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  • I went down a bit of a rabbit hole here for fun.

    The Garand was considered a serviceable weapon out to 400-500 yards, and had a factory targeted MOA of 4 (though reportedly some made it to the field during wartime with as high as 6) with the ammunition of the time, though many did better (2 - 3 MOA) and were selected for marksmen. According to the US army, the Garand was expected to produce 40 - 50 shots per minute “accurately” at 300 yards, though I don’t find a technical definition for “accurately” on that.

    The Lee-Enfield was classed at the same 4 MOA from the factory with ammunition of the time, though it had selected T series marksman / sniper designated rifles that did 2.5 MOA or less.

    So perhaps a 0.5 - 1 MOA advantage to the Lee-Enfield by design which is probably mostly due to a fully sealing bolt action, and apparently better factory QA. Though on the other side of the coin the Garand could produce a higher firing rate and didn’t suffer horribly in accuracy to achieve that.

    They seem fairly comparable. And they were made by closely collaborating allies around the same time (about a 20 year gap between development), and mass produced using similar techniques, so no big surprise I guess.