I may be wrong (I'm not going to try it myself!) but from what I understand that works with M1 Carbines and Mini-14s, but not M1 Garands. This photo of such a

I may be wrong (I'm not going to try it myself!) but from what I understand that works with M1 Carbines and Mini-14s, but not M1 Garands. This photo of such a shoestring on a Mini-14 has been floating around for years: https://i.imgur.com/5N3EHxh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5N3EHxh.jpg