There may be another possibility. There was another "Lee" rifle that had good
stopping power from a slightly earlier time period. That was the .45/70
Lee-Remington. Luckily, I have never been on the receiving end of this weapon,
but I have shot one, and I can tell you that it has a heck of a kick. And it
was a Navy rifle (Spanish-American War period).
Hello all, I was watching the marines double time through Tangier and found myself wondering what rifles they were carrying. Figured someone on this list would...
I believe they were 1903 Springfield rifles. Ron V. ________________________________ From: Graydon Gorby <thegorb@...> To: ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com...
Since the Perdicaris Incident took place in May 1904 it's probably the correct rifle, depending if the Marines were issued them in time. Otherwise, the...
I thought the Lee Navy was issued in 6mm Navy, and it was issued in 1895 and continued in production until 1902. But in 1904, the Marines, being a bit behind...
There was of course the 1885 Remington-Lee which was used by the Navy earlier in .45/70, but the Marines used the Lee Navy in the Boxer Rebellion, so likely...
Hi I had an old memory of seeing pics of the Krag. I know that in the period in china, the marines and army were in mix and match uniforms, both blue and...
... Thanks to everyone who replied to this question. The answer is: The U.S. Model 1896 Krag Jorgensen rifle. I ran across this website: http://www.imfdb.com ...
The link isn't working. Â Can you please recheck it? Thanks. Bob Burke ... From: Graydon Gorby <thegorb@...> To: ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 17...
... I checked it and the coreect link is http://www.imfdb.org. It's a little hard to figure out but when i plugged in the name of the firearm it located the...
Jerry, Â Â Got it. Â Thanks. Bob Burke ... From: jerrylannigan <mltryhstrn@...> To: ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 17 May 2009 3:26 pm Subject:...
WELL DAN DALY(i think it was him) was the USMC ranker i used as a source, and he says he was bustin' caps into the BOXERS with a 6mm LEE straight pull bolt...
Sorry, after being released from the stocks...don't mean to create confusion. Yes, Dan did receive the MOH for actions. Always wondered just how drunk he was...
wow, you was a jarhead? I was USMC 1965-1971, 0211/0251/8611 with Chinese Mandarin and Korean at DLI. Attended CAP school in Danang for Vietnamese. ... From:...
NO, i am one of the "BLACK SHEEP" of the family. like my paternal grandfather i was a dawgface soldier in the 1st INF DIV as a grunt on one RVN tour, served...
Hi I don't remember from the movie, but they should have been carrying the 30/40 Krag-Jorgenson. They are the first of our smokeless rifles, and fairly cheap...
ROCKY, i do not remember the exact time frame of THE WIND AND THE LION, but US NAVY and USMC were still using 6-mm LEE straight pull magazine rifles during the...
We had this discussion last May Try this link: http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Wind_and_the_Lion%2C_The ... From: baddawg6us To: ColonialWars@yahoogroups.com ...
Hi Oddly, the post below was one I did A LONG time ago when we were discussing the movie! Love the internet, sometimes slower than mail. Lee, on the other...
There may be another possibility. There was another "Lee" rifle that had good stopping power from a slightly earlier time period. That was the .45/70...
Hi I think the only quibble I have and had on the "Lee" is related to the movie trying to find one. Simply, what I have is that they only made 10,000 of them....
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