M1 carbine-good brush gun
12-05-2005, 02:07 PM
#2
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: S Texas
Posts: 1,037
RE: M1 carbine-good brush gun
Good brush gun for what? Smallish whitetails, but I wouldn't hunt large bodied animals with it, unless there was no other option, like a survival situation. Power? Don't kid yourself, in terms of energy delivered, it compares reasonably closely to a .357 Magnum fired from a carbine, again, best at 50-75 yards. There are better calibers and better firearms for brush.
12-05-2005, 02:08 PM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
Posts: 6,270
RE: M1 carbine-good brush gun
ORIGINAL: cyriaque
Lightweight, powerful and accurate enough at 50-75 yards, easy to carry and handle. Softnose bullet expands well.
Lightweight, powerful and accurate enough at 50-75 yards, easy to carry and handle. Softnose bullet expands well.
The .30 Carbine round is just barely adequate for jackrabbits!! And then only if you use softpoint bullets. With ball ammo, you can't rely on it even stopping a jack! Let alone anything bigger!
I used the damn thing in combat once-but only until I was able to grab an M14!!
12-05-2005, 02:16 PM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: a van down by the river
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RE: M1 carbine-good brush gun
I used the damn thing in combat once
]That said, I can see where an M-1 would be fun for plinking.
12-05-2005, 02:34 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
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RE: M1 carbine-good brush gun
ORIGINAL: North Texan
I'd have hated to have been in your shoes. M-1 carbines give you the worst ofboth worlds. You don't have the range of anybody else's rifles, yet you also don't have the stopping power of a 1911 or any other reasonably sized pistol.[]
That said, I can see where an M-1 would be fun for plinking.
I used the damn thing in combat once
]That said, I can see where an M-1 would be fun for plinking.
However, yes, the little contraption is a fun plinker, and it was great fun owning one in the days of plentiful GI ammo. Now, it's a different story...... You can shoot an SKS cheaper these days.
12-05-2005, 03:14 PM
#8
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
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RE: M1 carbine-good brush gun
ORIGINAL: TomFromTheShade
At 50-75 yards I don't see a problem with it. I think it would be fine for whitetails and the like.
At 50-75 yards I don't see a problem with it. I think it would be fine for whitetails and the like.
HA!
The Marines in Korea would grab them by the barrel and hurl them as far as they could!
12-05-2005, 04:25 PM
#10
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
Posts: 11,474
RE: M1 carbine-good brush gun
They are not legal for deer where I hunt. They are not a very effective weapon for anything. They will kill a man or a deer but so will a golf club. (only faster).