Next weekend's offering is Competency-based Handgun & Carbine. https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/t...-handgun-carbine-feb-24-25-aragon-ga.1593107/
Gonna have a little quiz to give away a free slot, here are the rules:
1. Honor system: no using the internet or other information sources. Pull it out of your head (or wherever in your body you store such knowledge)
2. First person to get 100% correct wins. If no one gets 100%, then the first person to get the most correct will win.
3. Respond with your answers to me via Message here on ODT, or via email. Do not respond to this post with your answers.
4. Do not enter the contest if you cannot attend the course. You can attend both, or 1 of the days. Winner has to purchase lunch at $15 per day.
5. The course is for the winner ONLY. No giving it to a buddy, or splitting days with someone.
6. Cut off to have your answers in is midnight tonight.
7. Only 1 entry per person. If you send me more than 1 list of answers, I will only accept the first one that you send.
8. No one that has one of my previous "free class quizzes" is eligible.
9. I'm the final arbiter on correctness of answers and changes/additions to the rules.
QUIZ:
1. What was the USMC's first issued rifle and caliber using smokeless powder? M1895 Winchester-Lee 6mm straight-pull
2. Name 5 combat shotguns used by the USMC during WWII?
-Winchester 1897
-Winchester M12
-Browning Auto-5
-Remington 31
-Ithaca 37
-Stevens M520-30 and M620
3. a. What is a "Kongsberg Colt"?
Nickname used for Colt M1911 pistols produced under license by the Norwegian factory Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk.
b. What is the caliber stamping on a Kongsberg Colt?
11.25m/m (the metric equivalent of .45ACP)
c. Name 2 parts that are different from the Kongsberg Colt vs the American version from the same time frame.
Slide release and left grip panel
4. What foreign machine rifle was issued to US troops during WWI?
The Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG, commonly referred to as the Chauchaut.
5. What 2 weapons did Sgt Alvin C. York use during the events that saw him later awarded the Medal of Honor?
M1903 Springfield rifle and M1911 pistol
6. What weapon did Carlos Hathcock use to make his longest confirmed kill?
M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun with an Unertl scope mounted on it
7. Initially, what items did Heckler & Koch GmbH manufacture?
Machine tools, bicycle and sewing machine parts, gauges, and other precision parts
8. What was HK’s first firearm? What earlier firearm was it based off?
The G3 rifle, which was based off of the Spanish CETME.
9. What was the first smokeless powder cartridge?
8mm Lebel
10. The gauge of a shotgun barrel is equal to what?
The number of solid spheres of lead each having the same diameter as the inside of the barrel that would in total weigh a pound
11. In 1874, at the Battle of Adobe Wells, buffalo hunter Billy Dixon killed an attacking Indian at a distance of 1,538 yards. What was the make/model/caliber of the rifle he used?
Sharps 1874 chambered in .50-90 Sharps
12. List the following:
a. 4 manufacturers of the M1911A1
-Colt
-Remington Rand
-Ithaca
-Union Switch & Signal
-Singer Sewing Machine Co.
b. 4 manufacturers of the M1 Carbine
-Inland Division of GM
-Winchester
-Irwin-Pedersen
-Saginaw Steering Gear Division of GM
-Underwood Elliott Fisher
-National Postal Meter
-Quality Hardware Manufacturing Corp
-International Business Machines
-Standard Products
-Rock-Ola
-Commercial Controls Corp
c. 4 manufacturers of the M1 Garand
-Springfield Armory
-Winchester
-International Harvester
-Harrington & Richardson
-Beretta
-Breda
d. 4 manufacturers of the M14 service rifle
-Springfield Armory
-Winchester
-Harrington & Richardson
-Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge, Inc. (TRW)
13. What is the oldest cartridge still in active military use?
-7.62x54R, in constant service since 1891
14. What is the oldest handgun cartridge still in active military use?
-9x19mm/9mm Luger/9mm Parabellum, invented in 1902. Beat the .45ACP round by 2 years.
15. What was the first semi-automatic rifle to be standard military issue?
-M1 Garand
16. Who invented the first commercialized silencer?
-Hiram P. Maxim (Hiram Smith Maxim was his father, who invented the first portable machine gun)
17. What was the first ever made working polymer pistol?
-Russian TKB-023 (ТКБ-023), which is essentially a Makarov pistol with a polymer frame, and was designed in 1963. The HK VP70 went into production in 1970.
18. Name 4 types of gas systems that have been used in rifle/carbines/SMG's.
-Direct gas impingement, piston (in both long and short stroke forms), blowback, delayed roller blowback, etc.
19. What is the more commonly known name for the .275 Rigby?
-7x57mm Mauser
20. The Smith & Wesson 76 was a copy of what famed SMG?
-Carl Gustav m/45 "Swedish K"
Good luck and Semper Fi!
