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Despite their neutrality, Switzerland possessed what surely was the most accurate service rifle of both World Wars: the Schmidt-Rubin Model 1896/11.

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These Chilean M1912s have a tremendous value as both an ersatz WW1 rifle and as one heck of a shooter thanks to the excellent 7x57mm cartridge.

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The exhibit, which features an array of historical items illustrating life during the Great War, will run through January 2019, and is free to the public.

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Using hundreds of different items ranging from maps, medals, and music to photographs, posters, and diaries, the exhibit commemorates the war’s centennial.

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As part of C&Rsenal’s new “Anvil” series, Mark gives a classic Remington 12 gauge an update to return some of its military utility.

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The Lee Enfield SMLE helped play a vital role in bringing the Great War to a close, as countless British troops depended upon its accuracy and reliability.

The post Gun Review: Australia Lithgow 1919 SMLE No.1 Mk III bolt action rifle in .303 British appeared first on Guns.com.

Excavation director Ron Toueg said the discovery gave a glimpse into “the everyday life and leisure of the soldiers.”

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“What they discovered is that on both ends of the rifle they were the same, the same working class guys,” author Stanley Weintraub said. “It was a very strange event. The circumstances were unique, it probably couldn’t have happened in another war.”

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Ian and Karl with InRange TV give the standard Japanese infantry rifle a mud bath in the name of science to test reliability under "typical" WWI/WWII field conditions.

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France 24 reports on the annual "Iron harvest" which produces an average of 50 tons of aging WWI artillery shells-- some filled with poison gas-- and unmapped graves in Northern France.

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A rare German artillery piece brought back from France after World War I by Virginia troops as a trophy only to go missing in the 1960s has been found.

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On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed by an assassin firing a Browning FN Model 1910 effectively starting WWI.

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