A video by someone who does not shoot , or at least does not understand shooting . First a No 1 Mk 3 does not have rear locking LUGS . It is a bridge locker , it locks on the middle of the bolt and the receiver . The single lug on the rear is a cocking assist , it take none of the firing pressure. The P-14 was a very accurate rifle , limited by the poor British ammo . Bullets do not shoot in minutes of angle , only light travels in MOA . A 3 inch 100 yard group is not going to be a 6 inch 200 yard group . Most WWI sniping was done at about 60 yards , the normal trench distance .
Though I'm sure there was some sniping done at close range between the trenches in WWI, if you read the book "A Rifleman Went To War" by Herbert W. McBride, you will find that he regularly sniped Germans out to 600 yards.
He was a very lucky man indeed at that range, if you consider that Sniper Schools were in their infancy! He may of course allude to that in a book, but practically speaking when you are next on the range with a MK1 anything scoped up, try it yourself.
He must have had calm days, no wind and a bergen full of luck. It is absolutely true that in WW2 snipers were told to take their "maximum kill" shot at 400 metres, McBride clearly didn't go to kill, he must have wounded a lot of men
Last edited by Gil Boyd; 10-28-2017 at 05:32 AM.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
The presenter of Forgotten Weapons does shoot. I do enjoy his presentations and have seen him shoot rifles and pistols on the In Range videos. For the amount of clips he has done, there may be an error here or there. Any presentation on a Pattern 14 T is nice to see.
Cheese Noodles,
I was referring to McBride's claims in his book, not the presenter of the video Ian McCullum's prowess on the range.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
He was a very lucky man indeed at that range, if you consider that Sniper Schools were in their infancy! He may of course allude to that in a book, but practically speaking when you are next on the range with a MK1 anything scoped up, try it yourself.
He must have had calm days, no wind and a bergen full of luck. It is absolutely true that in WW2 snipers were told to take their "maximum kill" shot at 400 metres, McBride clearly didn't go to kill, he must have wounded a lot of men
McBride was a very accomplished competitive target shooter in the Pre-War era, much like Heskith-Pritchard.
PM
Originally Posted by Gil Boyd
