Cool Slow-Motion Video of M1 Garand
What really happens when an M1 Garand fires the final round and the En-Bloc clip ejects with the distinctive “Ping”. Well thanks to the folks at ForgottenWeapons.com, you can see for yourself in super-slow-motion. The entire cycling process of a Garand has been captured using a high-speed camera running at 2000 frames per second (about sixty times normal rate). In this video, watch the clip eject at the 00:27 time-mark. It makes an acrobatic exit, spinning 90° counter-clockwise and then tumbling end over end. At the 1:20 time-mark you can actually see the two sides of the clip oscillating back and forth as the clip flies through the air.
2000 frame per second video shows M1 Garand ejecting spent cartridges and En-bloc clip.
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Tags: Cycle, High-Speed Video, M1 Garand, Slow Motion
Great video! Thanks for posting it. Sadly we can’t own an M1 in original condition in the UK (semi-auto centrefires are ‘prohibited weapons’ under Section 5 of our Firearms Acts). When the law changed back in ’88, it was the ending of the opportunity to own and fire one of these rifles that upset me most.
It is so sad that you can not own the very firearm that was used to save your country from being wiped off the face of the earth more then half a century ago.
That video is just good stuff!