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  1. GeeRam - any documentation to support your...

    GeeRam - any documentation to support your assertion? I am aware of a pair of G43 w/scopes that were together in a case/crate.

    BTW, I am unaware of the Germans using individual transit case like...
  2. I know and it is open to two interpretations. My...

    I know and it is open to two interpretations. My friend is trying to contact him on Twitter.
  3. Were K98k sniper rifles shipped from the factory in cases?

    Mel Brooks wrote On page 66 of his book, All About Me!,


    So were scoped K98ks shipped from the factory to the schools in cases?
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    No 3 Mk 1 (T) (P14 with Warner-Swasey)

    In the ongoing search for a P14 with a WW 1 prismatic Warner & Swasey scope, I wrote the aassociation of Canadian Military Museums.

    Here's the old link: ...
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    Bob Dunlap used to call them Numbnuts

    Bob Dunlap used to call them Numbnuts
  6. Thread: Mystery musket

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    Looks like someone used military parts to make a...

    Looks like someone used military parts to make a gun. Stock has been civilianized.
  7. Thread: Ambush

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    It does look like 30 cal. Probably a M91/30 or a...

    It does look like 30 cal. Probably a M91/30 or a MG firing that Russian caliber?

    Dibs on the front swivel/barrel band.
  8. Thread: P14 sniper

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    I wonder if Ian Skennerton has blue prints for...

    I wonder if Ian Skennerton has blue prints for the mount. It would be worth acquiring it from him and getting a machinist to make them.
  9. Thread: 60mm Mortar

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    Should be on in every home.

    Should be on in every home.
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    Thank you! It's a 30-06 M1917 and not a .303...

    Thank you! It's a 30-06 M1917 and not a .303 calibre P-14.

    I've no intention of building one and don't have a Warner & Swasey sight. It was the epiphany that the P14 with Warner & Swasey is...
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    Was that the same guy who machined one at...

    Was that the same guy who machined one at GunBoards? That stuff would take time but isn't that challenging if you have a milling machine.
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    That's a long time ago. The collector who had it...

    That's a long time ago. The collector who had it probably crossed the Styx so it may be either be with the family or went to an auction house.
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    Quoted from the other thread. Anyone have any...

    Quoted from the other thread. Anyone have any idea where this surviving rifle with W&S actually exists and its whereabouts?
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    https://captainstevens.com/wp-content/uploads/2016...

    https://captainstevens.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/No-3-MK-I-T-with-Warner-Swasey-scope-Ortona-Italy-LAC-PA130609.jpg

    This is the only other image of a Canadian using a WW I Warner & Swasey...
  15. Thread: Beautiful design

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    Concur that Regia Marina had very handsome ships....

    Concur that Regia Marina had very handsome ships. Their modernisation of their WW I dreadnoughts and their later battleships (Vittorio Veneto, etc.) were all very handsome.
  16. Rifle No. 3 (fomer P14) with Warner & Swasey scope

    Does anybody have an image of the Rifle No. 3 with the Warner & Swasey scope. These were former P14 Enfields that had surplus WW I Warner & Swasey scopes mounted on them and used by the Canadians in...
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    Author of World War II Snipers is interviewed by...

    Author of World War II Snipers is interviewed by Frank Galii (former USMC sniper), the HMFIC of Sniper's Hide website:
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    Allerberger's book has been out for a while and...

    Allerberger's book has been out for a while and Voices of Russian Snipers is relatively new. Hence the lack of reviews. As it is fresh new material, I liked it better than Voices of Snipers...
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    LOL @ myself. I thought you underlined and...

    LOL @ myself. I thought you underlined and didn't realize it was a link. We read the same one then. There's actually information in her diary if you know how to interpret it. I mentioned it in my...
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    Page 72 of Allerberger only mentions that an...

    Page 72 of Allerberger only mentions that an optics factory was supplied during the era of Weimar-Soviet cooperation. Generally the Germans went to the Soviet Union to instruct the Soviets and not...
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    @Surpmil - check out Voices of Russian Snipers by...

    @Surpmil - check out Voices of Russian Snipers by Drabkin. Andrey Ulanov writes a very good essay, Stalkers of the Enemy that constitutes Chapter 1. It covers early attempts to learn sniping in the...
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    Well shucks, I lurned somethin new today. Thanks!

    Well shucks, I lurned somethin new today. Thanks!
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    No. Lt. William Putney trained the Marines' 2nd...

    No. Lt. William Putney trained the Marines' 2nd & 3rd War Dog platoon in Quantico. The first War Dog Platoon was trained by a Hollywood trainer (presumably in California). If there was a LA or MS...
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    Thanks. I think I figured out the 99th Div...

    Thanks. I think I figured out the 99th Div Source and have it somewhere in my library. The first one still puzzles me.
  25. Thread: New A4 Day

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    Hand engraved, and not very good either.

    Hand engraved, and not very good either.
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