Norwegian Royal Guard Regiment - Precision Drill -- ON ICE...

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Precision Drilling.....on Ice!

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[TD="width: 100%"]HARD TO BELIEVE
ALL DONE ON ICE.

This is the Norwegian Royal Guard Regiment (equivalent to the British and Canadian Guards regiments). These guys give the USMC Band and Honor Guard and the Army's 1 BN 3d Infantry (The Old Guard) a run for
their money. It is interesting how a Hollywood theme (from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly") can sound impressive when played by an elite military band.

This is "River Dance" with boots and rifles! I can't remember ever seeing a display of precision to beat this!

All the precision drill is being performed on ICE!

Those are US made Garand M-1 rifles (WWII), and they are heavy weapons (9 POUNDS EACH) also known for it's balance!!

When that one fellow goes on his own - I'VE NEVER SEEN A RIFLE SPUN THAT FAST!

Unbelievable!

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[airmike]

that was fantastic, thanks for sharing

 

[WB6BBZ]

Rod, thank you for posting that, sure brings back old memories of my days in the Marines.
You forgot to mention that all that was done with fixed Bayonets and they looked real but may have been dulled to afford some safety.
I love the M1 Garand! Out of my almost 20 gun collection it is my favorite. Mine was manufactured by Harrington & Richardson between 1953 & 1954.
And it is still as accurate today as when I bought it for $200.00, brand new, still in Cosmolen and wrapped in oil paper fresh out of the shipping crate from a Military Surplus Store in Hawthrone, Ca.
With a full clip of 8 rounds, using the bare sights, I can still put them in a group the size of a silver dollar at 100 yards.
I really prefer to shooting at 500+ yards but I have yet to find a 500 yard target range close to where I live. I'm trying to get permission to use the Marine ranges at either the Camp Matthews and Camp Pendleton here in Ca.
In boot camp, the first rifle I ever fired was the M1.
I qualified as a Sharp-Shooter then, my second and third years in the Marines I qualified as an Expert-Rifleman and from then on I became an Instructor and Sniper but never saw any war time action because there wasn't any at that time. That was between the Korean and Veitman "Police-Actions".
Perhaps that was best because back in those days, the highest death toll in war was the Machine-gunner and second was the Sniper.
I've been searching for a complete, reasonably priced, M1 Garand Sniper Rifle but every source I've found want WAY to much money for them. They think their worth there weight in todays gold prices!

 

[BusaMan]

M-1 Garand

Like you, Jack, I was introduced to the M-1 early in life. In New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI), we were all issued fully-functional M-1's, and they were in our room unless we had them out for inspection, field exercises or parades. At 9.6#, they were a bit heavy, but we did drill with them all the time. The first week at the Institute, we learned how to disassemble/reassemble them in the dark. More than a few suffered "breech thumb" during weapons inspections, until they learned how to do it right. M-1's were the rifle issued to most Marines when I joined the USMCR in 1960. After drilling with a Recon' outfit in ABQ for 2 years, I transferred to the Santa Monica infantry Reserve unit, where they made me a machine gunner. I guess they really didn't like me.

M-1's are still available (at least for now) through the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), but the prices are getting way up there. They are a great rifle, with excellent accuracy and stopping power (30-06 cal.). The administration is currently sitting on a million of them, returned by the South Koreans.

Tim

Rod, thank you for posting that, sure brings back old memories of my days in the Marines.
You forgot to mention that all that was done with fixed Bayonets and they looked real but may have been dulled to afford some safety.
I love the M1 Garand! Out of my almost 20 gun collection it is my favorite. Mine was manufactured by Harrington & Richardson between 1953 & 1954.
And it is still as accurate today as when I bought it for $200.00, brand new, still in Cosmolen and wrapped in oil paper fresh out of the shipping crate from a Military Surplus Store in Hawthrone, Ca.
With a full clip of 8 rounds, using the bare sights, I can still put them in a group the size of a silver dollar at 100 yards.
I really prefer to shooting at 500+ yards but I have yet to find a 500 yard target range close to where I live. I'm trying to get permission to use the Marine ranges at either the Camp Matthews and Camp Pendleton here in Ca.
In boot camp, the first rifle I ever fired was the M1.
I qualified as a Sharp-Shooter then, my second and third years in the Marines I qualified as an Expert-Rifleman and from then on I became an Instructor and Sniper but never saw any war time action because there wasn't any at that time. That was between the Korean and Veitman "Police-Actions".
Perhaps that was best because back in those days, the highest death toll in war was the Machine-gunner and second was the Sniper.
I've been searching for a complete, reasonably priced, M1 Garand Sniper Rifle but every source I've found want WAY to much money for them. They think their worth there weight in todays gold prices!