Marines in the Making, with their 1903's

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As for the 06 round. That's preposterous.

Spot on!

Wow! I also find it hard to believe there are USMC ranges that will not allow 30-06 rounds but do allow 7.62 NATO. The difference between the WWII round and the Vietnam era 7.62 Nato round:

The WWII round adopted in 1936 fired a 147 gr. bullet at 2,805 FPS and the 1960's 7.62X51 Nato fired a 147 gr. projectile at 2733 FPS...

The difference is 5 grs of bullet weight and 62 FPS. Yep, that's all and that makes the '06 decidedly more dangerous at 500 yards?

I went to Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School in 1966 and all the DI's were USMC. I flew with USMC pilots the RAG and again as a instructor in the RIO school... and I still have the utmost respect for those guys. I cannot believe the USMC of today is anything other than the best.

My good friend (deceased now) USMC Cap't. Joe Rowland is almost a legend for his reply to the USN 0-6 Captain when we were put on report for being "uncovered,", on the tarmac.

He said: "Sir, yes sir, thank you sir, a letter of reprimand is better than no mail at all."

Six months later, Joe was a airline pilot for Trans Texas.