Filipino Slam Fire Rifle

Dimasalang · 6th November 2009, 08:01 AM

Dam, what a cool toy to have in your collection.
Supposedly some of the Filipinos did not believe in the "rear sight". Some accounts mention the Filipinos taking off the rear sight, believing they only needed the front. Gen MacArthur was asked about this, and he believed many of the Filipinos were typically ignorant farmers who were handed rifles with no training and had no clue how they worked.
This is not the norm though...there are plenty of pics of Filipinos touting rifles with rear sights.

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6th November 2009, 08:01 AM	#7
Dimasalang Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 264	Dam, what a cool toy to have in your collection. Supposedly some of the Filipinos did not believe in the "rear sight". Some accounts mention the Filipinos taking off the rear sight, believing they only needed the front. Gen MacArthur was asked about this, and he believed many of the Filipinos were typically ignorant farmers who were handed rifles with no training and had no clue how they worked. This is not the norm though...there are plenty of pics of Filipinos touting rifles with rear sights.