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Pinfires made it to some odd places in the world. Never seen one with Japanese markings, but it doesn't surprise me.

There's also the Magal, the IMI-designed Galil carbine variant in .30 carbine. It didn't last too long in field conditions but it was designed to replace the M1 carbines in use by the Israeli police,...

Every Communist country, at some point, used Tokarevs. The CZ52 was made by the Czechs and exported here and there.

The Tok is a decent shooter. Crappy sights typically, and you have to carry it...

Training.

The S&W model is $400, and works exactly like a real AR except for the BCG. Unlike the Colt.

Early patrol sling. Modification kits existed in the 60s to carry the rifle "sights up" while slung in front of the body. Nowdays common, at the time a new idea.

I've used 550 and tape on a...

Daniel Defense makes a 2 piece that is extremely solid and does not require gunsmithing.

For your purposes it would work well.

Considering I worked for another manufacturer (considerably more...

First four pics are entirely possible as nonposed.

I was a unit photographer when i was deployed with a small point-n-shoot and before that (why I got the job) I shot news for NBC with a video...

Good blades and the Axis lock is reliable, sandresistant and strong.

I carried a smaller Benchmade as my utility blade for small stuff during my time in and a Spyderco Lil' Temperance rode in the...

The PP and PPk have been used for hideout duties since their introduction.

Both sides used them in WW2. Hitler reportedly carried two, a 6.35mm in a holster sewn into his pants (concealed) and a...

Those N-2B's, or the newer version (might have changed nomenclature, but they look essentially the same) are still issued.

I was deployed with a guy who'd been at Minot before he PCS'd to England...

Colonel I know that's still in says it could be one the late Vietnam camo fatigue uniforms that were around. ERDL was a similar one before woodland, so while the base uniform says to me "mid 60s" the...

SEALs are more or less a law to themselves, odds are the bottom pockets were removed to tuck the shirt in, or just not snag. Several of my BDU blouses had the bottom pockets sewn shut for that reason...

Neither the PVS-4 or PVS-7B are 'current' issue any more.

The -7B is still in substitute-standard issue for rear area type units in some cases, or in deep war reserve storage. My unit had all...

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Available anywhere in the US and Canada presumably (Canadian pricing on the cover), pretty much any major bookstore. I got this one at a Walmart.

If any of you can find it, "Rifle" magazine this month's issue is a Mauser-specific issue. A mix of both military and civilian Mauser articles on everything from ammo to rifles.

Step 1: Bring the rifle up to your head, not the head down to the rifle.

Step 2: Eotechs, except the 553/557 type, are an absolute cowitness, so the height is the same for the reticle as irons.
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Doesn't look like any rifle or machine gun sling i've ever seen.

I'm betting on an ammo bag/musette bag or similar.

There's still a lot of M14s in service in Afghanistan.

And it was found that with an ACOG mounted and using 77gr ammo, M16A4s actually did about as well or better at the longer ranges.

M14s can...

I could tell the safety never came off a military Mauser, but i've still seen some pretty good 'bent' bolts, so i was unsure.

It's keeping a couple Lee-Enfields company in the safe.

Haven't removed the scope mount (not about to anytime soon, though i will before mounting a scope just to ensure everything is as it should be) as I don't have a good set of screwdrivers and i know...

I served alongside Italian troops for three years, and you should know that among the senior NCOs, the BM series rifles and M1s were still quite well thought of.

They were happy enough with the...

Swiss speak three languages, depending on what bit of the country they're in.

I used to work with a chick who was "German Swiss", and their dialect isn't quite German but we understood each other....

Given the amount of options out there, it depends on the unit buying, usually with discretionary funds.

If the unit has a choice a Surefire X300 or X400 (light or light/laser), alternatively one...

A close up of the bolt, bolt shroud and cocking piece, and bolt face would pin it down.


As requested:

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A sergeant i knew found some (and issued them) original, green-stocked M16s while on a stopover in England. Never fired, never issued up to that point.

This was in 2006. USAF armory at one of the...