Intersting Korean War sniper

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  • TheMax
    Junior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 17

    #1

    Intersting Korean War sniper

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    Last edited by TheMax; 10-17-2010, 11:56. Reason: sp
  • KenK
    Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 77

    #2
    Looks like he's carrying a 4inch Colt?

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    • Shooter5

      #3
      The second picture was discussed on another forum thread; I can't remember where! but the discussion seemed to positively ID the sidearm but since I have CRS I don't recall what was the conclusion. (It may have also been mentioned in a letter to the editor in American Rifleman?)
      Last edited by Guest; 09-18-2010, 02:12.

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      • Dan in NY
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2009
        • 516

        #4
        I'm sorry...I'm just not seeing the 1903A1 sniper rifle in the top pic....(I really want to see the 1903A1 sniper rifle, though..)..Unless that's the scope's objective bell, by the Korean guys right shoulder?.....Can someone either blow this pic up or otherwise enlighten me as to it's whereabouts, please..

        Thanks...both are very cool pics..


        Dan

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        • PhillipM
          Very Senior Member - OFC
          • Aug 2009
          • 5937

          #5
          I think it is a 1911 and the top half of the pistol is in a shadow from one of the people standing on the right. It looks like a standard flap holster for a 45 to me.
          Phillip McGregor (OFC)
          "I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur

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          • Bill D
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2009
            • 2568

            #6
            I don't see a 1903A1 or any other 1903 derivative. FURTHER, I don't see a rifle and I strongly suggest to any that do that you are endowed with a superb gift of imagination. Leprechauns should be your constant companions and I would further guess that you have a saddle broke unicorn.

            But then that's just my opinion.
            "A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." - Jean Boden

            "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."
            -- Robert Frost

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            • madsenshooter
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2009
              • 1476

              #7
              Interesting sitting position in the second picture, might try that as I no longer have the flexibility required to get all the way down, and kneeling is just a bit too unstable.
              "I have sworn upon the Altar of God, eternity hostility upon all forms of tyranny over the minds of man." - Thomas Jefferson

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              • Marine A5 Sniper Rifle
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2009
                • 7450

                #8
                Originally posted by Bill D
                I don't see a 1903A1 or any other 1903 derivative. FURTHER, I don't see a rifle and I strongly suggest to any that do that you are endowed with a superb gift of imagination. Leprechauns should be your constant companions and I would further guess that you have a saddle broke unicorn.

                But then that's just my opinion.
                I see both. Gotta go unsaddle my Unicorn as the Leprechaun is getting tired of holding his lead rope:-).

                Jim

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                • Bill D
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2009
                  • 2568

                  #9
                  When your Leprechaun gets done, have him post an enlargement of the above picture so us non believers can see it too.
                  "A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." - Jean Boden

                  "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."
                  -- Robert Frost

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                  • John Sukey
                    Very Senior Member - OFC Deceased
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 12224

                    #10
                    Originally posted by madsenshooter
                    Interesting sitting position in the second picture, might try that as I no longer have the flexibility required to get all the way down, and kneeling is just a bit too unstable.
                    Join the club. Sitting is out of the question since I no longer bend that way. I can get to the kneeling position , BUT getting back up is another matter. Standing? My 9.5 pound M1 now seems to weigh 30 pounds!

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                    • Liam
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2009
                      • 1376

                      #11
                      Don't know if this helps, or not.
                      "Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace." - T.R.

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                      • Marine A5 Sniper Rifle
                        Senior Member
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 7450

                        #12
                        Whoa, Unicorn, you just trampled the Leprechaun!

                        Jim

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                        • Bill D
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2009
                          • 2568

                          #13
                          That could just as well be a picture of a unicorn horn as a rifle. No help and I'm not even from Missouri.
                          "A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." - Jean Boden

                          "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."
                          -- Robert Frost

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                          • emmagee1917
                            Senior Member
                            • Sep 2009
                            • 1492

                            #14
                            That semi-sitting / knealing firing position was one used by the WW2 Japanese . I wonder if he saw it there ? I've known about it for years , but I never seem to remember to try it out on the range . Looks to be good , though.
                            Chris

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                            • pmclaine
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2010
                              • 2555

                              #15
                              Originally posted by emmagee1917
                              That semi-sitting / knealing firing position was one used by the WW2 Japanese . I wonder if he saw it there ? I've known about it for years , but I never seem to remember to try it out on the range . Looks to be good , though.
                              Chris
                              It looks like what is thought of as "low kneeling". The latest USMC marksmanship manual I have seen recognizes a low, medium and high kneeling position. The position of your non support foot in relation to how close it is to your posterior seems to be the determining factor. When you have your own foot in your A-- you are low kneeling.

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