Thread: Bubba what have you done?

Originally Posted by MB

Remember that rifle with the yellowish camo stock and forend grip on TM, I think it was a .22 of some kind. The questions section was gold. People asking if the seller could do custom work on their Sakos etc. Still makes me laugh!

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Originally Posted by dannyb

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Might as well immortalise it as that link will die when the auction expires, now to go gouge out my eyes with a fork

What a honey! Mm mm!

Originally Posted by Kiwi Sapper

Probably more appropriate than What is is WHY?

PrOfEsIoNaLlY bUiLt.

That truly is cancer in a rifle.

I bet there will be a few questions about that one shortly

Whilst we are on the subject of lunacy...............America leads.

Btw. the Lee Enfield is a WW1 tunnelers rifle.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

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Btw. the Lee Enfield is a WW1 tunnelers rifle.

That poor ‘Thompson’ - surely it’s just a concocted piss-take?

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

Btw. the Lee Enfield is a WW1 tunnelers rifle.

Nah it's a piss take, wouldn't the flash blind the tunneler? Especially with a load of cordite.

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Nah it's a piss take, wouldn't the flash blind the tunneler? Especially with a load of cordite.

That's what it was described as.

I don't know one way or the other, but any firearm discharged in the dark would surely cause flash blindness.

I did read of a US army officer who tried to use an M16 in a Vietcong tunnel, and asphyxiated himself doing it.

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Nah it's a piss take, wouldn't the flash blind the tunneler? Especially with a load of cordite.

funnily enough I found an article about that exact same rifle only a couple of days ago and that is what it was suggested it was.
and yes they assumed the muzzle flash if used in a tunnel to be spectacular

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...nnelers-rifle/

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

That's what it was described as.

I don't know one way or the other, but any firearm discharged in the dark would surely cause flash blindness.

I did read of a US army officer who tried to use an M16 in a Vietcong tunnel, and asphyxiated himself doing it.

Yes i thought the good old 455 Webly would be an obvious choice. The flash an blast from a short rifle would be one thing but as you point out the fumes would also be unpleasant.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

funnily enough I found an article about that exact same rifle only a couple of days ago and that is what it was suggested it was.
and yes they assumed the muzzle flash if used in a tunnel to be spectacular

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...nnelers-rifle/

Actually the author seems to consider the results of their investigation "inconclusive" although there was a historical reference to a cut down SMLE used by a Canadian trenching unit. Apparently it had a front sight. Saying that it occurs to me that a rifle damaged by shell fragments or bullets would be a good candidate for this treatment and after you had fried/deafened/gassed yourself and the enemy it would make a fine club for hand to hand.

The author found reference to the use of small automatics (maybe .32 or .380?) which would probably be ideal in the confines of a tunnel.

Did some digging on the trench 303. There is a comment that they were used as an initiation device for lighting the fuse in something called a flash box.

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

Actually the author seems to consider the results of their investigation "inconclusive" although there was a historical reference to a cut down SMLE used by a Canadian trenching unit. Apparently it had a front sight. Saying that it occurs to me that a rifle damaged by shell fragments or bullets would be a good candidate for this treatment and after you had fried/deafened/gassed yourself and the enemy it would make a fine club for hand to hand.

The author found reference to the use of small automatics (maybe .32 or .380?) which would probably be ideal in the confines of a tunnel.

In the same article where I read about the officer with the M16, I also saw that a tunnel rat was using a .22 semi auto pistol. Less noise, flash and smoke I guess.

It wouldn't surprise me to find that the rifle above was tried as an option, and then put aside as being too brutal on the user.

I want to have a go with the first Mosin pictured. Or maybe watch someone else have a go...


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