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Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Girls' rifle team of Drexel Institute." National Photo Company Collection glass ... The second girl from the left has the bolt on her rifle closed. Not safe unless you're in a position to fire the thing. Not ... ...but not as safe as it could be. I have a bolt action rifle with very similar bolts, and if the safety lever is in the "safe" ...

Image - Dave - 01/22/2009 - 2:06pm - 41 comments

... with halftrack. A young soldier sights his Garand rifle like an old-timer. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and ... Office of War Information. View full size . Garand Rifle Interesting photo. Latest rifle, the Garand and a World War I type ...

Image - Dave - 04/18/2008 - 7:35pm - 15 comments

November 10, 1922. "Girls' rifle team." View full size. National Photo Co. LOVE this! I wish I were good enough to be on a ladies' rifle team... This photo reminds me of when I turned 12, and my dad signed ... class!) Girl Shooters "Keep the Breech of Your Rifle Open When Not Firing" I'd bet these ladies could shoot the hairs off ...

Image - Dave - 02/16/2008 - 12:44am - 8 comments

1925. "Girls' rifle team, University of Maryland." National Photo. View full size. ... today, February 10. U. of M. Coeds Defeat Men in Rifle Match Co-eds of the University of Maryland Proved themselves ... marksmen than the male students at the institution in a rifle match Tuesday at College Park, according to a "post-mortem" examination ...

Image - Dave - 02/11/2009 - 6:29am - 10 comments

... all! The cannon... is typical of the three banded rifle muskets carried during the war. The bayonet is fixed so it looks even ... the sentry moved - it appears to have two blades) The Rifle The rifle is most likely either and 1855 or 1861 Springfield Rifled ...

Image - Dave - 08/04/2008 - 2:28pm - 8 comments

... of the United States army, making a specialty of improving rifle shells, and merited the recognition given to his work by President ...

Image - Dave - 10/10/2008 - 7:28pm - 15 comments

... is an NRA (National Recovery Administration, not National Rifle Association) poster in the window of the business three doors down, so ...

Image - Dave - 07/08/2009 - 5:43am - 23 comments

... books are awesome, now that's a book cover. And is that a rifle I see? [I think it is! And there's a tag on it. Unfortunately I ... Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle! By the way, does anyone know what the cup-shaped ornaments on the ...

Image - Dave - 01/16/2008 - 7:15pm - 16 comments

... show a Naval burial at sea. Here the Marine Guard fires a rifle salute. The ringing report of the rifles mix with the sound of the ship ...

Image - William Christen - 07/26/2010 - 9:51am - 0 comments

... the turn of the century equivalent of duct tape on the rifle stock. Fooled for a second Had to look twice to realize that this ... photo, lying inside the doorway behind the butt of the rifle. It Really Is True... There IS one born every minute. ...

Image - Dave - 01/15/2010 - 4:49am - 23 comments

... up here. Cadet Rifles High Schools still have rifle teams today, if they have JROTC unit. Official Site ...

Image - Dave - 10/01/2009 - 2:53pm - 39 comments

... to use them in combat. Specs 2.75-inch Whitworth Rifle. Imported from England by both North and South; only the Confederacy ... was not as desirable a weapon as the 3-inch Ordnance Rifle. Fine photo of a rare gun First time I have seen that photo in ...

Image - Dave - 03/09/2010 - 1:22pm - 6 comments

April 6, 1939. "Co-ed queen of rifle shooters. Jean Yocum, George Washington University co-ed, has won the Women's Individual Intercollegiate Rifle Championship, according to the National Rifle Association. Her score of 496 out of a possible 500 gave the individual ...

Image - Dave - 06/18/2009 - 11:28am - 8 comments

... on his trousers, center right and facing left holding rifle; two Sergeants, one on the left side leaning against a tree and the other ... I also thought the officer in the center was holding a rifle with the muzzle facing down. Upon closer inspection he actually has his ...

Image - Dave - 06/30/2009 - 1:43am - 22 comments

... what he was doing and just watched. Then he grabbed his rifle and ran to fight when the 150th Pennsylvania came to reinforce the Union ...

Image - Dave - 11/20/2008 - 6:40am - 14 comments

... buy you most anything you wanted -- a new bike, a .22 rifle, a guitar, etc. Of course, these days harvesting is all done ...

Image - Dave - 10/16/2009 - 5:55am - 15 comments

... "Christmas Story" with Ralphie and the Red Ryder rifle. Lots of plaid, some obvious hand-me-downs and a "Jughead" cap with the ...

Image - Dave - 07/24/2009 - 2:13am - 16 comments

... producing the famous photo of Oswald holding the Carcano rifle and a copy of the Daily Worker. They use an exacto knife to cut out ...

Image - Ken - 12/09/2007 - 4:36pm - 21 comments

... guns, we were practicing with real ones. I got my first rifle for my 5th birthday. Didn't get a BB gun until I was 7, maybe 8. ...

Image - AmericanJarhead - 04/14/2009 - 11:20am - 22 comments

... and the clothing of the usher, I wonder if snowshoes and a rifle were issued to patrons? Call of the Wild That tableau looks better ...

Image - Dave - 07/07/2009 - 1:16am - 13 comments

... him. He agreed and furthermore, his partner offered his rifle for me to pose with it for a better photo. I believe the photo was taken ...

Image - rayrassi - 09/07/2009 - 8:26am - 2 comments

... Sharpshooter Badge I believe that marine has both a rifle expert and sharpshooter badge. Very impressive. He is probably adept with the Springfield 1903 rifle. Chesty In basic training our DI had us say a vulgar night prayer ...

Image - Dave - 03/26/2009 - 8:28pm - 13 comments

... to a breechloader, but I'm not sure if shotguns or rifle were converted to modern ammunition as revolvers were. I think the ...

Image - Dave - 07/27/2009 - 9:48am - 9 comments

... way, what happened to your little brother's bolt-action rifle? I Scream I remember that half-gallon carton of Sealtest so well ...

Image - PJMoore - 02/06/2009 - 10:57pm - 16 comments

... "A Christmas Story." New metric How 'bout "within rifle shot"? Stone's throw You'd have to have a pretty good arm. ...

Image - Dave - 06/10/2009 - 10:59pm - 10 comments

... about the black Union soldier calmly reading, his rifle propped up against the wall beside him that does in fact say, that this ...

Image - Dave - 09/30/2008 - 6:05pm - 6 comments

... This giant carved wood model of a percussion cap rifle appears to be an early 19th-century shop sign, like the giant dentures, ...

Image - Dave - 01/16/2009 - 10:07am - 10 comments

... later, several of them probably found themselves holding a rifle in France or Belgium. The street smarts they learned at such a young age ...

Image - Dave - 07/20/2009 - 7:46am - 4 comments

November 2, 1922. Washington, D.C. "Girls' rifle team, Central High." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. ... no way that the left hand should merely lightly support a rifle. This has to be just as a photographic pose? Re: School Shooters ...

Image - Dave - 03/25/2008 - 6:38pm - 5 comments

... Looks more like the 50's. If it wasn't for the rifle, I'd would say this was taken in the fifties, or even the sixties. The ...

Image - Dave - 06/19/2009 - 10:41am - 5 comments