I've checked out a few garands (some with "different" reload animations) but so far haven't found the one I'm looking for.

Anyways; Once the bolt comes back on the garand, I'd like the dude to put the pinky-side of his hand on that bolt to hold it back, while using the thumb on the same hand to shove down the clip. Then he lets go all at once moving his hand out of the way; the bolt automatically slams home without the person having to push the bolt forward like the default animations.

See what I mean? I've never fired a garand, however I've worked with one in JROTC; and once that magazine spring thing moves down, that bolt is going to slam home by itself and catch your thumb if your not careful. We used to push it down ourselves to close the bolt because we never used clips or ammo. But basically if you put a clip in there, the bolt is going to try to close as soon as you let go of it, which is why I want the animations to show the guy holding the bolt back while sliding the clip in....

not sure if I explained it well but there it is.

I'll continue looking for it as well in case something like that has been released.

Yeah, i think i get what you're saying and it sounds good to me. Too bad i can't animate though :\ Anyone wanna give this a shot?

Doesn't it get held up sometimes and you have to close it yourself (DoD anims)???

Originally posted by Burncycle
I've checked out a few garands (some with "different" reload animations) but so far haven't found the one I'm looking for.

Anyways; Once the bolt comes back on the garand, I'd like the dude to put the pinky-side of his hand on that bolt to hold it back, while using the thumb on the same hand to shove down the clip. Then he lets go all at once moving his hand out of the way; the bolt automatically slams home without the person having to push the bolt forward like the default animations.

See what I mean? I've never fired a garand, however I've worked with one in JROTC; and once that magazine spring thing moves down, that bolt is going to slam home by itself and catch your thumb if your not careful. We used to push it down ourselves to close the bolt because we never used clips or ammo. But basically if you put a clip in there, the bolt is going to try to close as soon as you let go of it, which is why I want the animations to show the guy holding the bolt back while sliding the clip in....

not sure if I explained it well but there it is.

I'll continue looking for it as well in case something like that has been released.

You probably should kill yourslef looking for the right Garand reload animation seeing as there's only 3. The default, the 3.1 default, and Glimmy's custom reload. Maybe Klown or Glimsharp will answer your request.