Thread: For rifle aficionados

Originally Posted by BobH

Could be but it didn't help much in 2 world wars.

Bob

Thats funny,The U.S has the finest military equip ever devised, How many wars have we not won since 1946??

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Thats funny,The U.S has the finest military equip ever devised, How many wars have we not won since 1946??

Maybe that is the point. Having the best/finest equipment is only a part of a much larger equation, having other equally important parts, that go into making a win or loss.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Maybe that is the point. Having the best/finest equipment is only a part of a much larger equation, having other equally important parts, that go into making a win or loss.

Bob

Like WW 2,the U.S has the abilty to win any so called war we have ever fought in the past 70 ys.
But we cannot do it because the rest of the world frowns on doing it

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Like WW 2,the U.S has the abilty to win any so called war we have ever fought in the past 70 ys.
But we cannot do it because the rest of the world frowns on doing it

Believe what you. I don't think it is a simple as that, few things are.

Bob

I learned what this gun was years ago when call of duty world at war came out. I remember ripping up nazis with this. In the game of course!

Never thought about video games being an educational tool but I guess they are.

Bob

Hey Bob - what museum is that in? I may be passing through your part of the province on my way to visit family in MB later in the year. Wouldn't mind checking it out.

Originally Posted by BobH

Never thought about video games being an educational tool but I guess they are.

Bob

Of course they are Bob,they teach young children how to shoot guns, and instill in them that if you kill someone they do not really die.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Of course they are Bob,they teach young children how to shoot guns, and instill in them that if you kill someone they do not really die.

Yes, there always is a down side for sure. Failure to connect the dots in real time.

Bob

Funny you should mention that. As a former artilleryman, I read up on such things on occasion. I read an article once talking about the German tendency to overengineer stuff. They compared the WW2 vintage German 105mm howitzer with the comparable American one, the legendary old M2/M101 which was used by the US Army up though Vietnam. They had almost identical performance, but the German gun had TWICE as many parts. I used to have an old post merger DWM stamped 1909 Argentine Mauser which is considered by many to be the finest military Mauser ever built, comparable to the high end civilian magnum actions made for super expensive hunting rifles. It is a piece of the machinist's art and well favored by custom rifle makers to this day. I read an article that said if you tried to build it in the same manner and to the same level of fit and finish today, it could cost as much as $4000 just to build the action!!!!! That was for an export rifle!!!!

Originally Posted by Orville

Say what you will, but no one builds stuff the way the Germans build stuff.