M1 Garand vs Motorcycle

If you take the bike, try not to hit the Garand, er, ground with it.

PS: Take the Garand. It's not named m-ONE for nothing!

Contrary to what many of the folks who don't frequent this forum would believe, you're probably less likely to do something stupid with the rifle and hurt yourself or someone else (granted that goes for any mode of transport). Just sayin'. I say this as someone who is torn between a Ural and a DP28 LMG (which one first? ) so I understand fully the conundrum.

TCB

Get a M1......a Motorcycle You will shoot your eye out LOL

Chicks dig bikes.

go with the Garand, they still make 'hogs.

I've ridden for 45 years. It ain't the same as it used to be. With a Garand you won't be run over by some fool on a cell phone.

I have been riding and shooting for about 34 years. I have had many motorcycles and many more guns. I currently own a motorcycle and an M1. If I did not own either, I would get the M1.

First I'd like to say how dissapointed I am that this isn't a thread about shooting a motorcycle with a Garand w/pics.

Second, I don't know what your location is but here in northeast Ohio you realistically have only 3-4 months of solid riding, but if you live in AZ or TX or CA I'd imagine you may get more use out of a bike than if you live in the arctic north.

I don't know I like money so I would just stash it away, or put it in your bug out bag for getaway cash if you're a prepper type.

Or get the m-1.

Or get a bike.

One depreciates, one goes up in value. Easy decision.

No doubt, you cannot fall off a Garand!

Seems to me like a philosophical question deserves a philosophical answer. I take it, since you still have the academy ahead of you, that you have no wife and children. I also take it that some day you will.

So one day you will have to answer the question "dad, where did you meet mom?"

Will your answer be "I met her in a biker bar," or "I met her out on the rifle range"?

When you answer that question you'll know whether to buy a bike or a Garand.

M1-can save your life ; Motorcycle -can take your life

Hey all,
I still have my first Triumph, a 1974 750 Trident that I bought brand new. I also have a 1975 Norton 850 Commando in museum quality condition. They are both a blast for about an hour. I also have a screw and a wire in my elbow from the time I violated the basic law of physics and motorcycles; which states: if you go faster than the motorcycle (even by 1/2 a mile per hour) you will pass it (generally over the handlebars). I also have a number of other scars from almost 40 years of riding and most of them weren't my fault.

I am also the proud owner of a 1944 Springfield M1, as issued, original and absolutely fresh right out of the time capsule without so much as a scratch on her. The only difference between now and its issue date is that now the park is greenish, probably from cosmoline. This rifle is beautiful. At 60 years old I can hit the 18"x24" plate at 500 yards with iron sites, standing, with mil-surplus ammo, 8 out of 8, every day, all day. That is not a boast, boys the rifle shoots better than I do and it is the classic battle rifle of the twentieth century, and when they're straight, they all shoot that way.

Son, motorcycles are about looking cool; the M1 is about being cool right down to the bone.

You are a College Grad now; be smart take the M1.
Cheers,
Cam

Have you posted the same question on a motorcycle board? Most of the replies here seem kind of one sided (to be expected).

I love both, have both. It's what is in your blood. Make your own call.

I think you should get a food dehydrator and a good selection of vegan cookbooks.

HA! Kidding…between the two choices I'd go with the Garand for a grand.

$1000 in a Roth invested in something 12% a year for the next 40 years will be worth $93,000 with you adding nothing else. Give that first thousand a friend each year for the next few and you'll be doing pretty good in retirement.

And you have to ask that question on this board? Your parents should take the $1K, buy the Garand, and will it to you after you have experienced life for a bit.

$1000 in a Roth invested in something 12% a year for the next 40 years will be worth $93,000 with you adding nothing else.

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I find that rather hard to believe.

A 12% average return over 40 years is some crafty investing.

I would get the one I would use more.

I like the M1, but a FZ1 is pretty sweet too!

I vote for the M-1. Or possibly an M-1A. They're both serious fighting tools, though the Garand has more of an historical glint to its persona. Get the Garand first, since they're drying up. But don't forget the M-1A, either.

Well, I think you're discounting some history. Post-WWII Garands could have seen Korea. I'd say a rifle that may have been at Chosin Reservoir would sure have a story to tell....

CMP still has Springfield Armory (NOT SAI) Garands, so it's possible you may get a WWII receiver that's been arsenal-rebuilt. Nothing lacking in historical value there.

How much motorcycle can you get for a grand vs. how much Garand can you get for a grand??
10% of a motorcycle or less does NOT equal 1 Garand plus ammunition.

Rationalize it if you must as a mathematical problem. You'll thank us in 20 years.

Besides, there's a limited supply of nice Garands. I guarantee you they'll make more motorcycles every year.