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Two red flares from this B17 of the 381st. Bomb Group mean wounded on board. Taken at Ridgewell, Essex, 1944

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The tear is bigger in that image than real life

PVDs are a privilege of age, but they can result in retina issues if they don't detach cleanly, normally 30 days is the window for that.

Your public service announcement: If the floaters look...

It looks gorgeous and right as rain.

FFL required, yes?

Love the Midcentury marbled plastic

My apologies for derailing this thread

M1908 with an 08/34 slide and block courtesy of Gunbusters

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Would a 1908 with 08/34 parts count? (Not a true 08/34)

Looks amazing, would you consider doing work for others?

I had a Krag many years ago that swallowed a field gauge. It also was keyholing at 25 yards with .328 bullets, it was that worn out.

Uses same headspace gauges as .303 British

All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment - Wikipedia

Here is my old GB thread

Finally joined Club Lightning | Gunboards Forums


Finally joined Club Lightning | Gunboards Forums

Firing pins are unobtanium.

Did a restoration of one years ago, yours doesn't look too bad

My late Uncle was a combat engineer in the Korean War.

Thank you

Never had it that bad, but sometimes getting parts is a crapshoot there

Coltwood grips were used from WWII to 1954

It's probably the 1951

Met him several times, interesting no-nonsense guy

Just a few more years before they become C&R

First of all, thank you everyone for sharing your stories about these field safes. Its amazing to me that they served as long as they did (Hall's merged with other companies in 1892 so this may...

Some photos from the safe sale

You can see the safe deposit box drawers and the mini-vaults I almost bought129790129791129792129793129794129795

This is something you don't really see every day. So I thought I would share it.

In Mid-December 2022, a local message board had an announcement from a user named "SafeCracker": After 35 years...

https://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/15417/kiwis-middle-east?page=2

Also out there, Colt and S&W models that originally took .455 but have been modified to shoot. 45 Long Colt