| Paul |
| (.400 member) |
| 29/02/08 04:19 PM |
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle
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I was musing about this. Might it have been confiscated during WW1 perhaps in Africa. Perhaps owned by somebody not English. I think the WD did this in various colonies during times of emergency. ??
Maybe this stuff went even further. Could the db rifle have been compulsorily acquired from a citizen in Britain?
My father-in-law told that in Australia during WWII even farmers' guns and rifles could be confiscated. Admittedly, his father had been German and this may be a factor. I haven't heard that these sporters were used by the army, though, as he said that even in the 'home-guard' they still had military rifles - albeit M17s. Yet my uncle said the army was so short of rifles in Darwin that two or three soldiers had to share one.