My son has enjoyed shooting from a very young age and, as a 10-year-old, has budded into a fine young marksman. After shooting my M1 Garand for the first time on a trip to the range this spring, he asked if he could use it to hunt bears — and how could I deny that? 10-year-old Tyler would have been in hog heaven to just lay hands on an M1, nevermind shoot a bear with one. Very few M1 rifles remain “as issued” and were worked over by armorers multiple times. Read Next:The M1 Garand, the Greatest Generation’s Service RifleAn en bloc clip loaded with 165-grain Lehigh Defense Extreme Chaos bullets.