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This strikes me as animal abuse; a lousy shot, shooting at small target animals, at a distance far beyond what he or his gear are capable of humane kills at. A 1/2 minute of angle rifle is capable of a 3" circle at 600 yards - about the width of a prairie dog. That's the gun. Add to that the...

Stalin thought so, too - our trucks across the Pacific made it possible for them to manage logistics at their Western front - one of the things that wrecked the Nazi's chances. The number of trucks we shipped was incredible. The USSR had a treaty with Japan (!) that let US ships supplying...

My Uncle, recently deceased, fought with the First Marines on Okinawa. He, and he said many of his fellow Marines, preferred the Springfield over the Garand. The "why" seemed to be the perception of accuracy, and perhaps fit to the shoulder. Or perhaps the straight grip (the early...

Yes - it is most certainly just my opinion. Tests of the length of time that it takes to remove an empty magazine without dropping it in the dirt, stow it in a vest, then retrieve a fresh mag and attach it run from 7 to 8 seconds, whereas 4 seconds is nominal for reinsertion of an en bloc clip...

I've seen this complaint registered in many places about en bloc clips, and I have to say that it is only folklore. There is nothing to stop a soldier from locking the op rod back and inserting individual .30-06 rounds back in the en block clip while it is still in the magazine well. I think...

The whole story of Naval Ordnance's screwups with the Mark 14 torpedo reads like a "if you made this a movie, no one would believe it" saga. To cut them some slack, the bits and pieces were developed during the depression, so they "cheaped out" on testing that would have revealed the problems...

I suspect that those in the OD either now work - or their progeny do - in among the government monkeys who insist that 10 round magazines are enough to counter any threat, and that anything more capable than a slingshot or a "double-barrel shotgun firing two blasts in the air" is a weapon of...

Can't tell whether or not you are faulting the .30-06 ammunition's quality compared to the 7.62x51, the quality of the M14 accuracy courtesy of the armorer's preparation vs. that of the Garand, or looking for an excuse for your ability (;-D. I'd imagine, if you were using a sleeved chamber in...

The M1 Garand's en bloc clip is superior to a removable magazine. In addition to being far more resistant to picking up dirt, water, and debris by virtue of being enclosed, the access structure of an enclosed magazine well is superior. With a detachable magazine, the magazine must have its...