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ID This Rifle???

Post by captain-03 on Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:53 pm

Can anyone ID the rifle in this picture from WWII?


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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by Beladran on Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:19 pm

HEck capt.... ain't that you sitting next to him?? LOL

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Post by bubbat on Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:26 pm

I was thinking A4 too but looks like it has a big magazine.

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by bubbat on Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:32 pm

What happened to Brutus's post????

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by SubGunFan on Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:53 pm

Isn't that one of those Frenchie MAS rifles......?

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by bubbat on Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:05 pm

It's a 1903-A4 with a BAR magazine adapted to it or an Air Service 03 from WWI with a permanent 25 round magazine.

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Post by Beladran on Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:09 pm

Model 700 with AR-10 bottom metal Smile
LOoks like forum grimlin ate his post bubbat

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by inthe10ring on Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:53 pm

I think one of those optics came with the last Daisy .177 rifle that I bought! Smile

Question: what is the shiny "plate" wrapped around the shin of the leftmost foot in the photo? Is this part of the boot? I've never noticed this with any uniform.


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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by Brutus on Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:08 pm

bubbat wrote:What happened to Brutus's post????

I deleted it after I saw the big mag and realized I didn't know WHAT TF it was.

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Post by SubGunFan on Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:35 pm

Are you sure that picture was taken during WWII...? The guy on the right looks like George C. Scott.................

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by bubbat on Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:44 pm

SubGunFan wrote:Are you sure that picture was taken during WWII...? The guy on the right looks like George C. Scott.................

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Uniforms date it from WWII

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by bubbat on Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:51 pm

inthe10ring wrote:I think one of those optics came with the last Daisy .177 rifle that I bought! Smile

Question: what is the shiny "plate" wrapped around the shin of the leftmost foot in the photo? Is this part of the boot? I've never noticed this with any uniform.

Those are calavry/tanker boots they were made in 2 buckle and 3 buckle


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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by captain-03 on Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:58 pm

...... AND THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:

bubbat wrote:It's a 1903-A4 with a BAR magazine adapted to it or an Air Service 03 from WWI with a permanent 25 round magazine.

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by shoeshooter on Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:07 pm

captain-03 wrote:...... AND THE CORRECT ANSWER IS:

bubbat wrote:It's a 1903-A4 with a BAR magazine adapted to it or an Air Service 03 from WWI with a permanent 25 round magazine.


And my question is...why? What purpose was this rifle to serve?

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Post by Gitschlag on Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:41 pm

I've seen modified Springfields with BAR magazines, but never on a sniper rifle before. The Germans field tested 20 round magazines for the Gewehr 98 during WW1, but it didn't work very well with those.

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Post by captain-03 on Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:46 pm

shoeshooter wrote:And my question is...why? What purpose was this rifle to serve?


WWI Back seater in the old bi-planes used them to shot at the other guys in their planes!!

http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Bolt%20Action%20Rifles/U.S.%20M1903%20RIFLE/Airservice/The%20Air%20Service%20'03s.html

CRAZY!!

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by shoeshooter on Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:13 am

captain-03 wrote:
shoeshooter wrote:And my question is...why? What purpose was this rifle to serve?


WWI Back seater in the old bi-planes used them to shot at the other guys in their planes!!

http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Bolt%20Action%20Rifles/U.S.%20M1903%20RIFLE/Airservice/The%20Air%20Service%20'03s.html

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Okay..."shoot at" maybe...actually hit...pretty unlikely.

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by bubbat on Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:32 am

Capt, have you ever seen one of the Pedersen devices for the '03?

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Re: ID This Rifle???

Post by Brutus on Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:52 pm

SubGunFan wrote:Are you sure that picture was taken during WWII...? The guy on the right looks like George C. Scott.................

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And the guy in the middle looks like Jamie Farr -- "Klinger" from MASH.

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Post by captain-03 on Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:25 pm

bubbat wrote:Capt, have you ever seen one of the Pedersen devices for the '03?


Nope - VERY RARE thing!!

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