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  1. Gary/CO

    USMC Rifle (Sniper’s) Caliber .30 M1903(A1), W/Telescope, Sighting, Unertl 8X

    Newest one is Sharpshooters: Marksmen Through the Ages. Casemate selected the title and it's pretty close to the first one.
  2. Gary/CO

    USMC Rifle (Sniper’s) Caliber .30 M1903(A1), W/Telescope, Sighting, Unertl 8X

    Thanks Corporal Nolan. I wish I had consulted with you before my second book was released.
  3. Gary/CO

    USMC Rifle (Sniper’s) Caliber .30 M1903(A1), W/Telescope, Sighting, Unertl 8X

    Thank you Corporal Norton. Can you please post the entire letter from the USMC directing that the M70s be disposed of via Post Exchange?
  4. Gary/CO

    Veterans' Post 'Parade' Garands refurbish.

    90% of all firearm malfunctions are attributable to their poor state of maintenance. Well done.
  5. Gary/CO

    The Whitworth

    I did find it on page 40 of Roberts & Sassers Crosshairs on the Kill Zone, but I don't know their source. I'll have to write them. Thanks. SrhrMechanic - those are neat cachets.
  6. Gary/CO

    Gunsmithing Feeding issues w/ new rifle

    I wonder with that pillar bedding if the magazine is just a wee bit too low such that the bolt isn't engaging the rim?
  7. Gary/CO

    The Whitworth

    Thanks. I wish the author cited primary sources. I recall reading one sniping book where the author identified a previously unidentifed British officer. The author would not respond to inquiries regarding how he ascertained the identity of the British officer.
  8. Gary/CO

    The Whitworth

    I'd love to see documentation on it. Please share it if you have it. I know da Vinci's patron was Lorenzo de Medici. I wonder if Medici means something like medicine. Medicina is Italian for medicine.
  9. Gary/CO

    Princess Dianna Was Ugly

    By English standards she was a 10. Go to England and you'll find that the pretty girls are generally Irish. A couple of British police officers (Met) I know were both dating Irishwomen. BTW, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder.
  10. Gary/CO

    The Whitworth

    I heard about Da Vinci as well as Frederic der Grosse both allegedly using scoped rifles, but I don't know which codex Da Vinci wrote about it in (if he did at all) and I haven't seen a transcript of Frederic der Grosse's diary that purportedly records it in. Even if I were to see the codex, I...
  11. Gary/CO

    Win 75T is vintage

    What front/rear sight combination?
  12. Gary/CO

    Was ist los?

    Schwarz Pulver?
  13. Gary/CO

    Okay. So I may want an M1. Where do I start?

    My vote is for CMP. If you can get down to Anniston, Georgia, pick one off the rack.
  14. Gary/CO

    The Whitworth

    BTW, there were a couple of hits on Union soldiers on Morris Island. It's likely by the Whitworth sharpshooters who fired from Fort Sumter. The distance is at least 1,300 yards. Since there's no intervening land mass from which those soldiers were struck, clearly they were fired from Sumter.
  15. Gary/CO

    USMC Rifle (Sniper’s) Caliber .30 M1903(A1), W/Telescope, Sighting, Unertl 8X

    Great images!
  16. Gary/CO

    The Whitworth

    I am unsure where you get the impression that I said rifles weren't used until 1857. There's no shortage of accounts or documentation to show rifles were issued and used in both Europe and the Colonies prior to 1775. If you're talking about scoped rifles, the first incident I know of where...
  17. Gary/CO

    what ammo for German Mauser K98

    When the Duke of Ratibor called for hunters to contribute scoped rifles for the fatherland, many of those rifles were incapable of handling the S patrone. The rifles were marked to indicate the cartridge they were suitable for. By 1916, most of them were withdrawn from service.
  18. Gary/CO

    Replica Scope

    M82. Sealed unlike the M73 (Weaver 330).
  19. Gary/CO

    Guess we both could be considered Vintage

    Belated happy birthday Kraig.
  20. Gary/CO

    The Whitworth

    I would like to know the barrel twist and the bullet shape/weight of the bullet for Hinson's rifle. The speaker on the Whitworth is not entirely accurate re: patches on uniform. I've only found evidence of patches in the Army of Northern Virginia. Second, patches were worn by the sharpshooters...
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