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Title: The M1 Garand, 1936-1957, 3rd Edition by Joe Poyer, Craig Riesch, Joe Poyer, Lee A. Rutledge ISBN: 1-882391-19-5 Publisher: North Cape Publications Pub. Date: 15 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Just as represented
Comment: Given the size of this book, anyone expecting it to be a comprehensive encyclopedia of the Garand over the 22 years it details would be disappointed. However, different researchers uncover different facts, and this book adds substantially to what we know. As the folks directly involved the with the creation of the M1 rifle (God bless them) have become fewer and fewer, we need to gather the last bits of first-hand history of
this remarkable weapon. This book is an essential to anyone seiously interested -- along with only a handful of others. My approach is to buy them ALL in the belief that every book will tell some part of the story. Scott Duff of course, and Jim Thompson and Julian Hatcher and the beautiful book on the Gas Trap from Collectors Grade Publications. And all the TMs and FMs, and if a current-day armorer at the CMP had something to say about the recent crop of Garands passing through their hands, I'd be anxious to read that as well.
You can always find something to criticize in a book: this is called "reviewsmanship" and is exemplified by a statement like "it is inexplicable why the author elected to ignore the important modification to the trigger guard occurring made in 19xx." But, when you get into that, you ignore the value that the book does deliver -- in this case plenty -- just to show off that you know something this book didn't happen to mention. Why bother?
This is a fine book, with great material and, like any book, some omissions. Read it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excelent!
Comment: Es un excelente libro para personas que estan interesadas en historia de armas, asi como para coleccionistas.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not the parts reference it claims to be
Comment: Based upon the editors description I thought I was getting a detailed field book describing specific parts that make up as-designed M1's. Not so. The specific information is sketchy, it includes almost no parts photos, only low quality line drawings. Much detail is left out and few exceptions to the general rules are mentioned. Some of the factual information is suspect ("The round operating rod spring was the same for all manufacturers and did not change during its production life"). Personal experience with CMP issued rifles suggests this is not true. An "OK" book for beginners, serious collecters should search out a copy of the Duff manual.
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Title: Complete M1 Garand by Jim Thompson ISBN: 0873649842 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Classic M1 Garand : An Ongoing Legacy For Shooters And Collectors by Jim Thompson ISBN: 158160260X Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: US M1 Carbines: Wartime Production, 4th Editon by Craig Riesch ISBN: 1882391233 Publisher: North Cape Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Model 1903 Springfield Rifle and its Variations by Joe Poyer ISBN: 1882391306 Publisher: North Cape Publications Pub. Date: 27 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Complete Guide to the M1 Garand and the M1 Carbine by Bruce N. Canfield ISBN: 0917218833 Publisher: Andrew Mowbray Inc., Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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