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Salty Dog
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:20 am Post subject: |
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Pirate got it right. Your turn. |
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:13 am Post subject: |
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Floor is open to the highest bidder |
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:27 am Post subject: |
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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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Salty Dog
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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How about an Enfield Rifle in .303? I like the Springfield 1903A3 better though. |
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:31 am Post subject: |
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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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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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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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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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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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Salty Dog
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:27 am Post subject: |
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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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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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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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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:24 am Post subject: |
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The German Sturmgewehr? |
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:18 am Post subject: |
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Yes indeed, it was the German FG42. Radical weapon. It was Hitler who called it the “Storm Rifle”. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:00 am Post subject: |
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Gun Pierson wrote: | The German Sturmgewehr? |
Congratulations! You may now ask the next question. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:12 am Post subject: |
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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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Gun Pierson
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:32 am Post subject: |
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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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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:37 am Post subject: |
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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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