpensive, amazingly adaptable, and can be quite accurate. But there are some of the visceral pleasures of shooting that .22s and ARs just don't quite satisfy. The heft of walnut and forged steel, the solid kick that says "aren't you glad you aren't downrange?", and above all the lovely booming sound that lets you know you just shot a subtantial bullet at substantial velocity from a Rifle of Substance. Whatever it is that you don't get from shooting .22s and ARs, the M-1 Garand supplies it in abundance.
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