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Old November 8, 2009, 10:38 AM   #26
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Concur with Ross. Hold it at chest level and you'll get a blighty (wound) that allow you to go home for a while.
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Old November 8, 2009, 11:15 AM   #27
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M1 Garand

Without a doubt!
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Old November 8, 2009, 12:13 PM   #28
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M1 Garand

Without a doubt!
For the last time, this is WWI we are talking about. The M1 would not be developed for another 20 years.
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Old November 9, 2009, 09:47 AM   #29
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Crosshair, some folks would pick laser rifle if you said pick the weapon you would use of the then availible ones, in the revolutionay war.....just something about the internets that bring out the least in people......


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Old November 10, 2009, 08:34 AM   #30
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P17

Made in the USA and accurate shooting the 30-06!
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Old November 10, 2009, 08:52 AM   #31
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For the last time, this is WWI we are talking about. The M1 would not be developed for another 20 years.
Maybe the same miracle that sent me back to WWI would allow me to take an M1.
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Old November 10, 2009, 10:22 AM   #32
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A Lewis Gun, and Crozier could go **** himself.
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Old November 10, 2009, 11:55 PM   #33
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Either a SMLE or G1887 Schmidt-Rubin. Of course a BAR would be my first choice if you consider it a rifle rather than a LMG.
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Old November 11, 2009, 01:32 AM   #34
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But, it's in the title, so I assume it counts. Browning Automatic Rifle.
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Old November 11, 2009, 05:27 AM   #35
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Old November 11, 2009, 08:12 AM   #36
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the M1 guys

Ok you all give those guys a break. I am sure their eyes are as bad as mine.
I would want a remington or winchester shotgun but for rifle an 03a3.
The rear sight just looks better.
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Old November 11, 2009, 01:50 PM   #37
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It would definitely be the BAR as my first choice. I would go for a P17 or P14 for my second choice.

I was a disservice to the Americans that served in the Great War that the military commanders would not allow the BAR to be deployed over seas.
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Old November 12, 2009, 01:08 AM   #38
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Old November 13, 2009, 05:21 PM   #39
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hmm

Mosin Nagant? That adds a new wrinkle as the 1891 and the 1891 Dragoon were used in WWI... even had a Carbine version (1907)
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Old November 13, 2009, 08:33 PM   #40
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Lee Enfield.

In one of his articles in American Rifleman, Captain Herbert McBride said it was a better battle rifle than the 03.

Better sights, ten rounds, and hardly nothing breaks.

If I had my choice of any rifle, I would pick one that had a buttstock cavity so large that I could crawl inside of it and be protected from Artillery.

I would come out after Armistice day.
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Old November 14, 2009, 11:16 AM   #41
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Ok you all give those guys a break. I am sure their eyes are as bad as mine.
I would want a remington or winchester shotgun but for rifle an 03a3.
as is your history the 03A3 wasn't adopted til 1942
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Old November 14, 2009, 03:14 PM   #42
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Old November 15, 2009, 03:35 AM   #43
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I have shot mausers, mosins , and enfields, and for me, like many, the Enfiekld is the clear choice.... just a better rifle for having while trying not to be killed by others who are shooting at you.....
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Old November 15, 2009, 11:32 AM   #44
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Gewehr 98, makes the biggest holes of all infantry WWI weapons, its nearly indestructable, easy and fast to reload, accurate, foolproof, reliable, and with a bayonet attached it makes a nice pike or throwing spear.

Oh did I mention the awesome heavy recoil which makes you feel alive?
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Old November 15, 2009, 03:00 PM   #45
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I'm not too impressed with the "bigger" hole of the 8mm verse 7.62, .30-06, 7.5 swiss of .303. It's a pretty incremental change in size and weight. They're all accurate and have plenty of stopping power. The K98 is a superbly built rifle, but that's not saying a whole lot, as they were all superbly built rifles (other wise we wouldn't still have them). The action of the K98, Enfield, Ross and K-11 are all butter to operate compared to most big bore rifles. But, the Ross and K-11's straight pull bolts are going to be faster to fire and the K-11 firing swiss 7.5 is like shooting a match rifle. So, after much deliberation: if I can't have my BAR, I'll take a K-11. Or an 1887.
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Old November 16, 2009, 06:21 PM   #46
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Old November 16, 2009, 10:39 PM   #47
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People asking for a 1903a3 are doing a bit of time traveling to. During WWI your choices were the 1903 or 1903Mark I toward the end of the war which added a Peterson device.
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Old January 19, 2010, 06:08 PM   #48
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choice for WW1

as stated, the M1 garand did not come to being until after 1936, so that's out for WW1. The BAR 1918 did come into play, but the allies were so afraid the germans might get a BAR they withheld the BAR's from the front lines, but the war was soon overwith so the BAR never really saw WW1 service. If it did wonder about the outcome ?? So, down to a Springfield 1903.........where do I pick mine up ?????
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Old January 19, 2010, 06:35 PM   #49
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Not much talk about the M1891 Mosin nagant. Accurate, reliable, powerful. And with a bayonet, it might be long enough to stab someone across
no-mans land. Its close between that or Lee Enfield. I love the ten round mag.
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Old January 19, 2010, 06:40 PM   #50
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+1 on the M1918 BAR!
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