The Myth of the British "Fixing" The Corsair (2 Viewers)

[yulzari]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbGoU-yx8YA&t=2s

 

[SaparotRob]

That's one of the two firearms I want to acquire. My father carried it through Europe. The other one is the M-1 carbine. It was the weapon Dad kept trying ditch his Garand for. He was sick of lugging a 12 pound club everywhere.

 

[pbehn]

Though frequently mentioned, what exactly is "sea level"? A Wildcat diving away from a Zero at sea level seems counter productive. So, is sea level a statistical starting point (that no one actually routinely operated at) or an altitude range?

Well, operations around a carrier are at sea level especially (obviously) take off and landing but also any dive bomb and torpedo attacks. I think generally it is from base level of the sea up to an altitude where the thinning of the air affects engine output or aerodynamics. Anyone from Bristol in UK will tell you the sea isnt actually level, it goes up and down by around 14 meters.

 

[special ed]

I suspect when ones mind is concentrating on his target, or finding a target, he doesn't hear the ping. I remember men firing the M-1 on the range pull the trigger once more after the clip ejection. In fact, I think I have done it on a civilian range.

 

[CD Baumann]

I suspect when ones mind is concentrating on his target, or finding a target, he doesn't hear the ping. I remember men firing the M-1 on the range pull the trigger once more after the clip ejection. In fact, I think I have done it on a civilian range.

It's why a lot of bolt action rifles have a hold open feature where the floor plate will stop the bolt from closing after the last cartridge is fired. In the stress of combat a soldier might just keep cycling and dry firing his gun after it's empty.

 

[CD Baumann]

I had to give the laugh thingy, no offense intended - I am deaf because of that sh*t.
And if you ever want to feel the word of God in your face/eardrums/sternum, try an 8mm Mauser rifle.
It'll make an M1 Garand feel like plinking with a .22 rifle.

I have a Yugo battlefield pickup K98. Never thought it kicked that bad. At least compared to a mosin nagant. But I also reload for it with lighter bullets.

The Schmidt Rubin G11 is my all time favorite though

 

[SaparotRob]

I have a Marlin model 1894 lever action chambered in 44 mag. Can't hit a thing I'm aiming at with it but the fire, flames and KABOOMs it makes is rip-snortin' fun!

 

[drgondog]

It has been a lot years but I can remember the M-1 giving a "ping".
However on a firing line with 30-40 guys firing (100-150ft of firing line) with 1/2 M-1 rifles (10 rounds each in 50-60 seconds?) hearing every ping up and down the line and identifying eject ping from landing on tarmac/asphalt ping and/or cartridge case pings landing on different things gets a bit confusing.

Also takes a brave German/Italian/Japanese soldier to jump up hearing the ping and not knowing if the "pinger" has got a buddy with loaded rifle close by covering the same area.

Not to mention that it takes far fewer seconds to slam another clip into battery, than some clown sprinting your way

Not saying it never happened but infantry fights were very rarely mano a mano duals.

Edit:
Also takes a German/Italian/Japanese soldier who had been in combat before who had been close enough to hear the "ping" and identify it for what it was.
If you have 4 GI's shooting at you, you get 4 pings every 32 shots.