Part of the recoil of the Garand and the M14 is mitigated by the forward motion of the bolt as it returns to battery. Both riflles are also heavier than the standard bolt action hunting rifle and that help take some sting out of the recoil. I shot more than a 50 rounds from a Garand in one day and the recoil was far less noticeable than that from a Remington in .308 (7.62 nato or 7.62 x 51) with a nice recoil pad. The Garand had the normal steel recoil pad mounted.
M1 Garand was good for its day but had three serious flaws.1. You can't top up the clip after you shoot rounds out of it. 2. You must empty the clip of all eight rounds and eject the clip before you can reload.3. When you fire the last round, the loud "PLING" noise the clip makes announces to the whole world that you're out of ammo!This last one was actually used for the Americans...If you are out of ammo then the enemy would jump up and start shooting...well in WWII about 4 or 5 guys would purposly empty their clips and then the germans would think they were out of ammo...well to their surprise about 10 other guys would be waiting for them to jump up and shoot them!
Dago,Once he stops trying to recover his weaponology cool, (that he doesn't have) he might actually learn something.
Disagree... I've fired several M14s as well as the CETME 58, H&K G3A3 and FN FAL. None of these kick as sharply as a bolt action shooting the same cartridge. My regards,Widewing
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I learnt to shoot on the standard British Army Lee Enfield Mk.IV 0.303". Splendid weapon.