I've read elsewhere that a lot of the rejections came from the serious nutritional deficits faced by many during the Depression. That had also the ripple effect that many hungry kids were also more...
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I've read elsewhere that a lot of the rejections came from the serious nutritional deficits faced by many during the Depression. That had also the ripple effect that many hungry kids were also more...
Yep, it's not ebay trying to screw us any more than normal for them, and you're not the real target either. I had to post acquisition costs, inventory costs, 'business' costs, etc and it ended up...
I don't think it is that old, had a lot of these brought back from Iraq in 1991, as well as at the foreign arms room in APG, MD, and were scrapped. Not nearly waterproof, few if any markings or were...
The squared mark looks like a partially struck refurbishment mark. The 'Ya' character is a mystery, only info I could add (which is likely not useful here) is that it is also the first person...
On first glance, looks like a repacked box of 273 rounds of .30 M2 AP. Used to get all kinds of repacks when ordering for use in the foreign arms ranges. Layer pack is unusual to me.
Most interesting ride in one (with intention of landing with it, not one of those one-way trips) was the hop from Ramstein to Sarajevo. The standard preflight pax instructions were being recited and...
Now exposure in the military is another topic, it was used often for insulating exhausts and furnaces, as well as in construction. I believe you would have had it in armored vehicles, some heat...
I have never seen or heard of asbestos used in making the M65. Military clothing for general purpose use was twill, carded cotton poplin, rayon/polyesters, but never asbestos. An exception was the...
I would agree- someone tried to make stamps that look like Cyrillic and Ishevsk marks but just don't quite cut it. Like some of the 'English' you see on Chinese imports. Be wary of shooting it,...
'G' 'Yoo' are the transliterations of the Cyrillic G and Yu characters below them. And Happy Fathers Day to yoo too!
and caliber. Onus appears to be on the importer to comply if they wish to avoid fines and keep their import license. Some exceptions to marking, such as in and individual who brings one in, acquired...
Had to look up the story, but it was worth it. Thanks for this!
IMHO, they were useful, mostly for shrapnel and dirty looks, but four-point straps were an improvement. Mine 'rang' when tapped, like striking an empty 55-gallon drum, so I put the camo cover on it...
Light ball, lead core, steel copper-washed cases, likely 300 rounds.
Check Russian Soviet 7.62x54r toward the bottom and I think you will see similar packaging.
The only asbestos I have encountered was used as muffler wrap, mounts and dampening agent for heavy mounted weapons and engines, paneling in trucks or similar on their vehicles, where you could...
Yep- Hungarian crown
This pic won't leave me alone- There's another crate beyond the wire fence, too. Maybe one that has been already disarmed. However, I just can't help but wonder why these bulk demo charges had to be...
Yes indeed- 20th Century started quite a few murderous waves based on ideology- kill those who do not think the 'correct' way. 'We are the new men', 'Down with the four olds', etc.
The first part was of a factory that made kettles from helmets. Later it also described repairs. I'd seen this one before, back in Germany, as part of a report on postwar reemployment and recovery...
Doughboy City, Ruhleben in Berlin also
I wonder why it reads California on his grave, but he would not recognize Harvey IL today.
I would think it isn't just that he was a flamer, but that once identified as such, everyone would focus on stopping him before he got closer, to the near exclusion of all else. Panic in the...
The Cabela's here has been empty for quite a while, last month they finally moved what was left of the gun library out on to the main floor and closed the office. A half-dozen boxes of special 9mm,...
One of those for $5, back when I was much younger, started me on this road to collecting. Oh the humanity (and money spent)
Stay safe, nothing is worth as much as your, and your family's health.