tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post1492538502175816662..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: When in doubt, apply Rule .303Murphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-25880855832928865102015-07-19T20:32:29.890-05:002015-07-19T20:32:29.890-05:00From 'Scapegoats of the Empire", by Georg...From 'Scapegoats of the Empire", by George Witte:<br /><br />"Was your court at the trial of Visser constituted like this?" asked the President [of the Court Martial], "and did you observe paragraph ---- of ---- section of the King's Regulations?" <br /><br />"Was it like this!" fiercely answered [Lieutenant Harry "The Breaker"] Morant.<br />"No; it was not quite so handsome. As to rules and sections, we had no Red Book, and knew nothing about them. We were out fighting the Boers, not sitting comfortably behind barb-wire entanglements; <b>we got them and shot them under Rule 303.</b>"Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-14910468806153541092015-06-30T21:01:40.147-05:002015-06-30T21:01:40.147-05:00It's nice when you get an old warhorse working...It's nice when you get an old warhorse working right again! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-72124225813484283612015-06-30T18:13:14.395-05:002015-06-30T18:13:14.395-05:00Makes me drool a little. I have a 1950 Long Branch...Makes me drool a little. I have a 1950 Long Branch No4 MK1 I have yet to shoot...Last production year for the Canadians to boot. If it shoots near as well as my de mummified No4 Mk2, I will be well pleased...Jesse in DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476405390310290790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-75933212264009033082015-06-30T14:04:26.574-05:002015-06-30T14:04:26.574-05:00Dammit. You're right. Stoopid movie.Dammit. You're right. Stoopid movie.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-83121145746980482332015-06-30T13:42:45.594-05:002015-06-30T13:42:45.594-05:00They used Long Lees / Lee-Metfords back in the Boe...They used Long Lees / Lee-Metfords back in the Boer Wars rather than the #1 Mk3 which was adopted in 1907, but that is a cool reference without a doubt.<br /><br />Good to hear its working nice and accurately.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-89816602385083577942015-06-30T13:05:33.810-05:002015-06-30T13:05:33.810-05:00Very cool. I have never shot anything like that.Very cool. I have never shot anything like that.Momma Fargohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625178164224513103noreply@blogger.com