no design is perfect...
The 7th round flaw was corrected before the Garand saw combat. The original production run (supervised by John Garand) did not have that problem. Ones that were manufactured later had the problem. It was eventually found that a shortcut in machining caused the problem. The extra cut made in the guns that had the problem were welded up and remachined the original way. They did not have the problem afterwards. After they stopped the machining shortcut, they no longer had the problem.
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Byron,
2016-07-28, 11:37
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- A lot of pogues and poseurs out there. We call 'em out - Hobie, 2016-07-28, 12:50
- no design is perfect... -
Slow Hand,
2016-07-28, 16:17
- no design is perfect... - Harry O-1, 2016-07-28, 17:57
- no design is perfect... -
Sarge,
2016-07-29, 07:00
- I like that one! - Slow Hand, 2016-07-29, 09:59
- Well now... -
Byron,
2016-07-29, 11:18
- Well now... - Sarge, 2016-07-29, 12:31
- My first qualification -
bob,
2016-07-28, 20:03
- Pencil Quals - Slow Hand, 2016-07-29, 05:28
- Too good to keep down.... - Byron, 2016-07-29, 06:55
- My first qualification - mcassill, 2016-07-30, 08:26
- "As well or better than anything else out there" - mcassill, 2016-07-30, 08:14
- Born in 1955 here -
Bob Hatfield,
2016-07-30, 12:13
- I hear that... -
rob,
2016-07-31, 20:36
- I hear that... - Bob Hatfield, 2016-08-01, 18:24
- I hear that... -
rob,
2016-07-31, 20:36