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Great response, makes sense why we don't see them! Thank you for your efforts

I did not see anyone post a photo of their own one of these rifles, but are there any in museums? There are some in the book "U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper World war II and Korea" by Peter R Senich....

Neat piece of info! I definitely like reading all the researchers stuff on here, keep up the good work boys!

Who all else in here is authors? I would like to make a list of new books to read, maybe even a magazine if they can be found. Think it is great we have famous authors in here! Is Bruce Canfield or...

Isn't it something the prices the Springfield's bring these days? I like this rifle I just miss the days when they were four hundred!

I'm sorry I didn't know you were an arthur I just thought you and A5 Sniper were trying to figure this out still. I was just trying to figure out the providence for the fifth and sixth Marines...

I see what all of you are saying now, the Mann rifles went to the War with the fifth and sixth Marines and the other rifles were sent to France to a an army base. They would then have gone to fifth...

The Marine unit was fifth or sixth Marines?

OK I am like lots on here and just like to browse and read, and have had a hard time following some of this but this helps. So you think Winchester sent all their sniper rifles for the marines to the...

Hey all I am wondering, some of you on here have a lot of serial number data which I think is wonderful. Is there much on the rifles carried by the Harlem Hellfighters and their rifles? And if so,...

Well I'll be, has anyone ever seen a Krag or Springfield for that matter with that anchor stamp? I sure haven't, and as a Navy man I'd like to get my paws on one!

Hey JT, did the Marines make their own M-N bases, or did they only get them from WRA or Niedner himself?

Now that's a post! One heckuva collection, very nice!

I was able to get the SRS from another forum member, thanks again for the help all:wave:

It'd be a bit of an expensive venture to just buy rifle after another to find one noted to the First Marine Regiment! I will be keeping my eyes out for a set of the books.

Sorry to trouble y'all again on this, but does anyone know where to find this as a book or service? So far I'm not having too much luck. I'm a touch of a bibliophile and have quite a few books on the...

Very clearly a Mann-Niedner Marine block sniper rifle with 8 loop case in that picture, what a wonderful example!

Well as a crusty ole vet myself, I'm glad this is all settled and we can get on with looking for new rifles out there that fit the bill as a Marine WWI sniper rifle :icon_salut:

Well Mr Jim, I'd say you have made a very clear, well thought out case sir, and one that makes a heck of a lot of sense. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the fruits of your research, and appreciate...

I'd go out on a yonder limb and wager that people often try to prove rifles they already have, and that is what influences the conclusions they come to.

After reading though all the posts it seems more likely to me that they were all using Mann-Niedner bases. It makes more sense that they would use what works.

I might be missing something, but is...

I guess I'm sort of confused, so the Marines were using the tapered block mounts and then went to Winchester #2 mounts and then went back to the tapered mounts almost immediately?

Man those sure are some great photos, thanks for sharing!

Well of course your head is spinning, there are two view points that don't match up! A chance has been offered to make some sense of all this!

I must say though, how many of y'all are Marine...

So does that make Marine A5 Sniper Rifle the winner by default? :icon_lol: