My father was in the Marine Corps and was issued a 1903 Springfield in basic training in 1941. Sadly I paid very little attention to him when he talked about it. Here are the few things I can remember him saying ...
1. When he was issued his rifle it was full of cosmolineicon. His first duty was to clean the rifle.
2. Before they were allowed to shoot the rifle they spent several days "snapping in" (dry firing).
3. The rifle range was somewhere else from where most of their basic training took place in San Diego, California. They lived in tents at the range.
4. If they missed the target entirely the target scorer who was in a trench beneath the target would wave something called "Maggie's drawers".
5. He could recite his service serial number and the serial number of his rifle from memory. Of course the rifle number is lost to time.

That's all that I remember him saying. He related much more but I had no interest at the time.

Does this jive with what any of you know to be facts? Can you provide me with a link to anything written about marksmanship training during this time?
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