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Originally Posted by Sanjuro
The big problem with the EM2 was its unsuitably for the 7.62mm/.308 round chosen as standard for NATO- this choice being led by the US' huge stocks of this post-WW2, and almost infinite capacity to manufacture more. I suspect that a common ammunition would be desired in most of the scenarios we have outlined.
A magazine-fed Garand would make sense; I have an alternative that might not be technically feasible, and would welcome comments from those who have handled Garands. If the Garand was modified to have a bigger integral box magazine, would it be possible to hold the bolt back when the rifle was (partly) loaded, and recharge using the standard 8-round clips? That way the rifle need never be empty, in the same way that a Lee-Enfield can have its 10-round magazine recharged using the 5-round stripper clip, at any point after firing the first 5.
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The Standard N-bloc clip would not be able to recharge. The disadvantage to the M1 Garand system as is, that its cannot be topped off. You can eject a partially used clip though, and then insert a full one.
06-04-2012, 06:09 AM
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