Not yet. Not that there will be any changes, but that fat lady isn't singing just yet.
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Henry rifle trivia. Oliver Winchester decided to debut the sale of his then new Henry rifle in Louisville, KY. It was obviously the right choice sence Louisville was the main railroad feeder line to the Western theater of operations.
I noticed that too. I've never in my life met anyone that carried the M14 into combat that had anything other than total praise for it, and that includes many Vietnam vets.
Ok. If your grandpa was an infantry Marine going into action for any battle after the Guadalcanal campaign there is a very good chance that IF he was a rifleman, then he carried either an M1, BAR or 1903 set up for grenade launching. Any infantry Marine that was a mortorman, MGer or flame...
Nice collection. Now you need the 03, M16A1, M16A2 and M16A4 to round it all out for the 20th century. And the Carbine belongs in a picture with the XM177E2, and M4.
These are just the more common issued types.
Actually about the same percentage as usable 19th century muzzleloading rifles. Come to think of it, probably a higher percentage since modern firearms are made of better steels and use propellants that don't draw moisture or use priming that corrodes the metal.
I own a nice Shiloh in .45-70. It's plain, no fancy stuff and still quite the beauty. Shoots better than I can. Before I bought the Shiloh, I had a Pedersoli. Not even in the same league.
Bushmaster is full of it. The 605 was Colts first attempt at a carbine version of the M16 and the military showed almost zero interest in it so it was dropped. I don't think anyone has ever found a photo of one in VN, but you will see the 607 and later XM177 series.