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Cat Man KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 102 Joined: Jan 20^th, 2015 Gender:	M-1 Garand Krag Loader May 25^th, 2018 at 10:26pm	Print Post
	Maybe this should be filed under another heading, but this was new to me. Seems there was still Krag side loader influence at Springfield in the 1930's. Take that you Garand guys. I want one of these! Cat Man


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: M-1 Garand Krag Loader Reply #1 - May 25^th, 2018 at 11:21pm	Print Post
	The ghost of Melvin Johnson, come back to haunt Garand?


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waterman KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 166 Joined: Oct 7^th, 2011	Re: M-1 Garand Krag Loader Reply #2 - May 26^th, 2018 at 6:22am	Print Post
	butlersrangers wrote on May 25^th, 2018 at 11:21pm: The ghost of Melvin Johnson, come back to haunt Garand? I had the same thought, having some experience with the Johnson.


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madsenshooter KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1079 Joined: Sep 10^th, 2009	Re: M-1 Garand Krag Loader Reply #3 - May 26^th, 2018 at 10:30pm	Print Post
	I think this was actually in the 50s, thus the short fat cartridge. Springfield's experimenting with such things is what had McNamara, in the 60s, looking toward private vendors who could supply arms at a lower cost, without all the experimental off shoots the Armory (or ordnance in general) got into. That led to that M-16 thingy.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: M-1 Garand Krag Loader Reply #4 - May 27^th, 2018 at 1:49am	Print Post
	Photo is marked 3 February, 1954. The vertical operating-rod 'handle' is different. I guess that was necessary to give access to the 'side magazine-gate'. BTW - The first High-Power rifle I ever fired was a Johnson in .30-06. Man was the recoil vicious! I was a solid, 5' 10"/ 135 pound, 15 year old. Shooting the Johnson from the sitting position, it practically rolled me onto my back.


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madsenshooter KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1079 Joined: Sep 10^th, 2009	Re: M-1 Garand Krag Loader Reply #5 - May 27^th, 2018 at 4:43am	Print Post
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