Item Company 501st PIR Reenacted Unit Forum

The U.S. rifle caliber .30, M1, is an
air-cooled, gas-operated, clip-fed, and semiautomatic
shoulder weapon. This means that the air
cools the barrel ; that the power to cock the rifle
and chamber the succeeding round comes from
the expanding gas of the round fired previously ;
that it is loaded by inserting a metal clip (containing
a maximum of eight rounds) into the receiver
; and that the rifle fires one round each time
the trigger is pulled.
4. General Data
Weight :
Complete with sling, eightround
clip and cleaning
equipment (approximate) _ 11% pounds.
Length :
Overall _____________ _____ _ 43inches.
Sighta :
Front _____________________ Fixed.
Rear _______ _____ ____ ______ Adjustable. One click
of elevation or windage
movea the strike
of the bullet .7 centimeters
at 26 meters.
Trigger pull :
Minimum _________________ 5% pounds.
Maximum _________________ 7% pound&
Ammunition ___________________ See chapter 6.
Muzzle velocity (approximately) _ 853 metera (2,SOO feet )
per second.
Chamber pressure ______ ___ _____ 50,000 pounds per
square inch.
Maximum range________________ 3,200 meters.
Maximum effective range’______ 460 meters.
Maximum effective rate of flre __ 16 to 24 rounds per
minute.

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