Book of the Garand [Hardcover]

Julian S. Hatcher (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Gun Room Pr (June 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882270141
• ISBN-13: 978-0882270142
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE bible for the M1 Garand, December 4, 1999

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kenneth s. schwegler (New York) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Book of the Garand (Hardcover)

If there is anything in the world you want to know about the M1 Garand, this is the book. If you have a Garand, this book is a must.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book on how this rifle was developed, November 19, 1998

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This review is from: Book of the Garand (Hardcover)

The development process of the M1 Garand rifle is detailed in this book. The problems of developing a reliable semi-auto full power military rifle are detailed. The attempts, the failures, the successes, the problems, the solutions, all are there. The book gives insights into inventor John Garand's genius and the manufacturing/military process. The result is what Patton called "The greatest battle implement ever developed." A must for collectors and afficiando's. See also Scott Duff's books on collecting this rifle.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book, December 3, 2000

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Fuzzbean (Nangoku, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Book of the Garand (Hardcover)

Any modern day gun-bug reading Julian S. Hatcher's resume can hardly help but drool. This dude lived during what had to have been the golden age of military small arms development, and seemed to always land a job involving some fascinating aspect of the rapidly advancing technology. No wonder he stayed in the military so long. I can't think of any modern writer that even comes close to the experience and technical background he had.

This book gives very complete information about the development, functioning, and use of the Garand rifle up to the end of World War 2. Of course there were more changes made to the gun around the Korean War and even up through the 1960's that Hatcher could not foresee, but those would mainly be of interest to the more meticulous collector types anyway. Hatcher gives an insider's account of the long struggle to find a good semi-automatic rifle, and touches on many other interesting designs that were cast aside along the way.