Talk:M1 Garand/@comment-107.8.175.169-20120505121935/@comment-30102863-20121117192340

The point, sir, is rather pointless in CA, but was turned from a negative attribute to a sly trick by soldiers using them. Enemy soldiers soon realized that the 'ping' meant an empty magazine, and would rush. Soldiers often kept empty magazines, banged them against their helmets (making a very similar 'ping'), causing the enemy soldiers to rise up, who were immediately shot down.