What Ever Happened to those Boot Camp 03's

[trooperdmr]

I've often wondered what happened to all those 03's that we marched with at Navy boot camp in Orlando back in '68. Any one have an idea?

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[Rick the Librarian]

I'll bet most of them went to Kaptain Krunch.

[Publius]

At Great Lakes we used odd looking bolt action drill rifles. They definitely weren't '03s or real rifles. I saw one in an Ohio gun shop a few years ago that I thought was the same or similar. I remember doing the 16 count manual of arms for 8 hours straight one day

[Cecil]

I've often wondered what happened to all those 03's that we marched with at Navy boot camp in Orlando back in '68. Any one have an idea?

I think most of them went to NJROTC and ROTC units, leaded barrels and all.

[FRO]

I was still marching with them in '87

[Charlie]

When I went thru Boot in 58 the 03's were the real deal. They were all up and operational. Small arms training with M1's too. Still trusted us back then.

[jppard]

We had 03's in Navy boot camp San Diego in 1969. We fired m1 at the range.

Jppard