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    17-9-22 Garand Picture of the Day - West Point 1941



    West Point Essay
    Date taken: 1941
    Photographer:Alfred Eisenstaedt




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    He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
    There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.

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    Cleaning patch's for hearing protection?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ed skeels View Post
    Cleaning patch's for hearing protection?
    Many moons ago, that was the accepted practice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ed skeels View Post
    Cleaning patch's for hearing protection?
    better than nothing
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    Those no blue sky concrete structures must have been a trumpet for the muzzle blast of the M1icon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Those no blue sky concrete structures must have been a trumpet for the muzzle blast of the M1icon.
    I can hear that thunderous report from here!
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    One rifle club in Rochester has that (no blue Sky)- it does make an impression
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester View Post
    it does make an impression
    Understatement...
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    We have No Blue sky at the Williamson Club way better there than shooting out of the bunker





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    Bottom 'LIFE' Magazine picture shows M-1922 rifles

    My o my would I like to have one of those traced to West Point. Make a nice companion piece to my US Naval Academy M-1922 M2

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