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MineralMan

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47. Well, we should still be using the 1903 Springfield Rifle in combat,

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2012, 08:16 PM

Oct 2012

I say.

Bolt action rules!

Incidentally, my deer rifle is a sporterized version of that rifle. However, I would not recommend it in an infantry battle. Truly.

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Check in here if you're concerned about the ways our military has deteriorated since 1917 [View all] struggle4progress Oct 2012 OP

K&R. Classic. nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #1

The Lack Of Broadside Guns And Yardarms, Sir, Is Most Destressing The Magistrate Oct 2012 #2

Most distressing! gateley Oct 2012 #6

Our abandonment of sailing sloop technology is simply criminal: how will we fight another world war struggle4progress Oct 2012 #16

I Doubt, Sir, If We Could Get a Single Ship Up Out Of Ordinary Into Full Rig Nowadays The Magistrate Oct 2012 #22

I believe the USS Constitution and USS Constellation are still afloat Retrograde Oct 2012 #42

Anecdote about the Constellation JPZenger Oct 2012 #67

Now, waitaminut, buddy! My grandaughter's boarding school teaches a course in CTyankee Oct 2012 #57

No there isn't. There is however a surviving Dreadnought BB left. oneshooter Oct 2012 #21

A Grand Old Example, Too, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2012 #29

The powder used was cordite, not black. oneshooter Oct 2012 #31

Not So Sure About That, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2012 #32

Should read. oneshooter Oct 2012 #33

By the way. I am a volunteer guide on the USS Texas. oneshooter Oct 2012 #36

Did'nt the Texas spring a leak a while back? A HERETIC I AM Oct 2012 #43

The leak was found and plugged. She does not "sit in the mud" oneshooter Oct 2012 #48

As a native of earthquake country, I do not like that... hunter Oct 2012 #52

I Did Mis-Read That, Sir: You Are Correct The Magistrate Oct 2012 #60

USS Texas 1919 oneshooter Oct 2012 #72

A Fellow I Know Has Done An Excellent Model Of The Texas Camel, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2012 #77

Yesterday, Ryan said we need more battleships (which were obsolete after Pearl Harbor) JPZenger Oct 2012 #69

+1 ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #38

How will we ever stop the Kaiser's Kreigsmarine from shelling our seaboard?! JHB Oct 2012 #66

Absolutely, "Sir"! Obama Govt. needs to get on this...ASAP! To FAIL means the EMPIRE is in DANGER. KoKo Oct 2012 #74

.... gateley Oct 2012 #3

We might have to fight the Huns and Bolsheviks again... jmowreader Oct 2012 #4

And hardly any American pilots can properly toss a handheld bomb from a biplane struggle4progress Oct 2012 #11

Now that you mention it jmowreader Oct 2012 #26

We used to have a lot more trenches! Flashmann Oct 2012 #5

Rufus T. Firefly was aware of that jmowreader Oct 2012 #27

Science Darth_ Deciduous Oct 2012 #7

Less flapper parties. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2012 #8

You know what we really need to bring back? Aristus Oct 2012 #9

You can only get tin foil hats nowadays struggle4progress Oct 2012 #12

Remember--Shiny Side Out!! nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #14

And I doubt we have a single yard of that new-fangled thucythucy Oct 2012 #10

Bring back the U.S. Camel Corps thelordofhell Oct 2012 #13

And there's only one Sopwith Camel left! Suppose we suddenly need a bunch of em? struggle4progress Oct 2012 #17

Well, if we had a military like 1917, we certainly wouldn't be involved in as many wars. mmonk Oct 2012 #15

This Question Might Have Been Pertinent - In 1918. Guitarzz Oct 2012 #18

I'm particularly concerned about the degradation of our air warfare capabilities. Zorra Oct 2012 #19

Well, when they got rid of spit-shined jump boots it all went to hell. bluesbassman Oct 2012 #20

Bunkers! We've completely given up on defense lines of bunkers! sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #23

We are more effective and less lethal. sofa king Oct 2012 #24

We've probably lost a few naval coaling stations around the globe JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2012 #25

Scandalous, Sir! No Coal.... The Magistrate Oct 2012 #30

The die is cast....we need to do more for COAL.. KoKo Oct 2012 #75

The trebuchet gap is scandalous! central scrutinizer Oct 2012 #28

Great thread; reading it is cracking me up Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #34

where are the autogyros? PD Turk Oct 2012 #35

I believe that there are a few left. The are camoflaged as civilian aircraft. oneshooter Oct 2012 #40

Oh thank heavens PD Turk Oct 2012 #44

For some reason, I feel compelled to break out in song..... Horse with no Name Oct 2012 #37

One of the best threads eva!!! nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #39

Whatever happened to soldiers foraging for chickens? pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #41

BREAKING: Romney calls for repeal of the 3rd Amendment PD Turk Oct 2012 #45

Let's bring back mustard gas! n/t L0oniX Oct 2012 #46

NO. Lets not. oneshooter Oct 2012 #49

Well, we should still be using the 1903 Springfield Rifle in combat, MineralMan Oct 2012 #47

How about the BAR? oneshooter Oct 2012 #51

You've been watching too much Combat. L0oniX Oct 2012 #53

The Browning BAR was accepted by the US Army in 1918. oneshooter Oct 2012 #73

Never fired one of those. MineralMan Oct 2012 #54

I have. As a E-5 range officer and instructor at Parris Island I had oneshooter Oct 2012 #78

I understand that Obama has allowed our supply of mustard gas to dwindle! 11 Bravo Oct 2012 #50

I heard he replaced all the mustard gas with mayonnaise gas: we're doomded! struggle4progress Oct 2012 #56

"mayonnaise gas," ROFL! pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #59

At that rate we'll never ketchup with the Bolsheviks! Hekate Oct 2012 #61

! struggle4progress Oct 2012 #64

Gosh, I miss the bludgeons Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #55

Not enough M1917 Enfields! REP Oct 2012 #58

I, for one, really am concerned about the attempts by the Hohenzollern Reich to eclipse our allies FVZA_Colonel Oct 2012 #62

Those cutbacks in homing pigeon and messenger dog technology will haunt us.... TheBluestEye Oct 2012 #63

Vital Part Of Any Working War Machine, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2012 #79

I agree! Let's bring back carpet bombing, Dum Dum bullets and Gas!!! Javaman Oct 2012 #65

We're left to cobble together our own tanks, rather than using state of the art standard... JHB Oct 2012 #68

Grand-Daddy Of Them All, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2012 #70

Don't Give Up the Ship! warrprayer Oct 2012 #71

AYE, SIR! But the drones and the 20 Somethings are Kicking our BUTTS! KoKo Oct 2012 #76

I've got something for their ass warrprayer Oct 2012 #80

Where are the flying Jeeps? bluedigger Oct 2012 #81

But Sir! warrprayer Oct 2012 #82