Look what was hanging on the restaurant wall...

[raindog]

Stopped for dinner at a restaurant here in Oregon and look what was hanging on the wall.

Sorry for the poor photo quality - I was taking pics over the heads of other diners :-)

Anyone ID them? They're not the flavors I collect so I don't know offhand and the waitress just said they were "old"

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[no4mk1t]

The top rifle of the pair is some flavor of small ring Mauser I think.
The bottom rifle is a British No4Mk.1 (or possibly 2) Enfield.

The third rifle is a US M1917.

[Peter Laidler]

If that happened in England, the place would be surrounded by armed this that and the other................ Oh god......... It really doesn't bear thinking about.

[jonnyc]

Ah, sort of like how all those zombies ended up at "The Winchester"?

[WarPig1976]

Ah, sort of like how all those zombies ended up at "The Winchester"?

I'm almost ashamed because I know what your joking about...almost...

[jonnyc]

"Shaun of the Dead"!!!

[vintage hunter]

Anybody here ever tour White's Truck Stop in Raphine Va. before the old man passed away and everything got sold off? There was a long hallway leading to the restaurant with all sorts of interesting firearms displayed behind glass on both sides. Too bad I didn't have a chance to take pics but I remember seeing a Thompson SMG, B.A.R., Garand, M1a1 carbine, several 1911's, a Colt SAA or two, Lugers and a couple trench guns to name a few and all were fully functional. The gun collection was left to owners grandson who promptly sold it as fast as he could get rid of it so I read.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

The Rendezvous restarant in Memphis used to have a larg display of vintage firearms. I haven't been in years but I believe they are still on display. Good ribs too.

[WarPig1976]

"Shaun of the Dead"!!!

Shhhh!!! Don't tell anybody we watched that,,it's stupid, childish and could never happen and isn't a valid reason to give to purchase a surplus HUMVEE from the U.S govmint...

Anybody here ever tour White's Truck Stop in Raphine Va.

No, but I googled it, must have drove past it a hundred times. Wish I'd have known it would have been a good place for a safety break.

[butlersrangers]

Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Dearborn, Michigan, had a great restaurant owner/gun collector named Andy Palmer. His restaurant, The Military Inn, was located at the corner of Michigan Ave. & Military (a Sherman tank was parked on the corner). I was a kid, living many miles away, and never got to go into the restaurant and see the amazing arms collection that decorated the place. However, Andy Palmer was a regular guest on the 'Sagebrush Shorty Show', a Detroit T.V., Saturday morning, Kid's show. Andy would appear, in period costume, with an Arm from his collection and explain its details and function to the little 'sidekicks'. (I especially remember a French wheel-lock from the 1600s). In the 1970s, Andy had passed on and his collection went to 'Auction'. (The Auction Catalog was most impressive). As a Kid, I thought that was T.V. worth watching!