how long is a m1 garand?
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1meter = 39.37 inches.
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Get a M1911A1 an alltime classic, it was designed in 1911 and it's still in use today. You can get a brand new one from Springfield Armory for around $400.00. \n\nI'm assuming your using it for home defense, nothing packs a bigger punch than the .45 ACP cartridge, 8 shots, one in the pipe 7 in the mag. \n\nCheck out some info at the Springfield site I posted below, or search for M1911A1 or just M1911 on Yahoo...you'll get a bunch of interesting articles!
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50, 200, 300 and 500 yards.  The M16A2 service rifle is the weapon that is used on the range.  The civilian equivilent is the AR-15.  It is an identical rifle except the fact that it does not have a three-round burst option.  \n\nDuring recruit training, all recruits are taught not only to shoot with deadly accuracy, but to clean and care for the rifle as well.  It is not unusual for a recruit to be asked for his rifle's serial number during an inspection.\n\nRecruits are taught the philosophy of "One Shot, One Kill"\n\nThe three rifle badges that can be earned are marksman, sharpshooter, and rifle expert in that order.
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nBetter is a "relative" term! Not only are you trying to compare two different action styles, you are comparing two different "classes" of cartridges. To answer which is better, you must identify the purpose/mission of the pistol. \n\nIf you are talking in terms of a self defense pistol, the M1911A1 has it all over your .44 Magnum. First, the M1911A1 was designed from day one as a defense pistol. The M1911A1 allows for rapidity of reloading ... the .45ACP holds 7 rounds to your .44s presumed 6. Since the .45 ejects automatically, and the .44 doesn't ... plus to the .45. Reload time for the M1911A1 is half the time of the .44. The M1911A1's .45ACP has less perceived recoil than the .44, recovery time for follow-up shots falls to the M1911A1 ... another plus. Engage more than 1 aggressor with the .44, you may not be able to recover after the first shot for a well-placed follow-up shot.\n\nNow, if you are talking hunting, the .44 has it all over the M1911A1. The .45 just does not have the power (energy) of the .44 to stop medium sized game. The .45 Hardball is not a good choice for game, and most game-appropriate bullets will not feed reliably in the M1911A1. In addition, the .44's revolver has a greater potential for accuracy at typical handgun hunting distance ... energy and field accuracy lead to two points for the .44.\n\nHowever, if you are talking target shooting, you have a draw, because you will not shoot magnum rounds for target! In NRA bulls-eye competition, the .44 could be fired (using .44 Specials) in the Centerfire matches only. The match-tuned .45 can be fired in both the Centerfire and .45 events, and if your .45 is match-tuned for hardball, you are also set for "Leg" matches ... hence the M1911A1 is up for 2 or 3 events to the .44's single event ... making the .45 better.\n\nOn pure statistics, the .44 is a hunting round, the .45ACP (depending on bullet choice) is a defensive round, a target round, or in some instances, a small-game round.\n\nAs Clint Eastwood's charachter "Dirty Harry" was fond of saying ... "A man has got to know his limitations" ... so is true for handguns and cartridges ... you must know their limitations!\n\nGood luck!
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This is for a novel and you came to this forum for research?\n\nNot a good idea.\n\nSeriously though, the rifle issued would be an M-16. he would\nalso carry a Beretta 9mm sidearm.\n\nThank you very much, while you're up.
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In resonse to those above to who answered "9mm" and "9mm  Dddddduuuuuhhhhh"  I believe the question was concerning the lenth of the pistol, not the cartridge, and either way, you are both wrong...9mm is not the lenth of the round, nor is it the lenth of the cartridge...the brass is 19mm long, and the projectile is 9mm wide...that is why the cartridge is known as the 9x19...anyway...\n\nIn response to the question...it depends entirely on the manufacturer and the model.  A Glock 17 is 7.32" long, with a 4.49" barrel, the Glock 19 is 6.85" long, with a 4.02" barrel...and the model 26 is 6.29" long, with a 3.46" barrel...\nAnd these are just the different models of one company...so, kinda need to know at least a manufacturer....
