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Can anyone here I.D the pendant/unit patches on this slouch hat which is a 1942 vintage Dennam & Hasgrove Ltd.
I cannot decipher the other word underneath it.

TIA

Slow and sure getting there if I do zimmeritt again I will do it the old fashion way with putty and a razor saw.
The photo etch whilst fast was a right PITA to locate the turret spare track.
Went...

Definitely Tarawa, spent 30 belt 4 o'clock in pic judging by the amount of brass and belts near the .30 cal MG they have been very busy.
Unknown if the 3rd GI in the pic is KIA or WIA & waiting for...

Picked up the NIB 1/16th scale early Panther by Trumpeter today coke a cola can for scale the box is about @300mm deep its a very big model so wont be starting it for a little while but when I do...

What is the first GI carrying in the cover on Rt hip, some are carrying ammo can's for I guess a 30 cal MG.
Poor ol' lofty ended up with 2 ammo cans for being tall I guess!:dunno:

Perhaps a bit of sensationalism hard to prove but that was what the first sentence said, my own take on it was the second sentence.

Remains of an M1 carbine after taking multiple hits during an ambush in 1964.
One would hope the user survived but the projectiles penetration of the barrel seems the range was a short one and...

The socket stampings on mine for the records. F38752/AK & S 16684

L&S even 1/72 scale in aircraft they are quite sizable and whilst look amazing when done they take up so much space, I checked the scale and type of the F15 I erred from memory its a Grumman F-14A in...

I'll have to try and jog my memory as to where I saw the info may have been possibly been in Peters book, maybe Skennertons or Strattons, I think it may have been in Stratton's.

My rifle and scope...

I have never seen powder granules like that semi spherical to oblong and flat shapes almost looks like a duplex loading he does another vid where he pulls 13 rounds (Bakers Doz) alarmingly one round...

Any one following this I suggest you have a look as its a bit alarming 6 rifles now have blown up using this ammo.
FOUR GUNS DESTROYED WHILE USING THIS AMMO (ZSR 7.62x51- LOT 15) - YouTube

F38***

From my shelves the first book will give valuable insights into the stocking up of the Lee Enfield line.

I have like most here all the books you referenced as well as a few more Statton's book is...

GeeRam mine sports the JC bracket which is I think is Rose & Son!
Scope is an AK & S MkIII Ser No. 16684 I think they started the serials for the AK & S at 1500.

We cannot ship firearm parts at all, but there are those that still sell items on that site and well big brother may come a callin' one day and if you do have firearms well say good bye to them....

And North Korea still won't let the remains of Jesse Brown come home that's if they did recover his remains after both downed Corsairs were destroyed by another flight from the Carrier.

Thank you for that Roger.

The long walk ashore they suffered terribly when first landing on Peleliu & Tarawa with a low tides and the reefs.

Could this be a snipers field mod in putting a groove in there as a personal thing in the last pic it gives the impression of there being a shallow groove that starts about and inch from the rear...

Roger can you ascertain from the pic what wood my T is stocked in it's by all accounts according to the records from what I have learned here a Sept 1944 build with it's original as issued MkIII...

Why not put a cheap 4 power scope on it like a Weaver to get you mobile then save up for a good MK 3/32 scope that way you can shoot the rifle then on sell the scope when you get your proper No32.

Have you tried those mags in your well used No.4 as if they cycle fine in that then its not the feed lips that are the issue but something else I always have 10 dummy rounds made up for checking...

Just to add the the confusion the stamping under the bolt handle appears to me as M47/C which if I recall is for BSA Shirely and the sniper T's.
I could be incorrect but thats what my No.4 "T" has...

Slow as she goes this is really a patience tester with the track hangers on the turret as I stated the Zimmeritt photo etch covered the location indents for the hangers so I redrilled inside out and...