Hi Enrico:

Mine is sitting right in front of me. It has one pin. How's that for fast!?

thanks M1,

perfect, so I avoid buying the wrong type

Enry

Happy to help once again.

Hope all is well on your end.

Yes thanks, I'm waiting for a beautiful gift from my mother!

The uniform of a 1st lieutenant of the Signal Corps of the 5th Army. Chocolate jacket, pink pants, tailoring shirt and chocolate tie. is coming from the USA as soon as possible I'll show you photos!

What a wonderful gift, and one I know you will appreciate forever. How thoughtful of her. Can't wait to see it.

Marion or anyone else,

Did the M1 Rifle 30 Cal tag for the marksman badge say M1 Rifle or just Rifle?

Thanks,

Brian

Brian, the M1 bar said M1 Rifle.

http://www.militaryuniformsupply.com/army-weapons-qualification-badges-bolo

What is the difference between the Rifle and M1 Rifle qualifications you have shown there? I assumed (at least for WWII) that the rifle was the M1 Garand. I know there are others for the carbine, B.A.R etc. but is there a difference between the Rifle and M1 Rifle?

Thanks again!

B

Well, the army marksmanship badges were have been aound since the 1880`s and the WWII versions were probaly around since 1921. So it would depend on the time frame and what rifle was available for the qualification. Not all soldiers qualified with the M1, my dad qualified with the `03 Springfield, which was still in wide use for training. Small caliber rifles like the .22 cal was used extensively in training and also used for qualification.

I've fired a .22 version of the M1 Garand and it was very fun to shoot. It looked outwardly like an M1, but it had a tube magazine for the rounds. All of the sighting was done like an M1, it just didn't have any kick to it like the .30-06 round would obviously have. I think I posted about it for sure. I hope so, because I can't remember the name.