anyone ever heard this statement??

[Pelago]

Its a Mauser with sights that are useless except when shooting bullseye targets on a sunny day.

that is interesting, wonder what the germans felt when the US Marines were picking them off at 700 yards

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[Beerhunter]

that is interesting, wonder what the germans felt when the US Marines were picking them off at 700 yards

Assuming WWI, I understood that the majority of US troops were armed with M1917s? Also a (modified) Mauser.