What collections!
I actually have the docs on those M84 and mounts for the M14. I think they made 300 if I'm remembering the docs correctly. They put them on NM M14 rifles and send them over....
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What collections!
I actually have the docs on those M84 and mounts for the M14. I think they made 300 if I'm remembering the docs correctly. They put them on NM M14 rifles and send them over....
Now I have to preface this as I know very little on the M14 sniper platform. But I did find several thousand pages that are unpublished from Vietnam on the Sniper program.
From what little...
I'm seriously about to just ignore Jim. But I know there are some who read this stuff and actually want to learn, and that is the only reason I am even still posting research.
But it's just...
Jim also posted the fake rifle out of Senich's book, and takes books as gospel. But he ignores that Brophy came to the same conclusion I did.
This is from Brophy's book. The pic in his book,...
I don't even know why Im responding to this. He's literally trying to make a case on why that fake USMC stamp rifle is real. That says a lot.
If Jim ever researched in the Archives you would...
Nothing of what Jim just posted is correct.
Winchester, Lyman, Fecker, Unertl, and even repo scope bases made by malcomb or Steve Earle would mount that A5 scope to that M1903. All these...
So I'm guessing even after seeing those pics and that provenance you going to double down and say this rifle is Marine, and it was drilled and tapped pre WWI?
I'm just curious.
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Springfield Marine bases were ONLY made by Winchester. But then it becomes:
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Yes, John Unertl copied the Unertl O & E off the WWI WRA Springfield Marine bases.
The blocks are nearly identical except for slight differences in the machining at the ends of the block.
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Here's the auction description when it was sold. It describes all the fake stamps in the auction listing, just in case Jim tries to argue those pics aren't to the rifle in Senich's book.
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Jim likes to lecture me on how I should fact check my statements and all my claims are un-supported.
Well here is the provenance of the rifle. It has a FAKE "USMC" stamp on the 1913 barrel. ...
I thought if I pointed out all that was obviously wrong with this rifle in the black and white photos, Jim would just realize his mistake, and just let this one go. But he won't. So I'm going to...
Yes I saw this rifle when it came up for sale in 2018. The rifle is a horrible fake.
I have seen almost every rifle in Senichs book in great detail, but I know many of the guys who own them....
The front block on this rifle was popular from the 50's thru 70's on target rifles.
The U shaped sight grove on these blocks was so a receiver sight could be used on the receiver and the sight...
I'll be honest, I tried to read the statements made by Jim, but I just glaze over reading them. It's the same arguments over and over. The facts are all twisted and not factual.
This rifle...
This rifle is not real at all. But regardless...
Jim claims this rifle is proof that WRA made 7' 2" spacing for the Marines pre 1917.
But how could this rifle can be proof of what was built...
The docs in his book are from Frank. It is very common knowledge where those docs originated from.
Jim presents a rifle with WWII parts as evidence that it was built pre 1917. How could you...
The majority of the Sniper Docs I have weren't released at the Archives until 2012, years after Peter Senich passed. Peter worked off the docs Frank Mallory collected for him which were about a 100...
Not only is the scope tube on a Mann Niender taller than what is in the pic. But the handguard and Micrometers on the Mann Niedner conversion are not present in the WWI pic either.
The micrometer...
The pic is grainy, and the grasshopper is only a wire. I can actually see it even in this grainy photo.
Regardless, there is nothing in this pic that is comparable to a Mann Niedner.
The...
I had the opportunity to match one back in the day. I had a mount and I found out the Cmp had the M1C to match it. So I called them and they put a hold on that serial if it ever came up to call me. ...
So much has been said about this rifle and Marine, I learned a long time ago to independently verify everything.
I have have already put the feelers out and let's see what is said.
I served 5 yrs in the Marines. I was a school trained 0311 Infantry Rifleman. There were a lot of times I filled in other MOS's and billets just because of the needs of the Marine Corps. Most of...
Once again a personal attack.
When Jim states his comprehension of the documents that I post, I honestly cannot follow his thought process. I try to, but he inserts info that is not there,...
Mods I have stayed away from any comments on Jim's character, but Jim is attacking a WWII Marine's legacy.
If you need to clean up my comments in my previous post #36, I understand. But I...