I prefer the Model 60, just wish they had a more robust stock, like for example, a 10/22 stock :D
My first .22 was a Winchester 72 and that spoiled me. Still have and cherish it.
But my newest...
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I prefer the Model 60, just wish they had a more robust stock, like for example, a 10/22 stock :D
My first .22 was a Winchester 72 and that spoiled me. Still have and cherish it.
But my newest...
Reminds me of coming across many locals armed with Martini Henry and No 1 Enfield rifles in Afghanistan.
Searching high and low for a Numrich M1903 .22 conversion kit. If you have one you'd sell please send me a PM.
Jamie Hurley
That would be a really interesting rifle to study piece by piece. The very last 1938-1940 rifles assembled are often a hodge-podge of parts that were on hand to finish the rifles and get them out of...
I'm searching for a copy of this magazine. Anyone have a copy?
I have a scan of the article I'm most interested in, but I'd like to get a hard copy for my bookshelf.
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My friend Steve Norton posted these on the gunboards forum. This came as a shock to me. I had certainly never heard of these rifles before. But the Marines did in fact build rifles like this prior to...
Oh I didn't know it was essential for me to provide that information.
M2 serial number 8523, barrel date 4-37.
I could certainly see it being built. A marine style buttplate on a Marine stock...
I'm thinking I may have found something fairly unique here.
For years I've been looking for an M1922/M2 .22 Springfield with a rear sight base installed, so I could turn it into a replica .22...
No doubt a Marine. Another present trait of a Marine rebuild is the enlargement of the gas escape hole in the bolt. Nice rifle.
I'll leave info on the 1917 to others who know more about them.
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RCS, no direct hit on your rifle either, though the 600k range has quite a few Marine rifles. Here are the closest:
606386 082538USMC - SAN DIEGO (SURVEY)
606434 100426USMC - PHILA NSY...
All of the characteristics you describe leave little doubt it was a Marine rifle.
Yours isn't a direct hit, but there are many Marine rifles around it, including one very clsoe:
298166 ...
For what it's worth, this second excerpt is an interview with a soldier, not a Marine (99th Division, Camp Maxey, Weaver scope, etc) and has nothing to do with Marine snipers, or the Pacific.
That...
I concur with Greg.
The comments made on this forum recently are beyond absurd, and the deleting of comments and locking of threads appears to be protecting the the perceived reputation of those...
I just realized my entire first post is stating information Steve already covered. As usual, hahaha.
Maybe that illustrates my point further, that while many of us have been studying Marine...
And as Steve pointed out, this after action report is the entire 4th Marine Division.
The 4th Marine Regiment, after being re-formed in 1944, fought on Guam and Okinawa. Not Iwo Jima.
The use...
Another way of looking at the use of scoped sniper rifles used by the Marines in WWII is look at the number they made.
120 A5 snipers were made early in the war. 80 were issued to the raiders, and...
Gregg I pre-ordered my copy when it came out and read it in a day. It's a good book, well worth owning, but focuses very little on any actual "sniping." It won't scratch that itch, but it will...
While Steve is the undisputed expert of Marine 1903s, I'd like to add one observation.
The 1.51 serial range did have a block of official National Match rifles (mostly 1.516s and quite a few...
Its a nice rifle, but in my opinion, priced high. The stock is original, all the metal components are refinished, and as you pointed out, its a replacement scope.
That's not a knock on the...
I've spent quite a while trying to figure out why I think the author is wrong, only to come to the conclusion that he may be correct.
I've always loved the M1 Carbine, and have had several. And...
Cooler temperatures sure would be nice.
I grew up in Indiana. September meant putting on flannels, hot apple cider, beef stew, bonfires, and football season.
Here in Arizona, September is...
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Can't wait to read it. Always the highlight of the weekend when the GCA journal shows up.
That's a fun video and a cool channel you guys have there. I've been a subscriber since day one. Keep it up!
I thought it would take me longer to get an M73b1 and an original Redfield Jr mount, but I just won this scope, original mount, and original rings on ebay. The auction had 34 watchers, so I bet some...