The Milwaukee Nail – Cut em Deep, Cut em Wide & Cut em Often

By Ammoland

By Major Van Harl

Wisconsin –-(Ammoland.com)- The lines had been drawn and both sides had dug in for the years long slug fest of destruction and death.

Trench warfare had come to eastern France and before WWI was over an entire generation of young European men had been decimated.

Artillery, high explosives and the machinegun seemed to rule the battlefield. The front line soldier of any of the armies on either side of that conflict was a rifleman first. This meant he was armed with a bolt action rifle and a bayonet to stick on the end of that rifle.

Trenches were dug into the earth to get the men below ground level, to protect the troops from the next artillery barrage. The problem was the leadership left the men in the trenches around the clock and those dirt-works became home, a miserable home at best.

Go get your grandfather’s old Springfield rifle and attach the bayonet to it. Then try walking down the hallway of your home and see if you can deploy this overly long weapon in such a tight space.

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