Marine use of 03-A4? And a couple of others?

[Tom Trevor]

See the new American Rifleman magazine, November 2019, for an article on this subject by Bruce Canfield.

[cplnorton]

If you want to see some info on the A4 with the Marines, Tim has some up on his website. Pics of the Marines with the rifle and some docs on them.

https://usmcweaponry.com/usmc-nation...-sniper-rifle/

[twh]

The article and documents are extremely interesting charting the course of Marine Corp. sniping post WWI. One interesting fact I noticed was the cost of a, I think 1929 A1 national match, was around $450 which was a lot of money.

[Griff Murphey]

i was at my FFL friend’s office when a guy came in wanting an opinion on the 03 he had boughtasa USMC P5M Marlin pilot in the early 60’d. They had lsud out all these O3’s on tables at the O club. His was a true NM for $35 complete with the scope blocks for the Unertl. All we could say was congrats, you have a treasure. 8E41B9FC-F138-4A0D-98B5-873DBB904903.jpgE95224AE-CDB0-4763-9A5B-6EB313F84301.jpg8E41B9FC-F138-4A0D-98B5-873DBB904903.jpgE95224AE-CDB0-4763-9A5B-6EB313F84301.jpg

The guy at the top left is a Bandai 1/48 German I inducted into the USMC and the at the bottom right is a Monogram 1/48 bomber mechanic with a USMC engineer type starched cover I sculpted. These also still need some touch up. Will add slings to the weapons and I have some micro money for the pile on the deck and in some guys’ hands. Another seated guy isthd tractor guy out of the Monogram B-24. The prone and supine individuals will be on bunks.

[Liam]

A quick search shows a few Marines with M3. Vietnam-era usage no less.4b8033a19b3a7f607a5dfabb1336c7ac.jpg