M1 Garand with a reflex sight

[Devilock04]

No, I’m not mutilating an M1 Garand so don’t start yelling at me!!!

Turns out the Army was experimenting with a reflex sight on an M1 Garand in 1947. The sight was called the T131 Reflex Collimator sight. It powered by sunlight in daytime and radium activated phosphorescent material at night. Here’s a link with pictures of it.

https://x.com/automagarchive/status/1912539020539941348?s=46

And here’s the Army report on it.

https://archive.org/details/report-2057-t-131-reflector-sight/page/n6/mode/1up

[RAMCLAP]

Well, that is interesting.

[MajorSideburns]

That's really neat. I find it surprising they had this technology back then. It is interesting to see that they ruled it out as a viable sight after only one simple test parameter shooting at 200 yards. And their noted complaint was that the sight was too large to be as accurate as the standard iron sights at such distance. They didn't bother to ask for a revision of the reticle to make it finer or more precise. It didn't even occur to them that the value of such a sight is in speed at close range where match grade precision is not needed. Thanks for posting.

[socal m1 shooter]

Interesting, like a Nydar for the Garand. In this thread there are some additional images of back-in-the-day efforts to put optics on an M1 Garand, as well as more recent efforts.

[BrokerB]

That is pretty amazing. Where is gun jesus video? What was site picture?!!

[jarhead714]

Looks like a beefed up C-More Railway!😆 Dig that flash hider, though.👌🏻

[socal m1 shooter]

Ask and ye shall receive.

[BrokerB]

Excellent: thank you.

After reviewing video..that is different than the one referenced and pictured in the paperwork above.

[socal m1 shooter]

Correct, but it is the same as one in this thread (near the end). Can't do better than that; Gun Jesus be like, "so many firearms, so little time..." At least he showed the view thru the reticle. One can interpolate, particularly if one has seen a Nydar.