Haitian M1 Garand

[bcp]

Pistol grip?



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Haiti gang violence: Gun battles rage in Port-au-Prince

Gun battles spread to central Port-au-Prince with police confronting heavily armed gang members.

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Bruce

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[arakboss]

Pistol grip?

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From:

Haiti gang violence: Gun battles rage in Port-au-Prince

Gun battles spread to central Port-au-Prince with police confronting heavily armed gang members.

www.bbc.com

Bruce

Poor guy thought a pistol grip was going to save him from getting Garand thumb. Wait until he has to reload.

 

[titsonritz]

Man, the operating rod is in the right place, but this AK looks and feels weird and where the hell is the mag release? it's is kinda heavy, too.

 

[Aero Denezol]

If someone gets hit with that one, they're not getting back up again.

 

[Pepe-lepew]

Hate to ruin the fun, hand looks to far forward and out to be holding anything attached to the rifle. Could be just a photo that caught him moving his hand.

 

[ColeInOregon]

Hate to ruin the fun, hand looks to far forward and out to be holding anything attached to the rifle. Could be just a photo that caught him moving his hand.

If I were to bet a dollar on it I'd bet the photographer caught this as he was activating the safety.

 

[Knobgoblin]

If he's not careful, that van might get a cracked windshield.

 

[ma96782]

Now it's......

"Tacti-cool"

Aloha, Mark

 

[CountryGent]

Hate to ruin the fun, hand looks to far forward and out to be holding anything attached to the rifle. Could be just a photo that caught him moving his hand.

That was my first thought too; he was moving his hand the moment the photojournalist took the shot.

Anyway, interesting pic, and not the first time I've seen Haitian forces with the Garand. I've seen at least one in which their troops were armed with Ruger Mini-14s, but that was just a single photo.

 

[Nibbs]

Pistol grip?

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From:

Haiti gang violence: Gun battles rage in Port-au-Prince

Gun battles spread to central Port-au-Prince with police confronting heavily armed gang members.

www.bbc.com

Bruce

There are Pics of Snipers in Korea using this technique of "Pinching" the trigger to the TG in order to minimize any adverse effect that gripping the "pistol grip" of the buttstock might have on movement of the rifle..

Play with it a wee bit just fer Shytes & Giggles..

 

[ma96782]

RE : Post #8


Maybe, it/there was an attempt.....to make a homemade E2 style of stock for a Garand?

What's an E2 style of stock?

Yup....I can remember when the old Shotgun News had these stocks available.

Aloha, Mark

PS......BUT, But, but....
IMHO, it's probably the result of the photographer's timing. Perhaps, the shooter's hand was manipulating the "safety".