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J. Clarke[_2_]

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Gunner Asch on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:40:41 -0700
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Plus it holds 3 rounds less than the LE

So how fast can each get 30 rounds downrange?

Isnt Aimed Fire the key to winning a battle? Or am I mistaken?

The British taught "How to Rapidly fire an Enfield rifle" to such
an extent, that in the open days of the First World War, the Germans
thought the Brits had more machine guns, due to the volume of fire
they were receiving.
If memory serves,the record is held by a British Sergeant Major,
who put 60 round into the target in sixty seconds. Which obviously
meant he worked a bolt sixty times, plus swapped out magazines five
times.

Again, it comes down to accuracy of the rifle, skill of the
shooter. And for a combat arm, robustness in the field. In The Great
War, the Germans had a good hunting rifle, the Americans a good target
rifle, and the Brits had a good battle rifle.

So how many more Germans could Sergeant York have killed/captures if he
had been using a "good battle rifle"?