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True. True. I wonder why the German has a wedding ring on the wrong side?

Bob

I think the picture is reversed: The Germans wear their wedding rings on their right hand and the Garand might be backwards.

Bob

Shoot well!!!

Of course, the myopic U.S. government was aware that it was sitting on a huge pile of superior weapons and ammunition, some of which, to this day, are still being sold to its citizens as surplus.
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Yeah, I thought the production sank into "sex, drugs, and rock n' roll" and "Life's a B**** and then you die," the typical "let's sell some TV time" stuff. Hanks admitted that he was jaded and...

Pingly-ping...

If you get a chance, read Little Ship Big War: The Saga of DE343 by Edward Stafford. It tells the story of a destroyer escort from the builders yards to the biggest campaigns in the Pacific...

I think the two series are so vastly different for an external reason: The societal circumstances had changed. Leading up to BOB we had the fall of the Soviet Union and the successful and...

Funny, my AR-15 is a '90s Oly with an A1 upper and buttstock and an A2 lower. Gotta stick to brass-case .223 but it shoots really well.

Bob

Vurry noice!

I had the distinct pleasure of seeing His Majesty The King’s Guards of Norway (Hans Majestet Kongens Garde) 3rd Company (Band and Drill Team) at the Virginia International Military Tattoo last night,...

Shooting over a messenger line.

Bob

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It's a great pic!

Bob

However, there are manufacturers such as Olympic who build tight-chambered ARs and specifically warn against use of 5.56 ammo and state that use will void the warranty. Who wants to void the...

It is at the top right of any forum page. You can use the Google Search or the Advanced Search in the black line.

Bob

First day of a Norfolk, Virginia, USA gun show. Not a single Garand offered. For that matter, I didn't see an M1903 or an M1917. That was amazing and a first for me. There were a couple of...

It's hard to make a fashion statement in an occupied country. ;)

Bob

Albert Blithe, who DID NOT DIE as a result of wounds in received Normandy in 1944. Everything except his death was correct. He was wounded in the shoulder by a sniper at a farmhouse and the rest of...

Especially with 2nd from right dancing a jig. :madsmile:

Bob

The later Starfighters featured upwards ejection and a two-step eject handle - push forward to blow canopy, pull back to eject. It was in this aircraft that the Air Force discovered that the...

Folks, please keep the discussion off politics per the board's rules. Thanks a bunch!

Bob

Is it me or does the left-hand German soldier have HUGE feet?

Bob

That one is for me.

Bob

My brother's former mother-in-law lived on the outskirts of Hiroshima and was there the day the bomb dropped. Amazingly, she was rather philosophical about the whole atomic bomb deal, saying that...