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Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons (WWII U.S. Training Films) These combined videos demonstrate the mechanics of pistols, rifles and machine guns....
TM-43-0001-27 - Army Ammunition Data Sheets (1994) DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited....
Shotgun Ammunition: 'Rounds of Authority' (1997) (AVA20354VNB1 - 1997) Federal Law Enforcement Training Center This video addresses...
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So, I got my unfinished walnut in the mail today. 18 ring 97 slide handle - spot on and will work just peachy. 1897 butt. fit up is good, with...
Here we go! Still has matching serial on the extension and original 30" full choke. 739xxx, early 1924 according to...
Anyone know if the US Trench Gun slings are necessarily longer than the rifles? I have a Model 12 (repro) with 1907 sling attached that seems pretty...
Wanting to confirm if the Canadian issue Remington 870 had government issue stamps or were unmarked. I've read conflicting information. Thanks, gerry
I'm a bit familiar with military shotguns, so when this one showed up in a local pawn shop...just HAD to have it ! 54,XXX serial range... CYL marked...
So, the other day I had a very large, heavy box of gun parts left on the deck of my house. Seems a guy was cleaning up his late fathers estate and...
Hello Does anyone know the dimensions of the rear band screws that hold down the top of the wood handguard on these trench guns? Thanks for...
I picked this up a couple months back listed as a "WW2 Ithaca" but it's not. The serial number puts it right in the spot for the 1967 US Trench...
Picked it up today. Here is what we have... I took the forend apart. You can see how the magazine ring portion of the extension is deformed, and...
I posted a previous thread about converting my original WWII Model 97 Riot to Trench Gun but decided against it in order to conserve it's original...
Does anyone have an ejector for a Savage 110 1st Generation for sale? Don
Hi all, I am building an 870 Mark 1 clone and was wondering if anyone knew which type of parkerizing the Mark 1 was finished in? Was it Zinc...
These are recently discovered photos of my wife's uncle Michael playing around with a friend while in-country in Vietnam circa 1967. He's holding a...
Could someone please post a picture of their Remington model 31 buttplate, preferably of a U.S. marked M31 or at least WWII era? I can't find any...
I am putting together a 1897 Winchester trench shotgun. I an awaiting the heat shied. It is coming unblued. So is there an easy way I can blue it...
I have a M12 riot gun barrel (dated "40") that I need to know what size adjusting sleeve to use. No receiver or extension with it so it may not be...
Well. I've never owned a shotgun before. Only ever fired one in non-lethal weapons training...the day after they pepper sprayed us. I was in the back...
This magazine plug was acquired several years ago with an original "W" bayonet adapter. Some of the other Winchester trench gun plugs don't...
I see a fair number of Winchester shotguns in the 700k range that show "WWII Donation to US Navy" in the SRS lists. There are others scattered about...
I have a model 12 Winchester 12ga. with a serial no.indicating 1948 mfr. I'm converting to a WWII Trench Gun that needs an 18 groove forend but I'm...
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