History of the Gun Part-9: Repeating Rifles

The "History of the Gun" online video series produced by Ruger is a unique look at the progression of firearms technology throughout the years, hosted by Senior Editor of Guns & Ammo Garry James. Part 9 examines Repeating Rifles.

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[smersh007]

I enjoy this series.

[boxant]

Beautiful rifles.

[cookervillpop101]

that Henry was my favorite

[snakeeyes119]

that spencer rifle was a huge advantage for the union late in the civil war

[08Ghost893]

my favorite gun to ever be made in history was the american 1866 Winchester repeater i own one and its right above my fireplace :)

[USMarineRifleman0311]

@blueeyesseto

your own incompetence with the 1903 Springfield and lack of knowledge in peep sights is your problem.

You were outshot by Dad Farr, a senior citizen who could hit 70 consecutive bullseyes at the 1,000yd line with the 03's peep sights.

No Enfield or European rifle for that matter ever matched that feat. With irons or scoped.

For that same matter, we beat the last of the good European marksman at Creedmoor in 1875. We've been 1st place since.

[USMarineRifleman0311]

@blueeyesseto

The only Enfield ever used by Americans was the M1917 in 30-06 caliber. 308 isnt 30-06 dumbfuck.

NO WW2 RIFLE WAS EVER CHAMBERED IN 308 - A 1950s ERA CALIBER

308 Win was only recently recognized for 1,000yd accuracy. From 1906 to 2006, the caliber trusted beyond 800yds was 30-06.

If I asked you what bullet weight, velocity, bullet drop and deflection of the round you used, you wouldnt be able to provide it. Google sniper central "303 British use for sniping"

[USMarineRifleman0311]

@blueeyesseto "we can hit cans with them at up to 1km "

What the fuck are you smoking? The M113 175gr SMK 2600fps round is only capable of 1 MOA at 1,000yds which is 10 fucking inches. I can clearly tell you arent as knowledgeable about ballistics as an American would be, we dont claim such bullshit. Your own inability to shoot the 1903 is your problem not a fact that the rifle is inferior. The rifle is equipped with superior sight of the entire era (till the 1903A3), as well as ballistics

[blueeyesseto]

@USMarineRifleman0311 Also please note we did guess most of the shots at 800m and of my 10 i hit twice and the other 8 missed of the Springfield 1 hit 9 missed you can say they were luck shots but please know he has since sold his Springfield and bought a Lee

[blueeyesseto]

@USMarineRifleman0311 you are bloody joking the .308 is along with the .302 and .303 rounds are some of the best accuracy rounds in the world we can hit cans with them at up to 1km i can do the same with a .223 rifle i must be really good then cos i can use a .308 very accurately at long ranges as well as a .223 and when we did the shots it was lieing down with bipod's so we where supported and we can only just see the circle at that range we then used scopes and the lee still won

[blueeyesseto]

@USMarineRifleman0311 YES There is a Lee Enfield Model 4 Mark 4 that was a sniper rifle Chambered in the .308 Winchester i have to pieces of proof

1. My Father owns one

2. The Lee enfield Service book A very Rare book to own has all Markings and indentions that where marked on the Lee's the Rifle is Real and it was used by the Americans in Germany in WW2

and the M40 is a 66 rifle the Model/Mark 4 Lee was a 42 rifle therefore the British had built Americas first .308 sniper rifle

[TheOgaboga]

@USMarineRifleman0311 thats ok. i get insulted every day anyways