Never seen one of these before - 1903 with a M73b1

[Mark in Rochester]

Was this a common rifle in the ETO?

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[browningautorifle]

Is that what that is? It looks very far forward of what I would expect and a very small tube.

[Mike D]

Your right, Mark! I looked at that photo on another forum and did not even notice!

Looks like the upper band is milled, too.

Check out the rifle to his left - IT'S the A3!

[JGaynor]

http://www.nicolausassociates.com/PD...ber%201942.pdf

Check out the specs in tha above captioned document.
See para 2a and 2.b.1.d.
The rifle in the pic is probably an early prototype and I'll bet the scope is a commercial Weaver 330C in one of their stamped side mounts. Shifting to the Redfield Jr would provide the flexibility needed to mount either the Weaver or a Lyman Alaskan whch was the other approved alternative.

Regards,

Jim

[Promo]

The answer to the German ZF41

[firstflabn]

Bradley is wearing three stars. His date of rank is June 9, 1943, so it postdates that. My guess is the photo was taken during a War Department touring display to familiarize field forces with new gear. This tour occurred during February 1944 and traveled to Italy and Britain. Lots of stuff brought along - down to the luminescent identification disks the 82AB and 101AB would wear on the back of their helmets in the Normandy jump.

If anyone knows where I could locate a hard copy of this photo (or a higher resolution electronic version), I would be pleased to hear of it.