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Adam, I have often wondered about the Garand feeding set up, too. I think the 8 round en bloc clip works fine, but, in 1936 that required making a new en bloc clip to go with the Garand, and the 20 round BAR magazine was already in inventory.
John Garand designed the M-1 to fit the criteria laid out by the military. I wonder if the 8 round clip was specified for the same reason the military didn't want to adopt the Spencer repeater in 1862- an M-1 with a 20 round feed capacity would use up too much ammunition.
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