01-19-2007, 08:21 PM
Sgt. Leo.: Strange you should mention rifle practice. When arriving as a replacement
rifleman in France and being shipped to a front line outfit (3rd Inf Div) I was issued a
M-1 rifle naturally, along with other hardware. BUT, no chance to zero in a new/used
rifle until my first combat. Luckily someone had it down fairly well but it sure worried me till then. No chance to zero it in prior. One damn poor way of getting confidence in
ones rifle. Just one extra hour for sighting in would have been helpfull for confidence
in ones weapon.