Gonna have a little quiz to give away a free slot, here are the rules:
1. Honor system: no using the internet or other information sources. Pull it out of your head (or wherever in your body you store such knowledge)
2. First person to get 100% correct wins. If no one gets 100%, then the first person to get the most correct will win.
3. Respond with your answers to me via Message here on ODT, or via email. Do not respond to this post with your answers.
4. Do not enter the contest if you cannot attend the course. You can attend both, or 1 of the days. Winner has to purchase lunch at $15 per day.
5. The course is for the winner ONLY. No giving it to a buddy, or splitting days with someone.
6. Cut off to have your answers in is midnight tonight.
7. Only 1 entry per person. If you send me more than 1 list of answers, I will only accept the first one that you send.
8. No one that has one of my previous "free class quizzes" is eligible.
9. I'm the final arbiter on correctness of answers and changes/additions to the rules.
QUIZ:
1. What was the USMC's first issued rifle and caliber using smokeless powder? M1895 Winchester-Lee 6mm straight-pull
2. Name 5 combat shotguns used by the USMC during WWII?
-Winchester 1897
-Winchester M12
-Browning Auto-5
-Remington 31
-Ithaca 37
-Stevens M520-30 and M620
3. a. What is a "Kongsberg Colt"?
Nickname used for Colt M1911 pistols produced under license by the Norwegian factory Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk.
b. What is the caliber stamping on a Kongsberg Colt?
11.25m/m (the metric equivalent of .45ACP)
c. Name 2 parts that are different from the Kongsberg Colt vs the American version from the same time frame.
Slide release and left grip panel
4. What foreign machine rifle was issued to US troops during WWI?
The Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG, commonly referred to as the Chauchaut.
5. What 2 weapons did Sgt Alvin C. York use during the events that saw him later awarded the Medal of Honor?
M1903 Springfield rifle and M1911 pistol
6. What weapon did Carlos Hathcock use to make his longest confirmed kill?
M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun with an Unertl scope mounted on it
7. Initially, what items did Heckler & Koch GmbH manufacture?
Machine tools, bicycle and sewing machine parts, gauges, and other precision parts
8. What was HK’s first firearm? What earlier firearm was it based off?
The G3 rifle, which was based off of the Spanish CETME.
9. What was the first smokeless powder cartridge?
8mm Lebel
10. The gauge of a shotgun barrel is equal to what?
The number of solid spheres of lead each having the same diameter as the inside of the barrel that would in total weigh a pound
11. In 1874, at the Battle of Adobe Wells, buffalo hunter Billy Dixon killed an attacking Indian at a distance of 1,538 yards. What was the make/model/caliber of the rifle he used?
Sharps 1874 chambered in .50-90 Sharps
12. List the following:
a. 4 manufacturers of the M1911A1
-Colt
-Remington Rand
-Ithaca
-Union Switch & Signal
-Singer Sewing Machine Co.
b. 4 manufacturers of the M1 Carbine
-Inland Division of GM
-Winchester
-Irwin-Pedersen
-Saginaw Steering Gear Division of GM
-Underwood Elliott Fisher
-National Postal Meter
-Quality Hardware Manufacturing Corp
-International Business Machines
-Standard Products
-Rock-Ola
-Commercial Controls Corp
c. 4 manufacturers of the M1 Garand
-Springfield Armory
-Winchester
-International Harvester
-Harrington & Richardson
-Beretta
-Breda
d. 4 manufacturers of the M14 service rifle
-Springfield Armory
-Winchester
-Harrington & Richardson
-Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge, Inc. (TRW)
13. What is the oldest cartridge still in active military use?
-7.62x54R, in constant service since 1891
14. What is the oldest handgun cartridge still in active military use?
-9x19mm/9mm Luger/9mm Parabellum, invented in 1902. Beat the .45ACP round by 2 years.
15. What was the first semi-automatic rifle to be standard military issue?
-M1 Garand
16. Who invented the first commercialized silencer?
-Hiram P. Maxim (Hiram Smith Maxim was his father, who invented the first portable machine gun)
17. What was the first ever made working polymer pistol?
-Russian TKB-023 (ТКБ-023), which is essentially a Makarov pistol with a polymer frame, and was designed in 1963. The HK VP70 went into production in 1970.
18. Name 4 types of gas systems that have been used in rifle/carbines/SMG's.
-Direct gas impingement, piston (in both long and short stroke forms), blowback, delayed roller blowback, etc.
19. What is the more commonly known name for the .275 Rigby?
-7x57mm Mauser
20. The Smith & Wesson 76 was a copy of what famed SMG?
-Carl Gustav m/45 "Swedish K"
Good luck and Semper Fi!
Good on you though! 
