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The Director of Civilian Marksman ship (DCM) was established by the War Department Appropriation Act of 1903 in conjunction with the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice (NBPRP). The...

My last competition M1903

https://imgur.com/GvFrzFC

I could go through the procedures that I used but I doubt that anyone is still using M1903' competitively so it would be pointless. This is...

I competed as a high Power bolt rifle shooter for many years. (I am a lifetime Master) It was quite common for a bolt rifle shooter to fire his first clip, look into his scope, make a wind...

31 Mar 2020
Stars and Stripes | By Corey Dickstein
WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department has ordered commanders at all of its installations worldwide to stop announcing publicly new coronavirus...

Without comments here is an analyse of the Crozier memo:
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/04/07/the_crozier_memo_an_analysis_115179.html
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CO of Theodore Roosevelt
Let me present the Theodore Roosevelt situation in a more succinct manner. The CO of the TR transmitted, intentionally, unintentionally or carelessly, Information through...

There are many more captains than there are captain billets particularly in the carrier world. FUMO.
As a former member of SAC, I remember Iron A$$'s LeMay's mantra:
" I refuse to accept the...

Here is what you need. Unfortunately the publication is 60 years old and long out of print. Herter’s has been out of business for at least 40+ years. This may help:

https://imgur.com/MUgjujD
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Hi Merc
Finding someone to work on these mechanical time pieces is difficult. I finally found one who cleaned my Waltham Vanguard and installed a new mainspring. He was good but not inexpensive. ...

https://kenrockwell.com/watches/waltham/a-13a.htm
https://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-USAAF-Air-Force-Elgin-Airplane-Cockpit-Clock-1943-from-P-38-Lightning-/174171327090

here is a site showing a...

Hi Merc
That is quite a common USAF and USAAF item and was found in many different types of aircraft. I was a comm officer in a F84 squadron and flew B26's in Korea and B29's and B47's in SAC...

Nav Watch
When I was a navigator/bombardier in the USAF , I was issued two watches. One was a wrist watch called a “hack” watch for non precise navigation = ded reckoning. This could be reset in...

This was my father’s watch. It is a 23 Jewel, Waltham Vanguard. The 1920’s were not good times for all. My father operated a hardware store and this man came in and needed money. My father lent...

Hi Lyman
Were you ever able to open the pictures?
Try thus link:
https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/ball/28400
Look down in the lower left corner and you will see a description of...

I just click on them with my mouse and they open. On my I pad I jut touch the address and they open. These should be url addresses using imgur. I can open on my Dell, my HP, or my IPAD, using...

My Ball Watch
As indicated it is an 18 size watch, almost as large as a Baby Ben alarm clock. It belonged to my uncle who railroaded in the SW prior to WWI. When he joined the navy in WWI, he sold...

I too do not like Windows 10 but I have learned to live with it. I have a relatively new HP desktop loaded with Windows 10 and ordered it specifically because it had a disk drive I just tried one...

Please review my added info and corrections to my above post entitled EIC.
There is an interesting in the December 1964 American Rifleman entitled
The M14 as a Match Rifle by Col. Jim Crossman.
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EIC (Leg Match)
The NBPRP (National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice) did not authorize the 03A3 for use in Leg Matches.


The first post war Leg Match authorized by the NBPRP was in...

I m surprised to learn that you were able to fire in a LEG MATCH with an 03A3 in 1962. By this time the US Rifle M1 was the Service Rifle as designated by AR 920-30. The regulation controls the...

Here is a picture of a modified Remington that I had modified by Roy Dunlap many years ago. A skilled gunsmith can modify the bolt without annealing the cocking cam. Roy used bending blocks that...

Nomenclature changes. It was into the 20th Century that the US Army stopped using the term "musket" for army long arms. The DCM sold ".22 caliber Winder Muskets" well into the 1930's.
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Here is a photo of a spam can of FA 30 M2 Ball

The Ordnance Dept called them clips

https://imgur.com/lWZNcB4

Actually is quite easy to make excellent clips usable on the M1903/03A3 and M70...

Avis
As previously .indicated, SA bought barrel blanks in a round form and rolled them in a set of tapered rollers to alter them into a tapered form. with the large end big enough to accommodate the...

From Hatcher's Note Book

https://imgur.com/rRSflEz


https://imgur.com/77Iwz6V

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