Picture of the day

[AP]

Nihang Sikh with(?) Ishapore .318" Express Rifle.

The pic is hotlinked under fair use guidelines. Heck I don't care. That is a nice looking stock and rifle.

What the EAL could have been....

 

[AP]

Who remembers or used the 19 radio set ?

Never used them but remembered them well. Just threw out several wooden crates that used to house them. Remember also the sets that had Cyrillic labels that had been intended for Russia. They were to be sold 'off' as surplus in 1950. A while back I posted a pic of my father swearing in the first recruit for the CASF for Korea..... just prior to that he had been instructed to sell off all the 19sets held in stores in Halifax and area.... fortunately he kept careful records of the buyers .. because he was then instructed to go and buy them all back as they needed them for Korea.

 

[fat tony]

I kind of wonder why the wires for the stock are so small in diameter? Maybe a built in recoil system, trying to keep the weight down; or both?

 

[Sharps '74]

Is that the radio set that had the "0" beats you had to tune in before setting the frequency?

I was introduced to the No.19 radio set at Val Cartier in the late 1950's, as part of my training as infantry signaller.
It was already very dated, even then.

 

[Halger280HVMag]

Zero beat, then lock the dial.

Is that the radio set that had the "0" beats you had to tune in before setting the frequency?

 

[M1-Garand]

Is that the radio set that had the "0" beats you had to tune in before setting the frequency?

That's what the "net" switch was for, so everyone could be on the same frequency,not counting drift of course.

 

[fat tony]

And on the other end of the spectrum, the largest single-crewed aircraft ever operated by the USAF:


If you ever get a chance to see one in person, they really are big ol' gals.

Hydrogen bombs were big in those days!

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

A slightly earlier Indian/Enfield combination:

A more recent example of the combination:

 

[fraserdw]

A slightly earlier Indian/Enfield combination:

A more recent example of the combination:

Is that magazine belt issued? First I ever saw one and I worked with these guys in the 90s.

 

[my72jeep]

Is that magazine belt issued? First I ever saw one and I worked with these guys in the 90s.

It's an 85 pattern web belt that has been repurposed

 

[grelmar]

A more recent example of the combination:

If that was a marksmanship competition, and you're a "sporting lad," as they used to say, put your money on the fellows with the red shirts.

Not a comment on the Enfield vs. AR, but about the value of the person in control of the bang switch. A couple of fellows who used to wear those red ####s showed up at a service rifle shoot I was at a few years ago. It was a freaking embarrassment, how bad they made the rest of us look.

 

[grabbers]

It's an 85 pattern web belt that has been repurposed

It looks like two sewn together with para cord

 

[RifleDude]

It looks like two sewn together with para cord

I think the para cord is just an improvised method of keeping the mags from popping out on the run downs. What I appreciate is that a quick mag change is rather difficult with the No4 unless the mags are well worn so kudos to the ranger boys. The soldiers are usually pretty good as well using their issue weapons from what I've observed. Service rifle shooting is all about physical condition and marksmanship not so much about the weapon used all things being equal of course.

 

[tiriaq]

In the absence of chargers, changing magazines is workable. Rapid reloading with loose rounds would be a non-starter.

 

[Ganderite]

With iron sights on a #4, a charger is quite fast. I have never found changing #4 mags against the clock to work well.

 

[diopter]

If that was a marksmanship competition, and you're a "sporting lad," as they used to say, put your money on the fellows with the red shirts.

Not a comment on the Enfield vs. AR, but about the value of the person in control of the bang switch. A couple of fellows who used to wear those red ####s showed up at a service rifle shoot I was at a few years ago. It was a freaking embarrassment, how bad they made the rest of us look.

He knows what he is doing,
1) Thumb along trigger finger side of stock, harder to jerk off a shot.
2) Uses a glove to reduce pulse effect on rifle + better grip without undue tension on muscles.
3) Knows what a sling is for.

I would have kept my left elbow closer to my chest in the standing position.

 

[AP]

If that was a marksmanship competition, and you're a "sporting lad," as they used to say, put your money on the fellows with the red shirts.

Not a comment on the Enfield vs. AR, but about the value of the person in control of the bang switch. A couple of fellows who used to wear those red ####s showed up at a service rifle shoot I was at a few years ago. It was a freaking embarrassment, how bad they made the rest of us look.

well then they are the 'Deal of the Century' given what little it costs us to have them working on our behalf..... apparently still only getting 200rds/man/yr

 

[AP]

He knows what he is doing,
1) Thumb along trigger finger side of stock, harder to jerk off a shot.
2) Uses a glove to reduce pulse effect on rifle + better grip without undue tension on muscles.
3) Knows what a sling is for.

I would have kept my left elbow closer to my chest in the standing position.

... unless of course they were told to keep the rifle at 45 deg. until the target appears ..... like the other two (?)

 

[diopter]

He has faster reflexes.

 

[XRCD011]

If that was a marksmanship competition, and you're a "sporting lad," as they used to say, put your money on the fellows with the red shirts.

Not a comment on the Enfield vs. AR, but about the value of the person in control of the bang switch. A couple of fellows who used to wear those red ####s showed up at a service rifle shoot I was at a few years ago. It was a freaking embarrassment, how bad they made the rest of us look.

True that