Sanded GAW Stock

[browningautorifle]

Wait a minute, except for the rifle range, wouldn't you be using blanks in training?

You've got live fire in training to prepare you for battle. I too have seen stocks with just a few pocks and one that was completely covered front to back. Setting the cartridges was supposed to be done...maybe Bob Seijas can tell us, I think he was issued an M1 at the start of his service...

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[usabaker]

Originally Posted by SRiverrat11: Wait a minute, except for the rifle range, wouldn't you be using blanks in training?

You've got live fire in training to prepare you for battle.

I'm not sure about what you guys mean training with blanks? The only time we used blanks in training was on the field training and war games. Never for riflemen practice.

[SRiverrat11]

I'm not sure about what you guys mean training with blanks? The only time we used blanks in training was on the field training and war games. Never for riflemen practice.

I'm not sure what you mean by, riflemen practice. I carried the M16 not the M1. We had BFA's when we were running field ops with an aggressor force. When we were just running fireteam and squad tactics we didn't use BFA's or blanks.

[usabaker]

I'm not sure what you mean by, riflemen practice. I carried the M16 not the M1. We had BFA's when we were running field ops with an aggressor force. When we were just running fireteam and squad tactics we didn't use BFA's or blanks.

Rifleman practice is range time, quals, or any live-fire event. I carried a M16 early on but then became a M60 gunner for the balance of my time in. The only time we used BFA's in-field training and war games (your field ops with an aggressor force)

[RCS]

Here is a Winchester stock that was rebuilt at Anniston (note the AN stamp) during WW2 and stamp with the SA GAW cartouche which on this stock indicates a rebuild. They over sanded this stock too much and now it has receiver overhang on the rear. It does not bother some but I would not use it on a rifleAttachment 110670Attachment 110671

[usabaker]

SA GAW cartouche which on this stock indicates a rebuild. They over sanded this stock too much and now it has receiver overhang on the rear. It does not bother some but I would not use it on a rifle

Shame, I'm still looking for a good SA GAW stock for mine.

[RCS]

Here is a Winchester stock that was rebuilt at Anniston (note the AN stamp) during WW2 and stamp with the SA GAW cartouche which on this stock indicates a rebuild. They over sanded this stock too much and now it has receiver overhang on the rear. It does not bother some but I would not use it on a rifleAttachment 110670Attachment 110671Attachment 110672

[SRiverrat11]

Rifleman practice is range time, quals, or any live-fire event. I carried a M16 early on but then became a M60 gunner for the balance of my time in. The only time we used BFA's in-field training and war games (your field ops with an aggressor force)

We would go to 29 Palms about once a year and run live fire ops. We had a night fire range up the road, this was before the invention of Miles gear. I would love to hear what Bob Seijas has to say about this. My Korean War vet Dad said he carried a Carbine or Thompson with two .45's and just doesn't remember the details of carrying the M1 in Basic training.

[usabaker]

We would go to 29 Palms about once a year and run live fire ops.

29 Palms: Desert Training, Bridgeport CA: Cold-weather warfare, Camp Shelby AKA Camp Swampy MS: Jungle Warfare and Fort Hunter Liggett CA - We did a lot of training but also played war with the Marines at all three now and then. We did our Qualifications at Mare Island CA and Weapons Training / Qualifications at Camp Pendelton CA - Went to Camp Parks CA but NEVER got to use the range we were there doing projects and construction training.

[usabaker]

Seabees and Marines used to be tied at the hip when I was in, they were even responsible for providing our uniforms the only difference between the Seabee Sateens and the Maries was the belt Navy Blue Seabees /Caci for the Marines and the fact Seabees had the logo on the pocket. We had a Marine Gunny attached to our Battalion and all of our weapons, and combat training was done by the Marines. Don't know if that's still true or not.

I pretty much grew up a Seabee. My grandfather was a Seabee in WWII (Tinian, Saipan, and GUAM), My Dad was a lifer with the bee's Korea and Vietnam. I grew up on Port Hueneme.