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    Maybe you should take another look and realize...

    Maybe you should take another look and realize that this is a CANADIAN BASED website and that we speak "PROPER" English up here sport !

    "Donkey Walloper" is ALSO a common reference word for the...
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    Odd name tape

    Looks like Thai to me.

    JR
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    I would go with the tap myself and I DO have a...

    I would go with the tap myself and I DO have a modicum of experience with gas cylinders.

    The required tap is a 9/16x32 preferably a 4 flute BOTTOM TAP.

    A lot of recoated(potassium dichromate)...
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    What you see is the "redacted" photo with the...

    What you see is the "redacted" photo with the Korean Military folks removed and the "cans" centred.You have the Garands in the foreground and Carbines to the rear.
    Date on the front drum was March...
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    Korean Garands

    I was "fortunate" enough to actually SEE the Korean Garands and Carbines back in the late 1990's in company with a well known and now retired CANADIAN importer of such things.

    What none of you...
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    That so called"STERILE" 7.92 ammo was produced in...

    That so called"STERILE" 7.92 ammo was produced in the 1943-1945 time frame by Defense industries of Verdun,Quebec for use in BESA MG's and Chinese 7.92 Brens.It was NOT produced by Canadian Arsenals...
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    You should see what your neighbours across the...

    You should see what your neighbours across the channel think is a"STERILE" weapon.

    We had a few MAT 49 SMG's that sort of 'filtered down' from BIAFRA to Rhodesia and aber natuerlich wound up in...
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    When I see heavy handed comments like this with...

    When I see heavy handed comments like this with implied THREATS I start giving serious thought to asking for a refund of my contribution and exiting stage left.

    I STRONGLY suggest that you look up...
  9. Eyeguard/cup for REL Sniper's Spotting Scope

    As previously noted the vendor NEGLECTED to inform me that the eyeguard/eyecup was AWOL

    Our friend "SURPMIL" alluded to the fact that a firm called "SURPLUS SHED" in Fleetwood, PA 19522...
  10. One SMALL but nonetheless SIGNIFICANT point here...

    One SMALL but nonetheless SIGNIFICANT point here !

    I see all and sundry bandying the words "LEND LEASE" about with wild abandon !

    Let's bring a little CLARITY into play here !

    THE ONLY "LEND...
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    Actually it means CARGO parachute.In German a...

    Actually it means CARGO parachute.In German a lastwagen is a cargo truck/lorry.The abbreviation in German for an automobile is a PKW(Personenkraftwagen) while a truck/lorry is a LKW (Lastkraftwagen)...
  12. I will attempt to scan the RCEME tag and post it...

    I will attempt to scan the RCEME tag and post it here.Failing the scan I'll do a verbatim quote.

    The vendor tells me that it isn't all that legible however.

    I shall give finding a...
  13. What was your HIGH though ? $600 ?Mine was...

    What was your HIGH though ? $600 ?Mine was US$908.09 and that's a ways from the high bid of $563 showing at just before 16:00hrs PDT.In reality I was prepared to pay $308.09 more than your highest...
  14. My thanks for the heads up ! I got it pretty much...

    My thanks for the heads up ! I got it pretty much unoposed(by the sniping scum) for a total including Fed Ex of US$640.

    I seem to recall these things going for what could only be desribed...
  15. Thread: Nick Dailey ?

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    Nick Dailey and the Postal Services

    Nick MAILED the box with the tools on 2 June.They ARRIVED in Vancouver on 17 June.

    We BOTH agree that although the MAIL always gets through that they SHOULD switch from Turtles to Carrier...
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    Nick Dailey

    Seems that we had a computer/e-mail snafu.He answered me this afternoon and all is well(and so is he thankfully)I have NEVER trusted these damned boxes of electrons or whatever other evil Djinns live...
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    Nick Dailey ?

    Has anyone heard from Nick lately ?

    I ordered some tools from him and my wife sent the funds while I was offshore.Funds went out on 27 May and since then I have sent THREE e-mails and have yet to...
  18. HERE'S A LITTLE SECRET that WILL HELP

    This stupid American Insularity re shipping anywhere more than two states away shows nothing but an almost total ignorance of anything other than US law.
    Regarding CANADA (NOT KANADA) Customs all...
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    Thanks Greg: I called them up and spoke with...

    Thanks Greg:

    I called them up and spoke with Jake. NICE GUY !!Ordered TWO and he talked me into buying a SEALED box which he has but couldn't remember how many.I am typing this from overseas so...
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    WWII Favourites

    Ciao Attilio:

    My Long Branch No4MkI*(T) for "reaching out to touch" and a PPSh-41 machine-pistol for being a"man about town".

    Another under rated but VERY USEFUL Submachinegun/Machinepistol is...
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    Bolt roller pliers

    Hi Bill:

    The bolt roller pliers were in the cardboard box that had everything else packed inside.They didn't have a routed out place in the "Case Field Carrying".Some later versions of the kit...
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    LEC Magazine

    I paid CAD$35 for one around TEN years ago.My LEC-1 Carbine didn't need one but 'ya never know'. Still have it and wouldn't part with it.I wouldn't think that the market has gone DOWN either so the...
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    Po-2

    Pity that airframe isn't a side by each instead of a tandem isn't it ?

    Shades of the "nachthexen mit nahemaschinen" on the Ostfront.Why is a GLIDER instructor flying backseat in a 99hp POWERED...
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    Russki MiL helo

    Gruess Gott/Gruetzi etc to you too !
    Personally I'll take that cute little high wing taildragger you've got there.At least I could get home in one piece in that and not the ugly Avtur burning job...
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    Markings on Long Branch forends

    You'll find a C/|\ and another cartouche that will be similar to LB over a bar with 32(or possibly another number) below it.JUST BEHIND the front ferrule on the bottom of the wooden portion of the...
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