First time I had all my Magazine pouches out in about five years.
What a wonderful hobby. Please Enjoy!
rlc_hntr
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First time I had all my Magazine pouches out in about five years.
What a wonderful hobby. Please Enjoy!
rlc_hntr
Very nice Ric, how many of them are original, never messed with, Ive never slipped a pouch over mine, as Im afraid of scratching the stock.
Andy
Nice collection; but why only collect one type of belt pouch? No double loop or 30 round pouches. Question; do you know what the snap is for?
Very nice collection and thank you for sharing. I was at Books-A-Million this past weekend thumbing through their WWII history books and was amazed at the number of carbines pictured with the vast majority wearing carbine pouches on the stocks. It was also interesting to see the various ways slings were attached. These guys did what worked for them.
The snap on the magazine pouch mates to the snap on the pistol belt, where the magazine pouch was designed to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by shadycon
To protect your stock, put two layers of duct tape inside the pouch sleeve, over the male snap section. It will cushion the snap as it lays against the stock and prevent damage. You can also stuff the pouch pockets with something soft, like tissue paper instead of mags so they look full but don't press so hard against the stock.
I'm from the South, with duct tape, you can fix anything.
The items holding the pouches look pretty nice too. Are any of the slings marked?
Very nice collection. One thing to watch out for! You show 13. That is a very unlucky number. When we see each other at West Springfield, you should sell one of these to me, cheap, so your luck holds up :p
Or buy the fourteenth one.
As part of the 'change' taking place in Washington, they will be taking carbines from the rich and giving them to the poor, so I wouldn't be advertising I had more than one.
Did you buy my pouch collection on the CSP shopper a few years back? I sold 12-14 diffrent ones in one group?
Curt,
I purchased four (4) pouches from Northridge and two (2) from Sarco. All the others are from various gun shows around the country. The hardest part of collecting the magazine pouches would be finding correct and original stock platforms (ie..carbines) themselves.
Yes, they (carbines) are all correct and original.
In the past, I’ve had the good fortune of working, in a gun store, in an area that was full of senior citizens. The wives would usually show up after their veteran husband's would pass and just unload all their goodies for cash.
I've added many a fine collectible to my collection in that way.
It's sad in a way, we really don't own these fine collectibles we are truly just their care takers for a short while.
Enjoy them while we still can....
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I had purchased several shopping bags of pouchs from a old timer that used to own a surplus store. I put together a set of about 15 diffrent ones for myself and another set of 12 diffrent ones and sold them on the CSP shopper 5 years back or so. Both stock and belt pouches, I thought maybe you had bought them.
That is a gorgeous collection of carbines. Apparently I find I am behind the curve. Here I was thinking two was a good number, well time to go shopping.:rofl:
Very nice collection of Carbines and pouches indeed. Like many, I also refrain from putting them on my stocks for the marring. But indeed, thousands of ww2 and Korean War soldiers certainly did it!
I can't imagine someone like Brian with scores or maybe hundreds. I used to think it was kind of silly, collecting something that they made 6 million of, but I now realize that each is a different item and unique in one way or another.
I tried the stock pouch for a while, but ended up removing it as it made a handy wonderfully balanced rifle into a club. In combat, probably yes, but for now, no. The Garand makes carrying extra clips easy, in Vietnam you would see them hanging off slings, shirt pockets, web gear straps everywhere. Not easy with the carbine. I suppose that you could sling a bandoleer with 7 mags like we did with the M16.
I agree with Bill Ricca, 13 IS an unlucky number. Go ahead and sell him the mag pouch cheap, but I want to be first in line for the 13th carbine.........any will do!
Very nice group.