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    I will admit 5th, I had a bit of a quiet smile when I read that, in a way it's good not having to put up with that rubbish, but a pity that it is being diseminated at all.
    Come to think of it, he used to proudly spruik about his English heritage, so us Australasian cousins can't really be held responsible for the misinformation.(we will just throw it back onto PL.)

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    Any more info on the FES forum 5th Batt ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by muffett.2008 View Post
    Come to think of it, he used to proudly spruik about his English heritage, so us Australasian cousins can't really be held responsible for the misinformation.
    English decent & married to a kiwi chick (i believe) so i dont hold Australians responsible, i blame the Frenchicon

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    You guys want a real laugh, google his handle and you'll find he's got tens of thousands of posts on dozens of forums from musical instruments to wood carving. photography lots of firearms forums... you might even find where he has been banned from two, and that he only had a licence and a Lee Enfield ten minutes before he became god of the FES

    If you wiki "armchair expert", you'll probably find his pic

    You will also find that his father was Jesus... TRUE! He was... which would make God his grandfather!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Son View Post
    he only had a licence and a Lee Enfield ten minutes before he became god of the FES
    & Then 3 minutes later i had my first "run-in" with him & me with only many years of experience at the time, man! do i feel like a fool

    Eta, still cant believe they sacrificed about 100 years of combined knowledge/experience for just on 5 years worth, they were told but would not listen, their loss, i see the forum is lucky to have a dozen active threads a week these days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 5thBatt View Post
    & Then 3 minutes later i had my first "run-in" with him & me with only many years of experience at the time, man! do i feel like a fool

    Eta, still cant believe they sacrificed about 100 years of combined knowledge/experience for just on 5 years worth, they were told but would not listen, their loss, i see the forum is lucky to have a dozen active threads a week these days.

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    They give me the impression of a bunch of teenagers, but not as mature.

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    And he's at it again, this time with pongo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Homer View Post
    And he's at it again, this time with pongo.
    I dont know the rarity of 1930s dated Lithgows vs the others but in my years of collecting i have seen more '30s dated Lithgows than any other, this is only what i have personally seen & it may well be the other way round for some but it would seem to me, even though '30s Lithgows are rare they seem common compared to other makers, same applies to 1920s dated SMLEs bar the MkVs.
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    He said,

    "If it is a 1937 Lithgowicon No1 MkIII then yes it's a rare find. If not, then it will be standard production for one of the other factories."

    What's standard production?

    Pongos comments further on seem completely legitimate to me.

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