>>63981359
>It's an overstated issue
It's also not unique to the Garand, it's a thing from most rifles of that era. Infantry rifles from WWI and WWII usually had a full length wood stock so they could be used for bayonet fighting. That is the exact opposite of the 'full floating' barrel preferred for high accuracy. All of those guns were known for zeros moving around if they were taken apart and re-assembled because the stock would be pressing on the steel slightly differently. Lee-Enfields are particularly infamous for this.

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