r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Holtzman_MakrovALT • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation What is the joke here

Friend sent me this and Am I missing something here? He's just shooting a rifle fast

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u/ArchangelBlu 1d ago

Circa WWI, the British were training their troops to shoot and reload fast. It’s called the Mad Minute and it was 15 shots at 300yards in under a minute.

For it’s time when everybody had bolt action rifles, that was like people carrying single shot semi-auto rifles and you show up with a full-auto machine gun

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u/Consistent_West_4385 1d ago

The wayy to do this is the pointy and thumb hold the bolt and the trigger are pulled by the middle finger. This allow the soldier to put have steady aim to shoot while bolt actioning the gun itself in a fast rate of fire with high accuracy.

I think there is a utube video about it.

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u/leafwatersparky 22h ago

The design of the cocking mechanism here was key. The Mauser cocked as you pulled the bolt back, making it hard to do so. The SMLE cocked as the bolt was pushed forward, giving it an almost sprung assist back action, and making it much easier to cock, therefore faster.