Taught a Basic Rifle class to a Navy Sea Cadet group today

[kilopaparomeo]

I see the woman NCO/Officer there but wonder if young ladies are present among the cadets?

There were a handful out of the 40 total.  Didn't count but I'd venture a guess at 4-5.

[kilopaparomeo]

I just thought that if you brought a .50 cal flintlock and let them see the technoligy of modern upgrades, also that back in Gen. Washington's day the flintlock was the assualt rifle of the day.

I really wanted to bring out the US Military main battle rifles of the last 150 years out of my collection and show / let them shoot them.  My plan was to bring:
+ 1863 Springfield .58 cal BP
+ 1873 Springfield "Trapdoor" .45-70
+ 1898 Krag .30-40
+ M1903 Springfield .30-06
+ M1 Garand .30-06
+ SA M1A 7.62x51mm
+ AR15 5.56x45mm
+ SCAR Mk16 5.56x45mm (to give a view of the future)
+ Various other nation's rifles like FAL, AUG, AK, Galil, etc

2 issues with that plan...1) didn't have enough time to go through the history (I could drone on for hours) and 2) I didn't want to foot the bill to let them shoot all the non-5.56 stuff (5.56 was paid for by the Navy)

KPR