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interesting picture
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:34 pm
by cmj
Thought somebody might find this picture intersting. Was taken in 1917 and that is one long sight tube or scope.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:07 pm
by silentfury214
It is a scope.
Picture
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:43 pm
by Guest
And she needed a little more instruction on proper gun handling.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:10 pm
by silentfury214
At least her finger is about 5 inches away from the trigger. :P
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:10 pm
by solid7
My apologies, as, I have no smart-aleck comment to contribute. I just wanted to ask what the history of the picture is? How did you come across it?
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:48 pm
by cmj
The picture is of my wife's Grandmother, taken in 1917, probably in Canada. A coincidence that our daughter is a rifle shooter.
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:18 am
by jhmartin
Looks like one I'd take to CostCo and have posterized and hang in the range, next to one of your daughter in her gear....
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:24 pm
by kevinweiho
These long scopes were common in the days of the Civil War where both Confederate and Union snipers used them to cause inumerous deaths.
Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:07 am
by seamaster
How accurate are those Civil War snipers?BQJ87
Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 1:35 pm
by kevinweiho
seamaster wrote:How accurate are those Civil War snipers?BQJ87
The Berdan sharpshooters were notable in that their marksmen were able to shoot ten shots within a circle with a diameter of ten inches at a distance of 300 yards.
Both sides used Malcolm scopes and other brands and were capable of kills of over half a mile...
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:27 pm
by waxman
What's that in her pocket?