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    Quote Originally Posted by JimF4M1sicon View Post
    Maybe farm boys used to a bolt action???
    Another 'Hayseed ' joke Jim ?
    I've been keeping track.....

    I believe I may have seen this in one of the videos in the stickys on shooting the carbine, but not sure. I do remember either reading or seeing it though, because my next trip out I was trying it, and didn't care for it.
    Maybe it's because of all the country boys that we find the front sights' outer ears cut away along with the rear peeps cut to a V shape.
    But if Uncle Sam was really trying to keep these familiar for the country boys, they'd of just had 1 round.
    And doubled parked the front sight blade to repel rust from being wiped with a wet thumb to knock the glare down.
    Thanks Alvin York ........... Gobble Gobble

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce McAskill View Post
    Rear sight needs to be flipped around
    Sorta looks that way Bruce, but hard to tell the way the rifle is tilted over toward the camera.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimF4M1sicon View Post
    Maybe farm boys used to a bolt action???

    Maybe to clear and catch a fouled round.

    I have no clue.
    Jim I think that the theory being if the thing goes off for some reason it doesn't tear into your hand. I wouldn't want to have my thumb in the way when that slide handle comes back. I must have heard that in basic w/M14icon? That would take your thumb clean off with the M14.
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    I trained on a Garandicon, kind of remmember the same thing.

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    About the same velocity as dropping the slide from 25 feet above you. Zero chance of dismemberment, but probably best to keep your noggin' out of the path.

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    Volunteer to try it?

    My Brother in law was in basic around '60 and trained on the Garandicon. One of the recruits had a failure to fire or extract situation. The D.I. put the rifle down butt first on the ground and used his foot to open the action. His boot slipped off the slide handle, making the rifle lean toward him and the weapon fired killing him instantly, then the rifle doubled and the other shot hit and killed the recruit he was helping. Proving that just about anything can happen. Some of those old WW2 and Korean war DI's were still crazy as a March Hair 20 years later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveHH View Post
    The D.I. put the rifle down butt first on the ground and used his foot to open the action. His boot slipped off the slide handle, making the rifle lean toward him and the weapon fired killing him instantly, then the rifle doubled and the other shot hit and killed the recruit he was helping.
    Jeeezz,
    All it takes is a moment of Not Thinking. Sad ordeal..

    Dave,
    I believe Firstflabn was probably referring to the carbine slide.
    It's my fault, I'm the one that got this Off Topic from where the OP was heading.

    My Apologies
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    Quote Originally Posted by AD-4NA View Post
    Well, in this case this one is tinted wrong on literally basically everything.

    Stars forward was definitely at least a post WWII thing, still looks strange to me personally IMHO
    Yes, colourization indeed very wrong...... on just about every count.

    Its a well known wartime photo, very likely its a Churchill of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade, probably taken in March 1945.

    Details are much clearer in the monochrome original.


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    Quote Originally Posted by GeeRam View Post
    Details are much clearer
    Yes they are,
    Instead of looking brand new,
    I can now see the wear and tear on the USGI's boots, along with the caked on mud on the soles.
    Thx.

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Love those pics, usually if you can see it, there was an early number on the weapon.
    I am betting it was carbine serial number 18.
    Wonder what ever happened to it

    i do not have that manual but have FM 23-7 May 20, 1942. check to see if it has a picture of removing slide. If so look at rear sight. My Fm it looks to be a prototype
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    Quote Originally Posted by new2brass View Post
    carbine serial number 18.
    It's the one in my book by Paul Wahl...
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    Regards, Jim

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