once you get yourself an m1 garand you're gonna want all the goodies and
to be talking about m1 garand accessories and all the gear a soldier
would have carried in World War 2 if they were carrying this rifle now for
those of you that don't know the m1 garand was the standard issue rifle for
the US military from 1936 to 1957 so that's world war ii and korea and beyond
i have done a full in-depth video about the history and the features of this gun
i'll put a link to that right here at the top of the screen so if you haven't
seen that you definitely want to make sure you check that out and if you
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be honest with you guys this gun right here can be very addicting just like
most other guns once you get yourself an m1 garand you're gonna want all the
goodies and accessories that go along with it now there are typically two
types of m1 garand owners they're collectors and they're shooters and of
course there's people that kind of meet in between there and really before you
go out looking for these accessories and gear and stuff like that you need to
decide which one of those you are cuz it's gonna make a big difference for me
my rifle is a Springfield 1945 so it is a World War two period production and so
all the gear that I have here is stuff that could have been issued with this
rifle it's all World War two production stuff now if that's not something that
you care about there are all types of reproduction gear that looks the same it
works the same and really it's really good stuff so if you're interested in
the reproduction stuff you can get it brand new so some of you may want to go
that route either way I'm going to put as many links as I can to all of these
things in the description below so if you want to get this stuff for yourself
make sure you go check those out now let's just go right down the list there
are a couple things that you're going to have to have the first is in block clips
this gun works all of 8-round in block clips and unless you
want to shoot it one round at a time you're gonna need in block clips so make
sure you go get a bunch of these it's just like magazines you're gonna want a
bunch of them so you don't have to sit there on the range and reload them every
time you want to shoot and next obviously is ammo so then one green
shoots a 30 out six and something that's important for you to know is that you
can't just go pick up any thirty-aught-six off the shelf and shoot
it in them in a garand now I know they're going to be plenty of people
like yeah you can do this and this and you get an aftermarket gas plug you can
do that really I think the best and easiest way is to get grams specific
ammo and there are companies that make 3006 that is specifically made for the
garand now what I typically get is the pp um oh and it actually says on the box
for m1 garand now you're gonna want to make sure you do that so you don't cause
any damage to your gun next is a sling all m1 Garands were issued with some
type of sling you will see a mixture of leather and web slings used during World
War two but the one I have here is the web sling
and it is dated 1945 right here on the bottom you know like I said there's all
types of reproductions and you can get Korean air slings World War 2 era slings
but for me I just wanted something that would be correct for the rifle so I got
1945 these are really cool slings typically you see them like this nice
and tightened up close to the rifle now if you were gonna sling this onto your
back there's a little adjustment here you just pull that tab down you pull
that up retighten that tab and then you can
sling it up around your shoulder the next thing you may want to get that
would have come with your gun if you have an m1 garand you may be aware that
right here on the buttstock there is a storage compartment what that
storage compartment was for is for the cleaning kit you see there's two
compartments here and it's just a little trap door that opens up inside that
compartment what you would find is an oiler bottle so on one end it has the
oiler and as you can see I have put some gun oil in here on the other end inside
of here is your m10 tool and that typically would have been wrapped up
with some patches so that it's not there and causing a bunch of noise so
this would have been in one hole and typically you would have had some more
patches packed in behind it to keep it tight and with the cleaning kits you
will see lots of different variations different products different tools that
would have been in there and typically the way it worked out is whatever that
unit had on hand that's what they issued to you so there is really no standard of
what would have been in here but most of them would have had that oiler bottle
and they would have had this little pouch here with your four sections of
cleaning rod your patch attachment for the end of the rod and your board brush
and all that packs down in here tight into this pouch and then that just
pushes down into the other hole in the buttstock and like I said if there's
extra room you just pack it with extra patches for cleaning you know most of
what you see out there for those is going to be reproduction and like I said
there's links in the description but the one I have here is new old stock so that
means it was original production but it was unused and I found that at a website
called Liberty tree collectors and they have lots of other Emily grant
accessories as well so you may want to check them out next is your m1 bayonet
and really know garand is complete without its bayonet so the way that
works is the loop here is going to fit right around the barrel and the lug is
going to lock in here at the back of the handle and that locks it in tight now
don't be worried if you do have a little bit of jiggling that is normal and then
you have this little release button here on the bottom to pull it off of there
the bayonet I have here is a pal production 1943 and it is dated here on
the bottom pal 1943 now originally this was an M 1905 type 2 bayonet so the
bayonets that fit on the Grands are the same design that were used with the 1903
Springfield the differences during World War one there were 16 inches long
instead of 10 inches the same was true at the beginning of World War two
so in 41 42 and 43 they did produce their bayonets at 16 inches long in 1943
they decided to switch over to a 10 inch bayonet same design but
inches long on the blade and what they did is they would cut these down to ten
inches for the new specifications you know the way you can tell that is the
blood groove here in the middle you can see that it runs all the way to the tip
of the blade typically on an m1 bayonet it would stop about here but you can
tell on the cut downs that it does run all the way to the edge and you can see
obviously that it was cut down here the same is true for the scabbard those were
16 inches long obviously and those were also cut down to 10 inches to
accommodate the new length of the bayonet though most of the time right
here you will see the maker of your bayonet now there were several companies
that made these bayonets American Fork and Howe Oneida limited pal like this
one here Union fork and Howe Utica cutlery and wild tulle you know
the wild tulle are were the least produced and they never actually made a
10-inch bayonet they only made the 16 once they switched over to ten they
didn't make anymore so those wild tulle are some of the rarest and most
expensive bayonets out there followed by a not a limited and then pal and then
the other companies made quite a few and those are a lot easier to find now there
are a lot of reproductions and fakes out there now there's nothing wrong with the
reproduction if that's what you want but if you want a real one you need to make
sure that you're getting a real one same thing with the scabbards they are marked
here with the flaming bomb and the US here in the middle of the bomb and that
bayonet just locks in place just like it does on the gun and you hit this release
here to pull it out next thing we have here is the M 1923 ammo belt this is the
belt that a soldier would have worn if he was carrying the m1 garand this one
here is a 1942 made by our M code and you can see that right here the maker's
mark is usually stamped right here on the back now you will see that in
various conditions this one is quite faded but you can still make it out REM
code on the front here at least for the army editions they would have a u.s.
