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Salty Dog
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pirate got it right. Your turn.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Floor is open to the highest bidder Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well since nobody offered me any grog I thought of one to ask. During WW1 the standard rifle to be issued to are douhboys was the 1903 Springfield chambered with the good ole 30-06 round. With that being said what rifle was roughly 75% of our troops issued with during the Great War?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about an Enfield Rifle in .303? I like the Springfield 1903A3 better though.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salty Dog wrote:
How about an Enfield Rifle in .303? I like the Springfield 1903A3 better though.


Your getting close Salty. We actually did consider using the 303 British but decided against it since that would mean we would have to produce and supply both 30-06 and 303 ammunition and many also thought the British round inferior to the 06. Go head look it up.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a wonderful article on this subject:

http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/dbrifle.htm

It says the 1917 Enfield Rifles carried by most US Troops were actually chambered in .30-06 Caliber and only one Division carried the .303 British rifles. I should have known this as I am an ardent hobbyist in the shooting sports. The .30-06 cartridge stands for .30 Caliber, model of 1906 - the years it was adopted. It is still a very popular cartridge with hunters.

Sticking with this same general subject. What was the official sidearm (handgun) of the US Forces in World War I and what ALTERNATE handgun had to be made to make up for shortages of the official handgun?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes the 1917 Enfield often called the P17 but the U.S doesnt't use pattern in its arms but usually M or model. It was the British P-14 modified for 30 caliber round. As to the sidearm question I do not know what gun it actually was that supplemented the Colt 1911 but I do know it was a revolver instead of a semi automatic. Probably but I don't know for sure it was 45 ACP round. I couldn't guess the gun itself but maybe a manufacturer such as Smith and Wesson or even Colt. There was an article in a magazine I read once so all I can really remember is it was a revolver.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pirate, you are correct. Both Colt and Smith and Wesson made REVOLVERS in .45 ACP and they made them work by using half-moon (3-shot) clips. This allowed easy loading and especially unloading of the rimless .45 ACP round.

I personally own four Smith and Wesson .45 ACP revolvers but they are made in 1961, 1988 and 1992.

After WWI, the revolvers were sold as surplus and shooters wanted a round that could be shot without using the moon clips. So, Remington came out the the .45 AUTO RIM cartridge. This is a .45 ACP with a huge rim at the base and it is VERY cool to shoot, fun fun fun!!!!!

Your turn Pirate.....
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What was the first ever assault rifle? An assault rifle is a selective-fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The German Sturmgewehr?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes indeed, it was the German FG42. Radical weapon. It was Hitler who called it the “Storm Rifle”.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gun Pierson wrote:
The German Sturmgewehr?


Congratulations! You may now ask the next question.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Salty Dog wrote:
Yes indeed, it was the German FG42. Radical weapon. It was Hitler who called it the “Storm Rifle”.


The FG 42 used the 7.92×57mm Mauser round or better known here as the 8mm Mauser cartridge. This would disqualify it as an assault rifle since the 8mm Mauser round is similar to our 30-06 hardly an intermediate cartridge. The correct answer is the Sturmgewehr 44 or StG 44. It used the 7.92×33mm Kurz round which you can see is much shorter than the 7.92×57mm round. Gun Pierson gave the correct answer so fire away Gunney.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was a bit lucky there with that question as I've always been interested in WW2 and the weapons used etc since I was a kid.

Ok my question, not that difficult I think so try without looking it up first:

Which vitamine has the nickname 'the sunshine vitamine'? A bonus would be if you know why they call it like that.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm thinking it's vitamin D and I've always heard you get the vitamin from the sun shining on you.
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