A 10 yr. old with his M - 1 rifle.

[Ben]

Trevor has always wanted to shoot an M-1 rifle.
Today was his day.

Ben

Trevors 1st eight rounds with a Garand below :
His 1st round was high then he began getting a better sight picture.

 

[462]

Trevor,
Very few 10 year olds have ever had the privilege of shooting an M1 Garand.


Ben,
That is a spiffy looking rifle.

Michael

 

[Pistolero]

Very good job. M1s are BIG rifles, and pretty much out of the league for most 10
year olds....but not Trevor. Well, done, small sir.

Bill

 

[wquiles]

Wow, nice. Your grandson is so lucky to have you

 

[Ben]

Trevor wants all of you to know that he appreciates your comments and support. ( and so do I )

Ben

 

[462]

Trevor needs a dedicated forum -- his own special place where we can keep up to date on his shooting and handloading.

What's ya' say, Ben?

 

[CZ93X62]

^^^ THIS! ^^^

Trevor--the M1 Garand is The Real Deal. Good on ya, son!

 

[Pistolero]

I will presume that Trevor has been given some historic perspective of what an important
place Mr. Garand's rifle held in our troop's esteem in both WW2 and Korea. Some amazing
feats of arms were done with the M1 rifle in the hands of some very fine men.

Bill

 

[462]

Patton said it very succinctly.

I believe the Garand saw early Viet Nam action, thereby making it a three-war rifle. A friend, who did his Navy boot camp in '67 or '68, trained with a Garand.

I need to shoot mine more often.

 

[Uncle Grinch]

Now that’s the way to bring up a young man. I remember my son wanted an “M16” when he was in the first grade. I let him shoot my IHC Garand and he forgot about those plastic rifles. When he got older (he’s 44 now) he saved up his money and bought a CMP Garand, then later got an M1A. Never did ask about the “M16” anymore.

 

[smokeywolf]

I'm very happy for Trevor and you too Ben. You have cause to be very very proud. Icing on the cake is, that is a beautiful Garand.

 

[Pistolero]

AFAIK, Ben only has beautiful rifles. I call that a good plan.

Bill

 

[Ben]

Thanks to all of you for your interest and comments.

Ben

 

[Ben]

Trevor needs a dedicated forum -- his own special place where we can keep up to date on his shooting and handloading.

What's ya' say, Ben?

That would be up to the " powers to be ......"

 

[JWFilips]

What An honor for Trevor!
Ben, what an honor for you!
That was a super video
Jim

 

[Ben]

I will presume that Trevor has been given some historic perspective of what an important
place Mr. Garand's rifle held in our troop's esteem in both WW2 and Korea. Some amazing
feats of arms were done with the M1 rifle in the hands of some very fine men.

Bill

I wish there was a way you could call Trevor and ask " Do you know any history about the M - 1 Garand rifle ? "

You would get about a 1 hour answer. The kid is amazing what he knows.

Thanks,
Ben

 

[creosote]

My admiration for him just pegged the scale. He shoots, and knows the history. Excellent.

 

[462]

Ben,
Just wanted to see if it was okay with Grandpa, first.

 

[Pistolero]

Ben,
That he knows the history does not surprise me. As I said, "I presume that ....."

I suspect that Grandpa Ben has had a hand in that education, maybe two.

My grandnephew surprised me a good bit when we were out in Colorado. He is also 10,
but lives over 1000 miles away and I don't see him nearly enough. But he was talking about
some fine points of history of WW2 that amazed me, since so many today know NO history or
almost no history. I will be sending my grandnephew some history books, and we had some
really nice talks about history, WW2 aircraft, and the politics of WW2. The kid is amazing.

Bill

 

[KHornet]

Super Ben, just plain super!

Paul