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There is some confusion as to what constitutes a "Springfield Marine" base. The 1926 WRA drawing of same is lacking one dimension - length. Without knowing that dimension, no one can ever...

Good morning, everyone. The saga continues. To refresh everyone's memory, this is the statement Norton made.



Please note that WRA called their 7.2" spacing base the...

Thanks for posting the auction site listing.

The rifle is definitely not a sniper rifle, nor did I ever claim it to be, nor did Senich. It's a rebuild.

If the rifle was an old match rifle,...

I never made any statement as to who made the bases. The disagreement concerned the 7.2" spacing you claim WRA created in 1917.



You are yet again mistaken. I never said they were WRA bases. ...

You keep saying it is a fake. A fake what? It is just a scoped Marine rifle. No one has claimed it to be anything else.

I record serial numbers of A5 scoped '03's from auction sites, and I...

No need for insults. Especially baseless ones.



I see no "U" shaped structure, but even if one were present, it has no bearing on what the rifle is, or was. Scopes sit on top of the bases,...

Not exactly what I said. I will clarify my position for you.

"Springfield Marine" bases are a set of bases required to mount a WRA scope on 7.2" centers. A 1926 WRA drawing depicts two sets of...

There is no such "common knowledge". I know of no link between Mallory and Senich. Peter was very clear, and very thorough, as to who assisted him, and he never mentions Frank Mallory. Senich...

No one said this scoped USMC rifle was a WWI sniper rifle. It is an early USMC scoped rifle in WRA #1 mounts on 7.2" spacing, which requires "Springfield Marine" bases. To have #1 mounts, that...

There has been a claim that WRA "created" the 7.2" spacing in 1917, thus the first "Springfield Marine" bases in 1917. Shown below is a 1910 rifle with a B5 scope with #1 WRA mounts on 7.2" spacing,...

I just re-read all our posts, and in view of what I read, your comment is interesting.



You have been posting the documents that prove the Army ordered rifles with Marine Mounts all along. ...

Thanks, Art. I am taking a break to install a Muncie M20 in a '77 Jeep CJ7. It's my old beach bandit Jeep. I am doing well, and I hope you are too. I am replacing the tub, too, due to rust worms...

I believe I have presented my case. I originally intended to post a great deal more data, including the serial numbers of the Marine sniper rifles that I have accumulated, but frankly, there appears...

If there is no grasshopper, it is a Niedner type taper base. :hello:51716

I typically try to leave my friends out of any posts, but I mentioned Jim Land was a friend when I presented him as the owner of Sgt. LaValley's scope and case. My veracity was immediately impugned...

Really. I will leave that assessment up to the readers. Your track record isn't so great.



Here we go with the Army stuff again. Neither the Army nor the Marines contracted with WRA to mount...

I was wondering which of you would get the nod.:eusa_whistle: I see you composed your post off site and pasted it in.:icon_rolleyes: Had a tad bit of help composing it? Furthermore, I have seen...

Jim Land is not, nor has he ever been, the source of "my info". I like Jim Land, as I consider him the quintessential Marine. I have never "dropped" Jim Land's name as a source of "my info". ...

Howdy, Greg.

That was my first, and last, time at the Richmond show, and I couldn't tell you where it was. It was years ago. Jim Land took me there. I did run into a another forum member while...

No document you ever posted, then or now, proves the Marine Mount had thumbscrews. Not one. Norton just throws up a fusillade of unrelated documents and claims they say something they do not.
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Show us where I said only the scope and case exists. Nothing has changed, you just need to learn to comprehend what you read.



I was with Jim when he bought that scope and case. Your...

You keep repeating the same old drivel, over and over. Why don't you try something useful, like explaining the existence of all the named scope cases that all have scopes with taper bases.

Yes, Major Land is a friend of mine. I was with Jim when he bought that scope case and scope at the Richmond gun show. Sgt LaValley's son, Jim LaValley, another friend of mine, gave me pictures of...

Steve DID say that WRA created the 7.2" spacing. This is the same old nonsense we have discussed more than once. Steve has no way to prove any part of what he is saying. Just how do you know WRA...

You have provided no document to back up such a ridiculous claim. I posted mine - post yours. I posted a page from Niedner's Work Book that proved the Marines were scoping their rifles on 7.2"...