Took a couple of Springfield Rifles to the Range

Be careful with these rifles. First you start innocently enjoying the rifle for a casual shoot. Them you stumble into another one you really like. After a while they start breeding like bunnies. Then you want to really stretch your legs and end up with something like this. Tony Ben built with some parts I had gathered. Test fired it yesterday and it shoot 1/2” groups with Federal GMM. I’m going to work steel to 1000 with it. It all started with a SOCOM the first year they made them. Enjoy.IMG_1989.jpeg
 
I can hang with the best of them. Unfortunately (or fortunately) they multiply and I have more as this is an old picture. I just love them and can never fill my hunger.
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I have owned 5 of each M1 Garand and M1a. Love shooting them both. I currently have amy WW2 service grade garand from CMP and a Springfield Armory National Match, from when they were still converting CMP guns. Likewise I retained a Standard grade and a Supermatch M1a.
I will have them till i go to that great range in the hereafter, then the kids can split them up.
 
Have a friend that he and I went to the CMP North Store at least every year. Some times he went with his Brother-In-Law. He now owns 30 M1 Garands (also 32 M1 Carbines). We try to shoot several every time I go to his house.
 
All I can say is take your self and any kids or grandkids that are old enough, or a buddy, to a local CMP service rifle match. The one I go to is pretty low key and only takes an hour (not including setup and packing out). If the range has electronic scoring then its going to be that much easier.
 

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