Andrew Lee
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Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Free museum! Everyone should visit. When I was there they had a demonstration and the guy walked everyone out to the field and he fired blanks out of a Krag-Jørgensen rifle, a Norwegian designed rifle licensed to be built at Springfield Armory for the United States Army. It proved inferior to the Spanish Mausers during the Spanish American War and it was quickly replaced by the M1903 Springfield.
The museum has firearms from the Native American wars, WWI, WWII (German and Allied), experimental firearms, Vietnam, and current day.
The staff is very friendly. Despite me being young and looking out of place, Howie was a very nice man who shared his extensive knowledge with me and his experience in the military in the ‘80s.
I noticed that there are absolutely no Japanese firearms. They have American, British, French, Russian, Italian, German… no Japanese. I think the reason is because Japanese firearms like from WWII are very, very hard to come by, but I’m not an expert.
The museum has firearms from the Native American wars, WWI, WWII (German and Allied), experimental firearms, Vietnam, and current day.
The staff is very friendly. Despite me being young and looking out of place, Howie was a very nice man who shared his extensive knowledge with me and his experience in the military in the ‘80s.
I noticed that there are absolutely no Japanese firearms. They have American, British, French, Russian, Italian, German… no Japanese. I think the reason is because Japanese firearms like from WWII are very, very hard to come by, but I’m not an expert.