Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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Watching a US Marine Corps commercial; of course they're displaying/spinning Garands in their full dress, which is of course a rifle technology essentially two steps of rifle designs behind the current issue weapon (going backward from the m4/m16, to the M14, then Garand). Of course, they do this, presumably for aesthetic/nostalgia reasons.
My question is, "Is there a long historical precedent for this, or not?" In other words, during the days of the Spencer, was a Brown Bess used in the formal color-guard type displays? In the days of the Garand, was a Krag-Jorgenson used? During the M14 era, was an '03 used? Do we always lag behind, or is this solely a function of the "ugliness" of the black rifle in contrast to the dress blues?
Or did they not have these displays during old school times?
Thanks.
My question is, "Is there a long historical precedent for this, or not?" In other words, during the days of the Spencer, was a Brown Bess used in the formal color-guard type displays? In the days of the Garand, was a Krag-Jorgenson used? During the M14 era, was an '03 used? Do we always lag behind, or is this solely a function of the "ugliness" of the black rifle in contrast to the dress blues?
Or did they not have these displays during old school times?
Thanks.