Alpo Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 High power rifle match is 10 rounds. When shooting the match with an M1 you have a special two-round clip. You load the rifle with the two-round clip, shoot those two rounds, and reload with a full eight-round clip to finish the match. Since the two rounder started life as an eight rounder, and then was cut and modified, does it still PING! when it ejects? Or did the modifications made to it cause it to make a different sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Buy one and let us know. https://www.ammogarand.com/m1-garand-2-round-clips-for-match-or-hunting-new-us-made-a12.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 But seeing as how it's spring steel, I see no reason why it wouldn't ping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 They do "ping". Just not as "pingie" as an 8 rounder...if that makes any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 It pings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 It gives a good ping. Just a slightly different tone. in the interest of trivia from somebody who’s shot a few zillion competition rounds from Garands... Most Garand shooters don’t use the two round clip. They use a standard clip, place it in the gun, push two rounds into the clip, safely let the bolt go forward with the first round. Shooter ready! Also, the two round clip is not a modified 8 rounder. They’re stamped from virgin steel and tempered to make them work, and give the satisfying Ping. The tempering on an 8 rounder makes it too expensive to cut and form into a 2 rounder. All this talk makes me want to get out my Garand this weekend and make it Ping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 They still ping, but it's one ping only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 42 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: They do "ping". Just not as "pingie" as an 8 rounder...if that makes any sense. It makes perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 As Charlie Hurley said, you lay the two rounds crossed in the clip and as you slide it into the well, the rounds align and the bolt comes forward chambering the round. For slow fire stages a modified clip is used that allows a single round to be loaded and the clip does not eject. You have to use a small rod to manually eject the SLED (Single Load Enhancement Device) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Bur the two rounds are just as lethal as the 8 en bloc ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall Tale Todd Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Marshal Hangtree said: They still ping, but it's one ping only. This absolutely made my day. Thanks, Marshal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Reminds me of the time I visited ol' Hank many, many years ago. We walked out into his garage/"gun room," and right off I spotted a 5-gallon bucket full of M1 clips. "Dang, Hank! Where's ya get all them clips??" "Why... I got 'em from Sergeant Major Raymond!" and proceeded to tell me how Raymond K., a Marine Sergeant Major and brother of an old mutual friend of ours, had been someplace on some base when a young marine walked up to him holding a clip. He asked "Sergeant Major! What the heck is this thing I found out in the sagebrush?" To which the good Sergeant Major responded by declaring it a tragedy that some miscreants years past had evidently littered, and proceeded to dispatch the Marine and his buddies to police the area. Hank said that when he last visited he brought him a bucketful. "Want some?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Wish I still had a dozen or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Are modern production clips just as good as the old GI ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Are modern production clips just as good as the old GI ones? Define “modern”. I haven’t seen one that was made since about 1965, except for the 2 rounders. Like I said, they’re not part of my bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 20 minutes ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: Define “modern”. I haven’t seen one that was made since about 1965, except for the 2 rounders. Like I said, they’re not part of my bag. Aggressive Engineering in Anaheim was making them recently. Don't know if they still are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/23/2020 at 9:01 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: They do "ping". Just not as "pingie" as an 8 rounder...if that makes any sense. This, I have several 2 rnd clips and it is a different 'ping'. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I recently bought new clips from Sarco. I am not sure where they are made but they are brand new and appear to be just as good as clips I bought nearly 30 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 35 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I recently bought new clips from Sarco. I am not sure where they are made but they are brand new and appear to be just as good as clips I bought nearly 30 years ago. I do believe those are Korean. I have a dozen Korean mags for my carbine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 59 minutes ago, Michigan Slim said: I do believe those are Korean. I have a dozen Korean mags for my carbine. Not sure. They are brand new but there are no markings on them. The tag in the package just said Sarco with a bar code. You could be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I shot DCM/CMP matches for seven years before catching the CAS bug. Local advice was to shoot 2 and then 8 in 2- and 8-round clips. 2-round clips were always available as loaners for new shooters who did not have them. I usually shot my 1988 K-J in .30 Govt or my M1 Carbine. Either could hold 2.5" at 100 in all shooting positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tom Bullweed said: I usually shot my 1988 K-J 1898, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugler Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Never used the 2 round clip.....waste of time and money. Use an 8 rounder and slide two rounds into, seat the clip, the the bolt slam forward, fire 2 reload the 8 rounder and you are good to go. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laramie Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 For years we just crossed two in a regular clip. A few years ago, some CMP matches required that you close the bolt on an empty chamber.then rack the bolt after you’re in position. The two rounders are easier to do that with. And they do ping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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