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And here I was thinking that the commandant had ordered the Sergeant Major to shine his brass!

James

One of my DI's, Sgt. Wright, was an advisor in the NAM. He and the senior DI, SSgt. Jerry Green visited with me in Iwakuni, Japan. Wright was still in the Nam, but on R&R. About three or four...

Was in the Nam in early '66. Within a very short period of time we knew there were too many dirt bag politicians that would stop us from winning the war, and the draft dodgers and protestors were...

Please contact James at jwmcb2 at yahoo dot com should you have one of these scopes for sale. Prefer NIB.

GunBroker Auction:
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James

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James

Hello Jim,

Just dropped in and came across this most interesting thread. I'll have to spend more time at a later date to digest what is being discussed. For the moment, though, would you explain...

Winchester scope bases...always an interesting and confusing subject. As I understand it, the length of the scope had a great deal to do with the spacing of bases according to early match shooters...

This is certainly the kind of knowledge interested parties would find useful where the subject sniper program is concerned. However, all of my posts have been focused upon the arguments that have...

Steve, very interesting information, thank you. From what you have noted it does indeed appear that the primary purpose for these rifles being at WRA had to do with ammunition testing for the Army,...

You are absolutely right, Georg! Thank you for looking out for my best interests too! To tell you the truth, before I turned in last night, I checked on it again, and discovered the markings!!!! ...

Thank you very much! Isn't this stuff interesting?!

James

My take on the WWI era activities between Winchester and Springfield armory mostly concerned improving the accuracy of existing Springfield rifles like the 1903 and 1917, for example, in order to get...

JRice79 - Magnificent collection you have there! Congratulations!

James

No, but on the first commercially produced high power bolt action rifle produced by Winchester, via special order, through the Shooting Promotion Division. It was advertised as the Winchester Sniper...

Georg, if you buy the package and Cpl Norton buys the case at a reasonable price, I'll give you a nifty profit the scope should you decide to sell, as it would be a perfect match for my Wincheter...

What a big surprise! I hope you and your family are all doing well! Thanks for replying to my post old friend!

You are right on all thoughts and points as I see it too.

I have sent you an...

Promo,

Sorry that I did not get back to you earlier, however, this was my first attempt to use an auction house and the contract noted that reserve type information was confidential. That said,...

Good Morning Steve,

I interpret the text and the picture to mean: That Senich, at the time the subject book went to publication, felt that the referenced picture and text aptly conveyed his best...

Many thanks for the kind words, Promo. I hope it sells and finds a really good home and good keeper as it is, indeed, a very special rifle in so many historical respects.

The last one of these...

Steve, I forgot to check my library. I have a set of books that are Winchester Catalogs that date from 1885 to 1918. I seldom use them at all, but this is what I found in them: The first catalog...

Thanks for the answer, Steve. My question was simply one of many thoughts I had once I finished reading the exchange of comments. You are probably correct in that the 6 and 8 loop are not being...

Promo, yes, only the Winchester is from my collection. The M1C is just another one that caught my fancy like it does with so many of us here.

Thanks for the question.

James

For those interested in collecting rifles that have roots in military sniping dating from the WWI era, or those who are advanced Winchester or Springfield 1903 collectors...here is a link to just...

What is the answer to the defining characteristics of the 6 loop case that Cpl Norton has brought forward, and what are the defining characteristics of the 8 loop case that Jim has mentioned? Is it...