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#1
30-05-09, 19:07
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Those films do tend to over-exaggerate the effects of the Boys ATR. But they are a fun rifle to shoot, and your adrenaline will compensate for the pain you feel shooting it.
Here is a shot of mine along with some accessories and an Enfield no4T for comparison:   The last shot is a couple Boys along with a PTRS ATR 
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01-06-09, 13:36
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Mine is not as flash....But it certinaly go's Bang.........
I had to remove the pistol grip for public display...??? Its all a bit over the top sometimes. Kind Regards
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18-01-17, 01:41
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Is there any evidence out there to indicate, that inspite of the Boys becoming outdated as an anti tank weapon during the war, some units still found it useful as a 'sniping' weapon? Not necessarily equipped with a scope, but used to disable soft skin vehicles on a regular basis.
I would think the Boys round could be quite devastating to an unprotected engine block. David
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#4
18-01-17, 01:58
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If you read Denis Whitaker's book on Dieppe, the boys rifles were mentioned as being useful as antipers when the enemy was behind cover.
There is also a photo of one in Vietnam which was crudely re-barrelled to 50BMG by the US. They would use it for harrasing fire against enemy bathing in the river a mile and a half away.
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#5
18-01-17, 02:53
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I read that the US used them in the Pacific against the light Jap tanks.
Also they could stop a pretty good tank if you shot the track and broke it. My 1940 AAAT cab 11 used a Bren for the anti aircraft and a Boys for the anti tank.
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19-01-17, 23:43
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Cuba connection
I just watched the Cuba Libre story on Netflix which showed an historic video of Bautista looking over a cache of captured weapons they took off of a band of guerrella's they captured and there he is holding a boys anti tank rifle with the harmonica flash suppressor. Would like to know the story on that rifles travels through history!
Derk
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20-01-17, 12:13
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Rob
Believe it or not, where I live in NSW they are classed as a pistol due to having the pistol grip. Never underestimate the stupidity of officialdom. Thus they are in the same category for licencing. Regards Doug
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