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One of the Marine snipers (a Sergeant) received a DSM for killing 12 Germans in one day at Le Mare Farm. Let's say he hit one man for every two shots, so he fired 24 rounds. Not a lot of rounds fired in one day, where most Marines fired several hundred rounds each (they went into combat with 100 rounds each and had to repeatedly be resupplied with ammo - even after scavanging ammo from the dead).
I can see where sniper rifles just didn't have that many rounds put through them.
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"Me. All the rest are deados!"
67th Company, 5th Marines 1st Sgt. Daniel "Pop" Hunter's response to 1st Lt. Jonas Platt's query "Who is your Commander"?, Torcy side of Hill 142, Belleau Wood, 8:00 am, 6 Jun 1918.
Semper Fidelis!
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07-16-2009 12:03 PM
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I suspect that the cupronickle fouling was more of a problem. Brophy's book describes the problems of the fouling and the difficulty of getting it out. The method of cleaning it out was probably not feasible in a combat situation.
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I would guess that they did a lot of range time to keep in condition. A pro golfer may only hit the ball 60 + time in a torment, but will hit over a 1000 ball in a few days.
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No range time in combat, particularly WWI combat Regiments. Several Divisions, including the 2nd (Marines) and the 42nd, fought almost continuously. Snipers weren't well liked in many units, as they drew fire from the Boches, normally artillery.
Jim
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"Me. All the rest are deados!"
67th Company, 5th Marines 1st Sgt. Daniel "Pop" Hunter's response to 1st Lt. Jonas Platt's query "Who is your Commander"?, Torcy side of Hill 142, Belleau Wood, 8:00 am, 6 Jun 1918.
Semper Fidelis!
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