John Garand’s work on feed mechanisms, driven by Ordnance Dept. mandates, resulted in the now-familiar eight-round en bloc clip shown here loaded into a production M1 rifle.

When Garand switched from a primer-actuated mechanism to gas operation, Ordnance mandated that he use an en bloc clip with his new design (which ultimately became the M1 rifle) rather than the ...

The M1 Garand Ping: Magazine and En Bloc Clip The best known feature of the M1 Garand is its use of an 8-round clip rather than a detachable magazine or stripper clip. The fully-loaded clip is pressed ...

The focal point was ditching the eight-round en-bloc clip (which loaded top-down) for a proper twenty-round box magazine that loaded from the bottom up—a feature that Garand wanted in the M1 but ...

The historical significance of the M1 Garand can't be overstated. It was the first semi-automatic military rifle to be employed as a standard shoulder weapon, a point that was quite notable at the ...

Just as you know that ping, if you’ve ever heard of an en bloc clip, it’s likely due to the M1 Garand rifle which was used throughout World War II. Bolt action rifles were the standard type of ...

In the case of an M1 Garand, the en-bloc clip holds the 8 rounds and the entire clip loads into the internal magazine. Upon firing the last round, the en-block clip is ejected from the rifle.

It wasn’t until the introduction of the M1 Garand, with its characteristic En Bloc clip for faster reloads that a semi-automatic rifle became widely issued to infantry units.

The En Bloc Clip. An en block clip for ... The most famous rifle to use an en block clip is the M1 Garand, which replaced the 1903 Springfield as our military’s service rifle in 1936.

The M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle is perhaps the most iconic American rifle ever produced, ... and the Pedersen's en-bloc clip could only be inserted with its flat side down, ...