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The caliber of the officers gun was a nine millimeter.\n\nHis weapon fires a 38 caliber bullet.\n\nAn M-16 fires a 22 caliber bullet but it measures .223 millimeters.\nDid they have millimeters in the days of the Colt 44 of the cowboy range? While the term millimeter accurately describes the width of the bullet, the caliber of the weapon is the size it is referred by.  What ever the size of the projectile that is easier or sounds better.  Sometimes it is the same like a .357.
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7.92 x 57 mm, or commonly known as 8 mm Mauser, is the correct answer. Who-ever told these people that you could fire a .308 Winchester or 30-06 Winchester round through these weapons, is trying to get someone seriously hurt.
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None that I know of make direct comparisons/contrasts.\n\nI can help you out a lot more than TheWiseOne, as his answer contains many inaccuracies.\n\nContrary to what the WiseOne stated, the M1 Garand was adopted as the standard US Army infantry rifle in 1936 and was standard issue when we entered the war.  The USMC still had a predominance of '03 Springfields, as they didn't receive new equipment until after the Army.  I find it odd that the WiseOne denigrates the Springfield for being "obviously dated and had been used in World War I.".  That's funny, because the standard infantry rifle the Germans used during WWII, the K98k, was simply a newer, shorter version of the Gewehr 98, the Model 1898 Mauser rifle, developed before and used during WWI (the Springfield used the same action as the Mauser by the way).  Both were fine bolt-action weapons, but couldn't compare with the M1 because of their slow rate of fire (the US was the only army in WWII to have a semi-automatic rifle as it's standard infantry weapon).\n\nThe primary sub-machine gun of the US Army during WWII was the M1928A1, M1, and M1A1 versions of the Thompson sub-machine gun.  A fairly heavy weapon, accurate at short ranges, and it had a lot of stopping power due to the fact it was chambered for the .45ACP round.  From 1944 onwards it was slowly phased out and replaced by the M3 Grease Gun.  It was cheaper and far simpler to mass produce than the Thompson.  Contrary to what the WiseOne states, both used 30 round box magazines (although 20 round was available for the Thompson).  The German MP-40 (the famed Schmeisser, although Schmeisser had no part in it's design) was chambered for 9MM Parabellum.  It was lighter and had a slightly lower cyclic rate than the Thompson (but a bit higher than the M3).\n\nComparing the MP-44 and the BAR is like comparing apples and oranges.  The MP-44 is the ancestor of the modern assault rifle, and was used as such.  The BAR is analagous to the M249 SAW that the US Army currently uses.  The MP-44 was a good weapon, with decent accuracy and range, and a cyclic rate high enough to provide fairly heavy firepower.  Very useful in urban fighting.\n\nThe BAR was a great weapon, heavy, but provided very good, accurate firepower for platoons.\n\nI don't know what "tiny Walther pistols" WiseOne is speaking about.  The standard German sidearms of WWII were the Parabellum-Pistole (popularly known as the Luger) and the Walther P-38.  Both were chambered for the 9MM Parabellum round, and both were fairly accurate.  The P-38 was easier and cheaper to make, and more tolerant of various environmental conditions.  The M1911A1 Colt .45 was a fairly good pistol, not particularly accurate, but the .45 ACP round provided good stopping power, and it was fairly reliable.\n\nThe German MG-42 was an excellent weapon, the best of its' class during the war.  It was the basis for the postwar design of the US M-60 machine gun.  I don't know what the WiseOne is speaking of when he mentions "and other lamer machine guns" when speaking of the US.  The primary US light machine gun was the .30 Browning.  It's sustained fire rate wasn't as good as the MG-42, but nevertheless the air-cooled version was a more than competent, if not very good weapon.  The standard heavy machine gun of the US was the Browning M2 .50.  This was an excellent weapon, best in it's class, and is still in use today by many countries. The M2 was just as accurate as the MG-42, and had greater power and ranger. Then again, pretty much any weapon designed by John Browning turned out to be excellent.\n\nThis following statement is absolutely wrong:\n\n"American planes were better than German planes by the time we entered the war, as the RAF killed off many of their better planes."\n\nThe best American fighters of the war at the time of our entry were the P-40 and F4F.  Neither one was anywhere near as good as the
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"Surplus Ammo" is usually a term used for military ammo.   223 Remington is not a military round so there will not be surplus.  If you have a AR-15 or other gun of this type that you are trying to get ammo for then some are rated for the military version of 223.   This would be 5.56 X 45 mm.  The 5.56 mm is actually the same size except for a couple of differences.  One is the case wall is thicker on these rounds to handle higher pressures of the hotter loads.  And the second is just that they have a higher chamber pressure.   If your guns barrel is stamped in the 5.56 mm caliber and can handle them then look on WWW.midwayusa.com web site and they have Olympic Rifle ammo in 5.56 mm for 149.99 and that is the standard military M193 55 gr fmj.   Midway USA also carries a large amount of different 223 rem. shells.  i shoot large amounts of the American Eagle rounds they are accurate and very cheap.  They are made by Federal .  I hope this info has helped out and maybe saved you from putting high pressure military ammo in a gun not rated for it.
