Complete M1 Garand: A Guide for the Shooter and Collector

Parfait Le livre correspond exactement à mes attentes. Le prix était justifié. Les délais d'envoi sont tout a fait raisonnables. Je suis vraiment enchanté de mon achat et de la qualité du service Amazon

I am getting ready to purchase my first M1 Garand and I wanted to garner as much information about this wonderful weapon as I could to try to make a sound decision as to what I would be most happy with. Jim Thompson's books are very easy to read and his expertise into the genius and history of the Garand is really great. Am glad I purchased the book, will have it with me always as reference and review material as I further explore this rifle.

good book, very informative!

This book will help level the playing field for M-1 Garand newbies and life long collectors also. It will get you down into the finer points and differences of each model and their parts. This book will save you a lot of time and money when making your decision on which model M-1 Garand to buy. The book dates from 1998 and needs to be updated a bit but the information inside is invaluable.

"Garanditus" is a dreadful malady, contracted by the unsuspecting interested in either shooting or World War II collecting. The consequences are terrible: drained financial resources, incessant internet searches for M1s, parts, and attendant paraphernalia. You find yourself attending meetings, standing, and reciting the familiar phrase, "Hello, my name is B--- and I am a Garandoholic." Along the way, to really appreciate this hobby (whether shooting or collecting), it is required that you build up a library and along side of Duff, Canfield, and the others are the books by Jim Thompson. None of the books written by *any* authors, by themselves, will provide a complete and total compendium of knowledge about Mr. J. C. Garand's wonderful rifle. All of them do provide essential information, making the practitioner more appreciative of the M1. Some of the other reviewers have objected to Mr. Thompson's rants about gang bangers, the criminal element, gun confiscation, Arizona local government, etc. are a bit tiresome. I do not share that view. On the contrary, I found Mr. Duff's books to be chocked full of facts and history, but a bit dry and too much a relation of the history of the Springfield armory. Consequently, Mr. Thompson's opinions provided interesting counterpoint. I value *both* the books that I have by Duff and Thompson as valuable components in a necessary reference library. To be sure, Mr. Thompson does provide a great deal of his personal knowledge to his works and does so in a very literate manner. I mean, a gun book whose author uses the words "calumny" and "denouement"? The only reason I gave it a 4 is because I wish it were longer.