Interesting find Long Branch L42A1, which was on
Exercise MEDICINE MAN III.
https://thedevizesgunsmith.co.uk/rifles/rifles-full-bore-service-and-sniper/
https://www.royal-irish.com/events/2-r-irish-ex-medicine-man-iii-canada-1976
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Interesting find Long Branch L42A1, which was on
Exercise MEDICINE MAN III.
https://thedevizesgunsmith.co.uk/rifles/rifles-full-bore-service-and-sniper/
https://www.royal-irish.com/events/2-r-irish-ex-medicine-man-iii-canada-1976
I just can't believe that someone paid the asking price.
The last one that came to auction (last year) sold for $20,685 (cdn) less....
I know where I can buy a Winchester 1 of 1000 in fine condition for (a lot) less than the difference...
Going to the US apparently. Sign of a strong dollar!
What a price tag it had! Whoever bought it has some deep pockets.
I'm pretty sure I was on Medicine Man '76...wonder why that was so special? Neat pics of Camp Crowfoot...what a sh*thole...
Browningautorifle I assume that the rifle would have been on strength of one of the units attending the 76 exercise to Canada 🇨🇦 Good bit of history for the new custodian
Neat to think it was just across the tank park from me at some point, when we were shaking out to move.
I have an L42 which was on Exercise Pond Jump West in Wainwtight, Canada.
I was involved in a few of those too, if only at a minimum role. It's all wrapped up together with BATUS. They try to get the best bang for their buck they can.
Hasn't changed much Jim.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
I felt certain... I've been there many times since. Many, many... The Camp Crowfoot buildings were old Butler huts, had been POW buildings during WW2. German of course, out there. What shitty accomodations, even for a field camp. Like the old buildings in Yakima firing range...or the quonsets of Margarita or Pulgas in Pendleton.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigduke6
All brick huts now Jim, but I guess built on the same site of the old huts, still an isolated camp if ever there was one, I can see why it made a good POW camp. The bar etc was closed when we there so we had to walk down to the main road and cross over to the other side of the camp (can't remember the name) to get a beer, other nights went down to Rolsten to the Gym....... did Med Hat a few times...........
Was just named "CFB Suffield"... Yes, did that many times too. We had one of your brick huts built in Wainwright so I can imagine. They must have been nice when built. The old Assiniboine hotel was the big dive back then downtown, seems to still be there but doesn't look healthy. There used to be a giant gun barrel lying by the rail siding down at the camp that had rolled off a rail car during the last war and was too big to move. Eventually money got the best of someone and it was cut up and disposed of. It was huge, apparently a naval gun being shipped or delivered... That was where we did our nuke testing...Quote:
Originally Posted by bigduke6