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Gotta disagree, I shot on the Goodfellow AF Base Rifle time for about 6 months in 1973. We, being USAF, shot M1's while the Army teams we went up against were shooting M14's. The Army troops had a distinct advantage over us. The last couple of months we couldn't get any more Match grade 30-06...

I had read somewhere that Garand originally designed the M1 with a removable magazine. After all, Browning's BAR was already in use with's it's 20 round mag's. However, Army Ordinance required him to redesign as the troops would just waste too much ammo with a 20 round mag.

US Ordinance's malfeasance goes back further than those you cited. Repeating rifles were available prior to the start of the civil war. However, Ordinance felt the troops would just waste to much ammo and refused to authorize the purchase any. After the civil war, Ordinance required the...