Forgotten US Infantry Weapons of WWI

SmokeEaterPilot · Dec 18, 2021

Hope this is ok please delete if not allowed.

One of my subscribers put together this piece. I thought he put together a really easy reading article.

One thing Id like to point out. His photography is really interesting (mainly because it doesn’t require a studio).

Just uses a white tablecloth, $50 light box set and an iPhone. Kinda cool how far technology has progressed you don’t need thousands of to dollars in lighting, cameras, lens to do decent pics. (You can but that’s takes away money from guns).

https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/forgotten-u-s-infantry-rifles-of-world-war-i/

somd_mustangs · Dec 18, 2021

Agree, great photos!
I'll have to sort through the text, it's not in my wheelhouse and it takes a while nowadays for new info to assimilate

bhumbertson · Dec 18, 2021

Thank you

Thank you for sharing. I'm currently on a mission to own all the main rifles US military from 1775 through today, or at least semi auto versions. The only one I'm going to have trouble with for sure is the M1A due to Maryland laws.

mawkie · Dec 19, 2021

Thank for sharing, a well written article. Had no previous knowledge of Trapdoors and Krags being dusted off for second line and training duties.
On the Ross front it's a challenge to find a MKII that isn't one of the US purchased examples here in the US. They're that "plentiful". And as a Ross fan it's a wonderful thing. Imagine how difficult it would be to add a Ross to your collection if these roughly 20k examples had never been imported (loved the tidbit about NY State having to deal with a very stiff tariff, shades of the recent Trump tariff).
On the Three Line Rifle front you can learn even more in Luke Mercaldo's Allied Rifle Contracts in America. Goes into wonderful detail about the realities of the small arms business during WWI. Not all rainbows and lollipops.

Trepang · Dec 19, 2021

Very cool. I know next to nothing about WWI hardware other than the 1903 & bayonets. I am afraid to learn anymore - WWII rifles have already set back my retirement a year or so.

NebTim · Dec 19, 2021

that was really awesome, thank you so much for the photos and link.

Virgil Co.C · Dec 20, 2021

Very cool ! Stuff like this I look forward to popping up on here . Very interesting and I picked up some new knowledge. Thanks for putting this up!

JohnC · Dec 20, 2021

Anyone interested in similar stories should check out C&Rsenal on youtube. Othais and Mae have hours of video footage on most, if not all, small arms that saw a sniff of duty in WWI.

The 1903 development timeline is fascinating and caused huge problems. Which led to Krags, Trapdoor Springfields and the like getting retrofitted and used by rear echelon and non-combat troops overseas.

Doctor_M · Dec 20, 2021

Thanks for posting... and now I want a Westinghouse Mosin... so thank you very much for putting that idea in my head!

Virgil Co.C · Dec 20, 2021

Me to Doc .

PGTMG · Jan 9, 2022

mawkie said:
Thank for sharing, a well written article. Had no previous knowledge of Trapdoors and Krags being dusted off for second line and training duties.
On the Ross front it's a challenge to find a MKII that isn't one of the US purchased examples here in the US. They're that "plentiful". And as a Ross fan it's a wonderful thing. Imagine how difficult it would be to add a Ross to your collection if these roughly 20k examples had never been imported (loved the tidbit about NY State having to deal with a very stiff tariff, shades of the recent Trump tariff).
On the Three Line Rifle front you can learn even more in Luke Mercaldo's Allied Rifle Contracts in America. Goes into wonderful detail about the realities of the small arms business during WWI. Not all rainbows and lollipops.

I have a picture of my wife's Grandfather holding a Krag rilfe when he served in WWI. He operated narrow gage trains to the front.

Melnic · Jan 10, 2022

I knew about most of these being used but not trap doors and Mosins being used by US troops.Makes sense cause Gew88/05 were used by rear line and and some regiments in Germany. Make use of what ya got

If you think about it, 15-25 year old guns being used should not sound unusual

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ChannelCat · Jan 10, 2022

Thanks for the link. Very nice photos of some pretty furniture.

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