soldier506
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- saskatchewan,canada
If you had to choose one rifle between these two, which rifle would it be? Both are excelent, reliable rifles. Both are chambered in 30-06 calibre so that rules out any differences in ammo performance. Both rifles helped with the design of other rifles. The m1 garand was the back bone for the m14 and bm-59 rifles. The safn-49 was the backbone of the fn-fal rifle.
The m1 garand has a 8 shot mag with a wooden stock. The safn-49 has a 10 shot capasity with a wooden stock. Both have adjustable sights for windage ,distance,elevation. The weight of both rifles are almost the same. The safn-49 weighs 4.31 kg while the m1 garand weighs 4.30 . The barrel on the m1 garand is longer [ 610mm vs 590mm] but both have same rifling. The overal lenght of the m1 garand is 1106mm while the safn-49 is 1116mm .Both have a place to store a cleaning kit in the stock. Both rifles saw combat.
Personally, I would choose the safn-49 over the m1 garand. Here is why. The m1 garand requires the 8 rd e block clip while the safn did not. The safn could be loaded with either stripper clips or single rounds. This makes reloading somewhat easier on the safn-49 . The safn also had 10 rds against 8 for the garand. That is 20% increase in ammo capasity. I also liked the feel and balance better on a safn-49 compared to a m1 garand. To me, it just feels nicer to handle.The quality and the finnish on the safn-49 to me seems alot better. It is more persision made than the m1 garand. A few of the safn-49 rifles also had the option of select fire in either semi auto or full auto.
There are some cons against the safn-49. The early manufactured rifles had troubles with the one peice firing pins. This was updated and fixed by having a two peice fireing pin. The persision manufacture of the safn-49 made the rifle more expensive and difficult to produce than the m1 garand. The down fall to the safn-49 rifle was the lack of a large market. The rifle was competing agaist the free US supplied m1 garand rifles so why buy an expencive rifle when you can have a free one.The m garand was also produced in large numbers quicker.It is too bad that the safn-49 was originally designed with a quick detachable mag. Yes,the mag is detachable but difficult to do so.
I own both of these rifles and either one is a good choice to pick. They were designed and manufactured at a time ahead of many other rifle designs.
The m1 garand has a 8 shot mag with a wooden stock. The safn-49 has a 10 shot capasity with a wooden stock. Both have adjustable sights for windage ,distance,elevation. The weight of both rifles are almost the same. The safn-49 weighs 4.31 kg while the m1 garand weighs 4.30 . The barrel on the m1 garand is longer [ 610mm vs 590mm] but both have same rifling. The overal lenght of the m1 garand is 1106mm while the safn-49 is 1116mm .Both have a place to store a cleaning kit in the stock. Both rifles saw combat.
Personally, I would choose the safn-49 over the m1 garand. Here is why. The m1 garand requires the 8 rd e block clip while the safn did not. The safn could be loaded with either stripper clips or single rounds. This makes reloading somewhat easier on the safn-49 . The safn also had 10 rds against 8 for the garand. That is 20% increase in ammo capasity. I also liked the feel and balance better on a safn-49 compared to a m1 garand. To me, it just feels nicer to handle.The quality and the finnish on the safn-49 to me seems alot better. It is more persision made than the m1 garand. A few of the safn-49 rifles also had the option of select fire in either semi auto or full auto.
There are some cons against the safn-49. The early manufactured rifles had troubles with the one peice firing pins. This was updated and fixed by having a two peice fireing pin. The persision manufacture of the safn-49 made the rifle more expensive and difficult to produce than the m1 garand. The down fall to the safn-49 rifle was the lack of a large market. The rifle was competing agaist the free US supplied m1 garand rifles so why buy an expencive rifle when you can have a free one.The m garand was also produced in large numbers quicker.It is too bad that the safn-49 was originally designed with a quick detachable mag. Yes,the mag is detachable but difficult to do so.
I own both of these rifles and either one is a good choice to pick. They were designed and manufactured at a time ahead of many other rifle designs.