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I assume you are talking about the M224 Mortar.  Here's the technical information:\n\n\nUS M224:\n----------------------------------------\nTechnical Summary \nBore diameter: 60 mm\nLength: 40 in (1016 mm)\nWeight: 46.5 lb (21.11 kg)\nMaximum Effective Range: 2.17 miles ( 3490m)\nMinimum range: 230 ft (70 m)\nOverall length: 33.5 inches (838m)\nMax ROF: 30 rounds/minute\nSustained ROF: 20 rounds/minute\nCrew: 3
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10 rds \nhttp://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=46569290
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nIf you are looking for the military style flap holster for the M1911, it can be found online at Sportsman's Guide. Sometimes, they also carry the Garrison belt. If they do not have the Garrison belt, go to Bianchi International. They make them and they are very high quality (the leather belts I buy from them I outgrow before they die). \n\nGood luck.
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nThose numbers reflect the number of 100s of meters for elevation for the "issued" cartridge. These are "ball park" figures, since rifles and ammunition have a certain degree of latitude in production tolerances, but those numbers, when using the appropriate "service ammo" WILL put you on paper!
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M198 155mm Medium Howitzer, Towed\n\n\nPrimary function: Provides field artillery fire support for all Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force organizations.\nManufacturer: Rock Island\nContractor: AMCCOM\nLength: \nIn tow: 40 feet, 6 inches (12.30 meters)\nFiring: 36 feet, 2 inches (11.01 meters)\nWidth in tow: 9 feet, 2 inches (2.79 meters)\nHeight in tow: 9 feet, 6 inches (2.89 meters)\nWeight: 15,758 pounds (7.154 kilograms)\nBore diameter: 155mm\nMaximum effective range: \nconventional ammunition: 22,400 meters (13.92 miles)\nrocket-assisted projectile: 30,000 meters (18.64 miles)\nRate of Fire:\nMaximum: 4 rounds per minute\nSustained: 2 rounds per minute\nCrew: 9 enlisted\nUnit Replacement Cost: $527,337\n\nFeatures: The M198 Medium Towed Howitzer is a 155mm field artillery howitzer. It is constructed of aluminum and steel, and is air transportable by CH-53E helicopter, and C-130 or larger fixed-wing aircraft. The M198 provides increased range, and improved reliability and maintainability over the former standard towed 155mm howitzer, the M114A2. The use of rocket-assisted projectiles significantly extends the range, lethality, and counterbattery fires of the direct support artillery battalions. The M198 fires all current and developmental 155mm ammunition.\n\nBackground: The first 10 M198 Howitzers were delivered to the 10th Marine Regiment in January 1982.
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7.62 mm refers to the diameter of the lands in the barrel. The actual bullet is normally .308 in (7.82 mm), although Soviet weapons commonly use a .310 in (7.87 mm) bullet, as do older British and Japanese cartridges.\nHope this can answer your question.
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General Electric Vulcan Machine Guns. 6,000 rounds per minute in either 7.62mm or 20mm canon rounds. Used on gun ships prinarily. They would do a nice job.