military sniper rifles and AK-47/74 pattern rifles. This system is still in use today in the M21 and M25 U.S. The rifle’s mechanism cycles when expanding gases from a fired cartridge travels through the port and into a gas cylinder holding the long stroke piston. Since most rifles were converted in 1940 to use a gas port drilled in the bottom of the barrel. Find one of these gas-trap rifles and you have discovered what is, to a collector, the Holy Grail of Garands. Originally the M1 featured a gas trap in a muzzle extension.
The one-piece operating rod consists of the long-stroke piston and a handle combined with a rotating bolt that features two locking lugs. The M1 Garand employs a gas-operated, long-stroke piston system. Patton is quoted as saying the M1 was “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” With the operating handle fully to the rear the Garand is ready for an 8-round clip to be inserted into the magazine. Army Chief of Staff General Douglas McArthur said the “Garand rifle is one of the greatest contributions to our armed forces.” General George S.
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