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To: DogByte6RER

I’m always amazed that people would wear something so ornate into battle.

Then again, look at any pre-World War I military arm....


8 posted on 02/28/2012 9:45:17 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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11 posted on 02/28/2012 10:21:22 PM PST by bunkerhill7 (Golden helmet ???? - Who knew?)
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To: M1903A1

Then again, look at any pre-World War I military arm....

Your right - the Brown Bess is a beautiful weapon.

But so is the 1903A3 in its own right, as well as the Garand
:)

I know as I have all three.


22 posted on 02/29/2012 6:41:36 PM PST by ZULU (LIBERATE HAGIA SOPHIA!!!!!)
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