Harrell on M-1 Carbine

jody_v said:
Nice video........thanks for posting. I've always loved these little rifles.
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After reading Shots Fired in Anger (be sure to get the extended version of the book, which includes that author's time with Merrill's Marauders), I checked & double-checked the velocities on issued M-1 Carbine ammunition: those bullets were moving fast! ... :yingyang:






I truly wonder how much of the "M-1 Carbine ammo just bounced-off of Chinese winter clothing in the Korean War" was really that ammo passing through that winter clothing... :wave:
 
I do know that Carbine ammo loaded 200 fps slower than the military ball issue stuff and using a soft point expanding bullet will "thru & thru" a whitetails hair, hide, ribs, guts at 100 yards every time. I think the guys that ridiculed the carbine round as inadequate were using it at beyond it's intended range...of course a Garand round would be more effective at over 300 yards but out to that I wouldn't want to be hit with one wearing anything other than modern tack vest's.
 
fingers284 said:
...of course a Garand round would be more effective at over 300 yards but out to that I wouldn't want to be hit with one wearing anything other than modern tack vest's.
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Again from Shots Fired In Anger, the .30-Carbine catridge was supposed to be a good penetrator of Japanese steel helmets... :yingyang:
 
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