stamped here and that may be in several different fonts just depending on the
maker of it this one here is actually in really good condition
you can find these in all different types of conditions
if you're looking for the in 1923 mo belt something you want to note is that
most World War 2 production is going to be in this khaki color now you will see
some transitional ones where towards the end of World War two they were using
some khaki and some of the OD green products when they were making these you
will see the transitional ones but typically World War two is going to be
khaki most after World War two are going to be the OD green and the same goes for
most of these other pouches and web gear as well these pouches here do have a
lifted dot snap on them so it's really easy to snap and unsnap and then that's
going to hold your in block clips in there just like that one interesting
thing is that design of the in 1923 belt is very similar to the 1910 belt which
was used in World War one and this bill actually will work with the stripper
clips for a Springfield rifle as well most of them will have a strap here on
the inside that snaps into this button here and that's in there to hold those
ten rounds stripper clips for the Springfield rifle now in mind the straps
are there but they've been cut off and I don't know this for sure but my thought
is that that was probably done by whatever Soldier was wearing this belt
if they're carrying in block clips in there there's really not much need for
that extra strap and it might have gotten in the way so they probably just
cut that off that's just my fault somebody in the
comments below let me know does that make this less valuable I'm not sure but
just be aware that some of them are going to have that extra strap in there
mine does not and I'll just show you here how this bill would have attached
together you can see it has the little nub here on the back and it just clips
in just like that right there and that's going to hold it on there nice and tight
these pouches are actually separate from the belt individual and then the bill is
run through in the back through these loops and then secure it here with these
clips now on their mo belt you can see that they have all these grommets here
at the bottom and that's to attach all the other various tools and components
that they might have needed to carry with them as you can see on mine
I have the first-aid pouch here that is a 1942 made by Detroit needle and you
can see that here on the back it is stamped clearly Detroit needle 1942 the
same type of lifted closure and in mine I do have an original first aid kit this
is the Carlisle bandage type it's a ten container this one is actually unopened
I don't plan on opening it just to keep it authentic but that is really cool if
you're looking for a first-aid pouch you may want to try to find one that comes
with the original first-aid kit included if not you can always buy that
separately now another thing that would have been attached to this belt is your
canteen now this canteen pouch here is stamped
but it's pretty much illegible I can't read what's on there but if you open it
up here it's got the same lifted out closures inside you will find your
canteen this canteen is a 1945 made by the Vollrath company so this is original
and also down in there and this is a little harder to get out so bear with me
would be the canteen cup this canteen cup was made by AGM code and it's also
1945 so that just fits in there just like that and as you can see here on the
back all these tools including the bayonet have the belt attachment here on
the back that just feeds into those grommets on the belt now it did take me
quite some time to hunt down all these different components because I wanted it
to be very specific I wanted the World War Two khaki color I wanted all of them
to be dated if possible and I wanted them to all be period-correct for my
Springfield 1945 m1 garand like I said if that's not important to you there are
reproductions out there and I will put links in the description below to both
reproductions and real stuff that you can find some of the best websites out
there that I found to find m1 garand gear in World War 2 gear now some great
resources for you while you're looking for all this stuff to make sure that
what you're getting is correct is just go out and pick you up an m1 garand book
this is the m1 garand 1936 to 1957 by Joe
Poyer and Craig rish this is a great book I have several buy them for
different antique rifles and stuff that I have this book does tell a lot of the
history of the gun but then it goes part by part telling you how to identify the
year each part was made how to identify whether all the parts on your rifle are
correct and then it also goes into the accessories the belts extensively on
bayonets and things like that so these books can be really great
resources if you wanted to research m1 garand and all the accessories that
would go with it and I'm also going to put links to all those books down below
so make sure you check those out honestly this book was invaluable to me
while I was doing all this and researching my gun and everything and
then one grant is such an iconic rifle and all the gear that goes with it is
just so nostalgic I love that I can hold these things and wear them when I'm out
shooting my garand it really makes you think about the
stories that could be told by each one of these different components and the
soldiers that carried them in some of the most significant times of our
country so if this kind of stuff interests you guys if you like this kind
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