British Military Intelligence....

[Adam Helmer]

Brithunter,

With all due respect for your experience and training, I think you got it a bit backwards. I shall enumerate and wish you will clarify any faults in my thinking:

1. The U.S. Springfield rifle was adopted in 1903 and had aperature AND windage adjustable sights from day one. Your last two sentences in paragraph 2 of you prior post are in grave error.

2. The Brits dropped the magazine cutoff in 1916 and never re-introduced it to my knowledge. No other nation did re-introduce a magazine cutoff after WWI, which Mark and Number had such a feature in British service?

3. Windage adjustable sights are needed due to changes in ammunition, light conditions, soldiers to whom individual arms are issued and weather conditions. Rifles on "zero" in Africa may not be laterally "On" at Narvik. Different lots of issue ammo had different dispersions. How would "training" zero my issue MkIII?

4. Finally, what arms did the Brits have "right up to WWII" that were superior to the U.S. Garand, M1911A1 pistol, M1 Carbine, BAR, and Thompson. When did we achieve "catch up" with the Brits in WWII?

Where do you get your military firearms information?

Adam