by James Downey | Aug 31, 2020 | .30-06, .303, ballistics, Discussion., historic rifles, Krag-Jørgensen Rifle, Lee-Enfield, M1903 Springfield, Martini-Henry, reviews, SMLE, technology, testing, YouTube
You can probably guess which ones I mean. Yeah, that’s how big of an impact they had on history. The M1903 Springfield and the Lee-Enfield (specifically, the SMLE No.1 Mk III). Both bolt-action guns (actually, both derived from the G98 Mauser design). Both...
by James Downey | Aug 30, 2020 | ballistics, Discussion., historic rifles, Krag-Jørgensen Rifle, reviews, technology, testing, YouTube
Man, I’m happy that I took a lot of images last weekend when we shot these rifles. OK, as I’ve noted, I’m not really a “rifle guy”. And especially not a “historic rifle guy”. Oh, I can generally ID most of the major designs in...