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The bottom line is large retailers and gubbermints don't like the peons being able to sell their used stuff to each other outside their local area.

Gubbermints consider it unregulated commerce...

Presumably inspired by the original flash hider of the M1919 Browning MG, which in turn was probably inspired by the French Hotchkiss 1914 MG?

If he ever wore it he must have used a pocket protector as that embroidery wouldn't have lasted a month otherwise.

We can't claim J.P. Lee as he was born in Scotland, but J.C. Garand was another...

In case of interest.

For Canadians who live near a major US centers if you can find a forwarder who will take your packages to the US and mail them from there, or if you can take them across yourself you can sell on...

It just so happens that then Lt. Col. Currie was something of a marksmanship expert. He was a very diligent student of military matters generally and the BCRA had a number of prominent members other...

Good finds; I didn't spend too long looking this morning.

Too bad they've got their website coding set to block links to individual photos, but screenshots never fail. ;)

It's an amazing record...

Email the site owner; he had to restrict access in the past due to bots and spammers. The link is on the home page IIRC.

The 15th Battalion has a very unusual photographic record of the early years in France, but no sign of Mk.II rifles that I noticed. Some "acquired" SMLE's showing up ever before St. Julien though.
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Here's a view from 1872 that shows Canal St., but no street numbers.

And a later air photo showing the same area.

There were some street name changes and renumbering of streets was not uncommon...

The Global Shipping Program is a @($&@^ joke. They will actually unpack items that the seller has packed and put them in smaller boxes with less packing to save a few nickels, which of course are...

That might well be the best option then, for those with access to Suncorite. For those without, look for a substitute or powder coat... Powder coating needs 350-400 degrees F to cure, so...

Allow me. ;)

I've seen three or four of these DCRA conversions built on Mk2 actions of the 1954-55 vintage. At least two of them had "Parker-Hale Birmingham" stamped in a small font on top of the receiver ring,...

The No.32 Mk3 was an antique by 1970, albeit a strong and reliable one. A lighter, brighter and higher powered or even variable(!) scope would have been more effective and also reduced or eliminated...

J.B. Weld is very good for filling, but I was told it would not work under powder coating; hence my inquiries which led me to Lab Metal. I have a tin, but haven't had reason to use it yet.

I...

Begs the question: how deeply recessed is the objective lens? Would a shade be necessary? I'm guessing it would.

Something similar a little larger would probably have made a good replacement for...

There should be plenty of the 52/57 (7.62mmx39) model leaving Canada soon, or else going into the smelter, so if you want one you could find it here. There was also a "sniper" version with an...

If the QC had been better on the time pencils Uncle Adolf would have gone down in flames somewhere en route to the Wolfsshchanze.

Or was it bad storage?

"The pause that refreshes!"

A5s fogged up for the simple reason that there are two elongated holes in the scope tube which give access to tiny screws with conical heads which when turned counter-clockwise push against the...

"Canadian Arsenals" and the standard marking for those barrels. The stylized maple leaf mark is usually near the Nock's Form, and on the bolt and receiver ring adjacent to the conversion number.
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There is a filler called Lab-Metal which is claimed to produce a smooth and indistinguishable surface under powder coating, so that could be the way to deal with extreme pitting.

Powder coating...

Judging by the markings on the elevation drum, the scope is shown correctly, but with the shade on the objective rather than the ocular - obviously wouldn't clear the mounts as shown, but probably a...

Clearly time someone started a Maltby spreadsheet as that kind of record invariably reveals patterns that are otherwise not detectable.

There are, or were, a number of early rifles featured on...