Yeah. You could even buy by mail unused army issued Remington 30.06s for something like $30. Buy one and gunsmiths sportified (?) them. Made excellent hunting rifles
Yeah. You could even buy by mail unused army issued Remington 30.06s for something like $30. Buy one and gunsmiths sportified (?) them. Made excellent hunting rifles
I didn’t mention it, but the high school was an old style military school at the time not the same one, but more or less like Donald Trump’s high school. The school was founded by an, at least, acquaintance of some of my ancestors in 1814. They all swore allegiance to the commonwealth of Virginia and therefore not to King George signing a still existing document. The school became a military school during the Civil War. Also in 1863 the school loaned a previous building to the new Government of West Virginia for a temporary Capitol until one was built.
03s and 03a3s from CMP were standard issue for freshmen through juniors, then some got to be officers with fake sabers based on a point system. You got points for extra curricular activities and lost them for punishment detail. I wasn’t big on activities, but didn’t loose many. and was a first lieutenant. Anyway, those are not this left side dominant guy’s favorite rifle, but if I had one I could do either a conventional or fancy manual of arms to this day. They were stored over the summer in cosmoline and annual ritual was getting it all off to pass inspection... not a lot of fun.
In my day most of the teachers were WW II or Korean War Vets, so without regard to more recent experiences most of the woke issues of today’s education system are totally foreign to my personal experience.
Over night I had a thought. Snipers or “sharp shooters” had been regarded as an important element of combat since at least the Civil War. At least at first in WW II the official sniper rifle of at least some of our forces was the 1903 Springfield with a low power telescopic sight. As I recall these were 8x Weavers. This combination was well regarded for accuracy and reliability, so why did Oswald buy the cheapest rifle he could find when for $10 albeit 50% something much better both in terms of accuracy and reliability sometimes listed in the same ad. Also, much more lethal 30-06 ammunition was commonly available with expanding bullet hunting rounds, while military full metal jacket rounds was all that was really available for the 6.5 Carcano.
Hmmm… Also, (sorry to be so blunt) the Kennedy head shot suggests he was hit by such an expanding bullet not generally available in 6.5 Carcano.
Yeah. You could even buy by mail unused army issued Remington 30.06s for something like $30. Buy one and gunsmiths sportified (?) them. Made excellent hunting rifles
I didn’t mention it, but the high school was an old style military school at the time not the same one, but more or less like Donald Trump’s high school. The school was founded by an, at least, acquaintance of some of my ancestors in 1814. They all swore allegiance to the commonwealth of Virginia and therefore not to King George signing a still existing document. The school became a military school during the Civil War. Also in 1863 the school loaned a previous building to the new Government of West Virginia for a temporary Capitol until one was built.
03s and 03a3s from CMP were standard issue for freshmen through juniors, then some got to be officers with fake sabers based on a point system. You got points for extra curricular activities and lost them for punishment detail. I wasn’t big on activities, but didn’t loose many. and was a first lieutenant. Anyway, those are not this left side dominant guy’s favorite rifle, but if I had one I could do either a conventional or fancy manual of arms to this day. They were stored over the summer in cosmoline and annual ritual was getting it all off to pass inspection... not a lot of fun.
In my day most of the teachers were WW II or Korean War Vets, so without regard to more recent experiences most of the woke issues of today’s education system are totally foreign to my personal experience.
Over night I had a thought. Snipers or “sharp shooters” had been regarded as an important element of combat since at least the Civil War. At least at first in WW II the official sniper rifle of at least some of our forces was the 1903 Springfield with a low power telescopic sight. As I recall these were 8x Weavers. This combination was well regarded for accuracy and reliability, so why did Oswald buy the cheapest rifle he could find when for $10 albeit 50% something much better both in terms of accuracy and reliability sometimes listed in the same ad. Also, much more lethal 30-06 ammunition was commonly available with expanding bullet hunting rounds, while military full metal jacket rounds was all that was really available for the 6.5 Carcano.
Hmmm… Also, (sorry to be so blunt) the Kennedy head shot suggests he was hit by such an expanding bullet not generally available in 6.5 Carcano.