I like this hypothesis.
That would be nice to do, and it's a solid theory, but my understanding is that they fired all of the rounds they had available to them.
Ammo doesnt like hot conditions, especially if its not sealed well (Like a plastic sabot that has been known to corrode). IIRC, the majority of SLAP on the civilian market is gulf war vintage. its a bad combo.
That's a nice fireworks display, but I think most of it would be constrained by the receiver if that had been a fully-assembled weapon. That SLAP round would likely still have destroyed the action, though. Possibly even sheared the breech locking surfaces, which is a frightening thought in and of itself.
He used to be pretty quick with it back in the day.
I can't decide if that's a good idea or a boomerish one. On the one hand they're pretty robust, sure, and they were decent rifles for their time. But on the other hand you can buy a Martini-Henry repro made for modern 30-06 that's completely idiot-proof with an action that can be rebuilt with hand-tools if necessary (if you're a prepper and think the Big One is happening soon), or just get a good AR platform rifle that's lighter and shoots better than a Garand and learn how to take care of it.
He was pushing it in 2012, before ARs were in every house and easy to acquire, so it was assumed that the M1 Garand was still relevant as a semi-automatic that people would own at the time.
Martini Metford's can be converted to either .303 or .308 and it's surprisingly easy to do so - literally the bolt and barrel, all other parts are drop-in. however the carbine is more collectible/valuable in it's original form, typically.
I just went and looked and can't find the listing I remember seeing for it. Probably just my memory playing tricks on me, or a snowflake modification like @Club Sandwich is talking about.
Never watched his content, but I think the M1 still has something going for it, because it's still a semi-automatic rifle in .30-06, which can be reloaded very fast, and if you use an aftermarket gasplug you can shoot those high powered hunting loads with extra heavy projectiles. It was an extremely good rifle for its day, better than any of the other WW2 era battle rifles by far, and I think that it still isn't half bad (from a largely civilian perspective, mind).
Any time you ever say to yourself "I have an idea for a way to troll X", you are wrong.
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Why not get an M14/FAL/G3 then? Full power 7.62 is enough and 20rd mags are massive, quick to change and don't fly off on empty so you can easily put them back in your pocket and reuse. Not saying M1 is bad; it's very very good, but it's a bit obsolete nowadays.
