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I have seen 30-30 Winchester Model 94 rifles and Savage Model 99 in .250-3000 calibre. Also, M-1917 Enfields in 30-06 Calibre in the middle of the war years. Pictures of PCMR personnel showed Long Branch Sten Guns, and I personally talked with a lighthouse keeper that was issued a Bren Gun to supposedly shoot at Japanese submarines. Rifles were also in short supply, and in a couple of pictures, one member had a Browning .22 pump gun.
While rifles were available, ammunition was another problem. CIL made up a batch of 30-30 and 250 Savage ammo with full metal jacket bullets so that it would comply with the accepted rules of Warfare.
I also talked with a PCMR member who was on Vancouver Island. He had been issued a Model 1917 Enfield, and ammunition. The unofficial "Standing Orders" were ---If the Japanese attack, FIRE YOUR FIVE ROUNDS, then run like hell. He was patrolling his stretch of coast line with FIVE ROUNDS of ammunition for his rifle for almost eight months before the supply of ammo was enough that he had 50 rounds to carry.
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I have seen 30-30 Winchester Model 94 rifles and Savage Model 99 in .250-3000 calibre. Also, M-1917 Enfields in 30-06 Calibre in the middle of the war years. Pictures of PCMR personnel showed Long Branch Sten Guns, and I personally talked with a lighthouse keeper that was issued a Bren Gun to supposedly shoot at Japanese submarines. Rifles were also in short supply, and in a couple of pictures, one member had a Browning .22 pump gun.
While rifles were available, ammunition was another problem. CIL made up a batch of 30-30 and 250 Savage ammo with full metal jacket bullets so that it would comply with the accepted rules of Warfare.
I also talked with a PCMR member who was on Vancouver Island. He had been issued a Model 1917 Enfield, and ammunition. The unofficial "Standing Orders" were ---If the Japanese attack, FIRE YOUR FIVE ROUNDS, then run like hell. He was patrolling his stretch of coast line with FIVE ROUNDS of ammunition for his rifle for almost eight months before the supply of ammo was enough that he had 50 rounds to carry.
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