FG42 vs M1 Garand: 2-Gun Action Match

By Bob Owens | 6:11 PM | January 20, 2014

“We thought about making this match fair… and then decided against it.”

A scoped semi-auto Second Model FG42 with 20-round magazines made by SMG Guns and a P38, against a M1 Garand with 8-round en-bloc clips and a M1911A1. It’s a good thing that the FG42 was too fragile for the rigors of real-world combat, as it was a formidable firearm.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.