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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Alvin York Apr 19^th, 2020 at 9:21pm	Print Post
	Just watched the old Alvin York movie again. Always a winner to watch this great classic and enjoy a real hero! (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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Culpeper KCA Forum Member Offline Posts: 904 Location: Right Coast of Africa Joined: Mar 30^th, 2005	Re: Alvin York Reply #1 - Apr 20^th, 2020 at 4:46am	Print Post
	Good movie. But did you see the Krag in the film?

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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Alvin York Reply #2 - Apr 20^th, 2020 at 10:33am	Print Post
	I do not remember the Krag in this movie.


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Culpeper KCA Forum Member Offline Posts: 904 Location: Right Coast of Africa Joined: Mar 30^th, 2005	Re: Alvin York Reply #3 - Apr 20^th, 2020 at 12:48pm	Print Post
	Well Maybe not a full Krag. Krag sights. That is the real reason Sgt York, um, Gary Cooper won the Medal of Honor. A Krag sight saved the squad that day. Because everyone knows that all of the dead soldiers were using inferior M1905 sights on their rifles. Ahhhhhh. The delirium is sublime.

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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Alvin York Reply #4 - Apr 20^th, 2020 at 1:23pm	Print Post
	Thanks. I did make note of those wonderful sights in the movie!


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Capt. Frank KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 153 Location: Dover, Delaware Joined: Jun 13^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: Alvin York Reply #5 - Apr 20^th, 2020 at 2:45pm	Print Post
	In the movie, he used a 1903 Springfield, many think York actually used a model 1917.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Alvin York Reply #6 - Apr 20^th, 2020 at 2:48pm	Print Post
	In some scenes, they gave Gary Cooper a stock 1903. I suspect some of the prop guns came from Bannerman's.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Alvin York Reply #7 - Apr 20^th, 2020 at 3:04pm	Print Post
	Alvin York was most likely issued a 1903 in training... however, if I'm not mistaken, he did use a 1917 in his heroic action. Some further research may be warranted here... Awesome movie though!


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Culpeper KCA Forum Member Offline Posts: 904 Location: Right Coast of Africa Joined: Mar 30^th, 2005	Re: Alvin York Reply #8 - Apr 20^th, 2020 at 4:02pm	Print Post
	This was beat to death over on Jouster years ago. They were not issued M1903s. Excerpt from History of Three Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Regiment of Infantry, page 9. ... Clothing and equipment was being received and issued daily and soon the percentage of straw hats and tennis shoes at dress parades was on the decline. Saw mills of the camp were rapidly turning out the "new model" Camp Gordon rifle and soon each man was busily occupied in mastering the intricacies of the manual of arms with this bed slat variety of fire arm. Work continued with this makeshift equipment till about the first of February, 1918. Then we were fully equipped with the United States Model 1917 Rifle and Bayonet. ... And for you who are curious of Krags in the AEF. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) .

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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Alvin York Reply #9 - Apr 20^th, 2020 at 6:36pm	Print Post
	Here's a site with some great information concern Sgt Alvin York. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links) BTW: In the movie Sgt York is seen with a German Luger. He actually used a 1911 but the film makers couldn't get the .45 to cycle with blank ammo.


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Whig KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 1324 Location: Balt MD Joined: Sep 24^th, 2016 Gender:	Re: Alvin York Reply #10 - Apr 21^st, 2020 at 12:29am	Print Post
	Here are a couple pictures of me shooting the Alvin York drill, in appropriate WWI helmet, using a M1903 rifle and M1911 pistol. This was a drill designed for us by Ken Hackathorn that was done in 2011 as part of his 100th year anniversary celebration we had for the 1911 pistol. We had to shoot two or three targets quickly with the M1903 which, when it went empty, we had to drop and pick up the M1911 and shoot 5 steel drop targets from back to front. It was a timed drill and the winner won a vintage box of .45 ammo. It wasn't me but I held my own. If you weren't used to shooting the original M1911s, you would have easily gotten the web of your shooting hand cut from the slide since the beavertail was too short. Many were wearing band aids after this drill! Ken brought his M1903 even though it was discussed that York most likely shot a M1917. Hackathorn's at the table in front of all the .45s we brought to shoot that day. (45 -.45s on the table.) Thank you Alvin York! Make America, and John Browning, Great Again!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Alvin York Reply #11 - Apr 21^st, 2020 at 3:16am	Print Post
	Neat Match! Looks like you compromised with a Remington 1903.


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