WWII Bayonets, 03's and USMC Snipers

[TDH]

I have found no evidence to indicate that most Marine M1903 rifles carried on Guadalcanal were low numbers. Certainly some low number rifles were present. But, I very seriously doubt that their numbers were predominant. Most Marine rifles at the start of WWII were high numbers. And those were rapidly augmented with new Remingtons.

FWIW.

J.B.

My late foreman never made mention of how many LN's Vs.HN's god rest his soul as he was a good man. BTW his name was Harry Joseph. I know I read it somewhere on the net that they used a large number of LN's. Since I am not going to do seberal days research trying to find it again if it still exists I will bow to your expertise. On another note and I can't proove it either is that a large portion of their .30 cal MG's were the water cooled. IIRC it was mentioned in the book Guadalcanal Diaries theat they sometimes ran out of water for them.

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[John Beard]

I know I read it somewhere on the net that they used a large number of LN's. Since I am not going to do several days research trying to find it again if it still exists I will bow to your expertise.

I've read that same thing on the internet also, vis-a-vis low number Springfields. But, reading it on the internet doesn't necessarily make it true.

Jim Tarleton and I have both done extensive studies of Marine Corps rifles and our studies contradict that statement.

J.B.