...old US rifle pics...

[Herr Mario]

....thought I'd post this here for giggles....I went to Boot Camp at Great Lakes back in'72....they had us drilling with (what at the time) all I knew was bolt action rifles....since then it'd bugged me what they were....was guessin' 03's or 03A3's...well,a couple nites ago I finally came across the old "Boot Graduation Book"....and found myself in a few pics....I now know what they were-any guesses...???:xxrotflmao:

http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~madtonks/.photos/Navypics/000_0391.JPG
....I'm second from the right ...



http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~madtonks/.photos/Navypics/000_0389.JPG


http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~madtonks/.photos/Navypics/000_0392.JPG

...I'm the second geek from the left in this one...





http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~madtonks/.photos/Navypics/000_0393.JPG


.......a closer shot of the racks...this was the best I could get taking pics of the pics in the book...the racks extended to the right for a looooong way....and I've since wondered if any of these may have made it to CMP-or had been parted out.Shortly after these pics were taken it was off to Denver for Intelligence training-then assigned to VA-75 aboard the USS Saratoga-Yankee Station,then Med Cruises...pretty much all over....what a wild ride it was......and I'd do it again in a heartbeat...but back then I just didnt get it...:xxrotflmao: ;)

[Timbo]

The racks remind of the time I got to go to my cousins Recon companies armory at Camp Pendleton. It wasnt till about 4 days later that what happened finally sunk in.

I was meeting a good number of important people: I met a Colonel, forgot his name, but I was told he planned almost the whole attack for the Marines in OIF a few years back and briefed all the generals on it.

What I noticed was that contrary to what I thought earlier, absolutely nobody had an M92. They all had 1911s. Really nice ones too, with all the Wilson Combat upgrades.

Also in the armory, they had a number of Threat Weapons. Just about every make of AK you can think of including SKSs and Dragunovs. Now after handling one, I really want a Dragunov, too bad Impact guns doesnt have anymore...or anything for that matter.

A bunch of guys told me to pick up and bring them a Browning M2 barrel from its case in the corner to where they were cleaning the weapons. When I tried and couldnt, they laughed and told me the carrier they use for moving the Browning's parts was outside:) Good times were had by all.

[SAC22PPC]

wow look at all of those 1903s!!! and here i am wanting to someday build a copy of an a4...
thanks mario for the pics. i take it that was before you lost all of your hair!hehehehe


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[WmRoy]

wow look at all of those 1903s!!! and here i am wanting to someday build a copy of an a4...
thanks mario for the pics. i take it that was before you lost all of your hair!hehehehe


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And a couple dozen pounds ago as well................:devil-smiley-1: :p :devil-smiley-1:

:xxrotflmao: :xxrotflmao: :xxrotflmao:

[Herr Mario]

...when that pic was taken,I was already follicaly challanged....as for the weight-that pic was 40 pounds lighter:D :naka:

[SAC22PPC]

HAAAA!!!!!
i knew you were shaving your head to just get it over with! same thing i just might do when the time comes.


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[Herr Mario]

.....still got all my teeth too...:xxrotflmao:

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Boooooo Hissssssss!!!!


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[Rockman]

Those are some cool pics Mario, and those looked like the ol' 03A3's too, judging by the rear sight too. Thank you for sharing those pics with us as well. I never knew you were in the Navy though. ;)