Rifles used in high school JROTC?

[delta9]

I was in my High School's JROTC program back in the 80's. We drilled with inactivated rifles. All I remember is that they were bolt action. We also shot at the 75' range located in the school's basement with different .22L bolt action rifles.

Does anybody know which rifles would have been typically used in a high school JROTC class?

[Medic451]

I graduated in 2001 and was in an Air Force JROTC unit. We had deactivated M1903's and right after I left we got deactivated M1 Garands. We also had those plastic drill rifles for exhibition performances. It all depends on the unit and budget. The 1903's had the bolts welded shut and concrete in the barrel, which made them weigh a ton. The M1's had operating actions but some kind of block welded into the chamber I think.

[ouch1]

When I was in Marine Corps JROTC in high school during the late 80's we drilled with deactivated M14's. And for marksmanship training we trained with spring powered pellet rifles. To deactivate the M14's the barrels had a plug welded in it at the firing chamber, and the firing pin had been removed from the bolt and the hole welded closed.

I do remember seeing other drill teams that used Springfield 1903's, or M1 Garand's.

-ouch1

[LTP90]

Most of the JROTC's I have seen use M1's that have had the bolt welded closed, or a plug in the breech.

As for actual shooting I don't know of anything beyond the air rifle competetions using (fancy)air powered pellet rifles.

[kengotit]

I was in my High School's JROTC program back in the 80's. We drilled with inactivated rifles. All I remember is that they were bolt action. We also shot at the 75' range located in the school's with different .22L bolt action rifles.

Does anybody know which rifles would have been typically used in a high school JROTC class?

which high school did you attend in SF?

[How Bizarre]

SFUSD JROTC used M1903's. RIP Sgt.Maj Mack Yoshida!

[meaty-btz]

drill- deactivated M1s
real working M1s for Honor Guard details. We put to rest more than a few good soldiers to the sounds of our M1's. We had the great honor as high school students to be given such a task on a regular basis.

[Turbokill1]

Deactivated M1903s in Oakland Unified.

[SouperMan]

Brings back some fond memories! It was the M1 Garand for us. I remember the day we received them, they were in vacuum locked bags with cosmolene back in 2000. They had some very nice stocks that looked gorgeous when cleaned up with Murphy's Wood Soap. The bolt would open and the barrels were plugged, but they would be welded shut a few months later. We learned that once the bolt was opened, there was no way to shut the bolt without jamming something into it...we used thick cardboard tubes (think pants hangers from the dry cleaners) that we jabbed in ever so carefully to shut them.

There was a mix of International Harvester, Springfield, and Winchester, and my best guess were circa 1950's era Garands.

We would eventually transition each rifle from wood stocks to these plastic ones that look like recycled plastic decking material, and the wood stocks were DRMO'd back...had I known the true values of what wood Garand stocks were...I would have been one rich teenager LOL.

[9mmepiphany]

The Rifle Team had a choice of Winchester 52 or Remington 512 target rifles.

I know the Drill Team used Garands for tossing; I didn't know the unit used different rifles for drilling...of course this was in the late 60s

[delta9]

which high school did you attend in SF?

Washington class of '86

[delta9]

SFUSD JROTC used M1903's. RIP Sgt.Maj Mack Yoshida!

That's the rifle I remember!

Where did Sgt Yoshida teach? I was at Washington class of 1986 and we had a retired Lt. Colonel and a Sargent teach our class but I cant remember their names

[Aldemar]

The JRROTC at my high school in the '60's used Garands with the firing pin removed - no other modifications. They had a 50yd range under the bleachers there they shot .22lr.

[rgs1975]

I graduated in 93 and was in JROTC all four years of high school. Was on the drill team for three years. We used M14's that had the chambers welded closed.

[Peter.Steele]

In college - The Citadel - we had M14's that just had the firing pins pulled. Anyone with a magazine of 7.62 NATO and a firing pin could go hot, and with a few dollars in other parts you could go rock and roll.

Pretty scary when you think about it, for anyone that's ever seen Full Metal Jacket and read The Lords of Discipline.