"J. Clarke" on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:02:21 -0400
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

On the other hand...it takes a finite amount of time to realize the
weapon in your hand is empty, and to draw the second one, and ready it
to fire.

Another benefit to the Garand. When that clip pops out there's no
question that it's time to reload.

That it does.

True, but the thinking seems to be, when the gun goes "click,
click, click", then reload, or if no reload, then go to the other gun.
Assuming you have an "other gun".

Colts and Garands don't go "click, click, click". They go click once
and then you can haul on the trigger with a hydraulic press and you
won't get another.

That maybe true. But one thing which has been documented over the
course of centuries - the number of times a man may pull on a trigger
and have the gun not fire, and him not notice. I believe a record of
sorts was set during the Battle of Gettysburg, where one rifle was
recovered with eleven rounds loaded in the barrel. The assumption has
been made that he didn't put the percussion cap on the nipple, and
never noticed that the rifle didn't go "boom" when he pulled the
trigger.
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