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To: Travis McGee; archy; Squantos
During WWI the Brits used the Mad Minute during which they were supposed to fire 15 aimed rounds and hit a target 300 yards away.

You can watch a modern recreation of it on Youtube.

The Brits used those old Enfields to great effect through 2 World Wars. Trained British riflemen could fire the Enfields so quickly that enemy troops were often convinced they were facing machine guns instead of bolt action rifles.

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149 posted on 02/27/2008 12:44:57 PM PST by Lurker (Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
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To: Lurker

Cool video!


151 posted on 02/27/2008 12:54:22 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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