Search:

Actually, many of the SOG books that have been flooding the market show what they usually call "banana knives" that look more like the one originally posted here than the Woodman's Pal you mention...

NOT a knife expert; barely able to identify a pointy/sharpy thing as such...

This looks, at least superficially, like the "banana knife" carried by most MACV SOG (Studies and Observation(s?)...

...buy a pallet of 28,000 rounds of ex-Indian military .303 British FMJ MK VII 174GR FMJ, Corrosive, Berdan Primed ammo*. That's a mere 65¢ per round. This is a hell of a deal since the $18,200...

Maybe everybody in the world already knows this, but I just came across a 1943 US Ninth Air Force report discussing the aero machine guns used by the Axis that included the page below on the Breda...

Finally followed ssgross' advice on the Teslong USB Borescope (THANKS!) and now have a new toy to play with. Dead easy to set up and use on a MacBook Pro. The one at SSG's link is specifically USB...

Forgot to mention that after finishing the Patch-Out process, I ran 1/2 gallon of boiling water through the bore. Not sure that much was necessary, but I couldn't tell whether it was coming out...

Back after a Christmas/New Year's hiatus.

I was not clear in my initial request for a .303 database. You old heads have a good existing knowledge of what .303 ammo is corrosive (and I...

Final update. Christmas and family stuff put this project on the back burner, but I also needed to buy some additional stuff to finish the project.

What follows is not intended to change...

Either I'm not using the correct search terms or no master database of which .303 ammo is corrosive and which non-corrosive seems to exist. I can find bits and pieces all over the net, but does such...

I'm not unhappy with their products or services, and they've always been polite and as helpful as you can expect a phone answerer to be (although one time I needed to talk to one of the eggheads and...

So. A bunch of years ago I bought a No. 4 Mk. 2 because the numbers matched, but it sat in the back of the safe ever since. Pulled it out this week to clean it up and maybe shoot it a bit over the...

THAT is interesting info! Does this apply only to British bayonets? During a specific time period? Literally all the MILSURP bayonets I've owned (not many) or seen (still not many) have had...

LMAO about buying the case first! Who among us hasn't done the same thing (and usually more than once...)?

Their email ad sent me to their website, which stated (and still does as of this posting):


"1907 British SMLE Bayonet & Scabbard

Item Number BAY348
$69.95

Nice late manufacture, WW1 style...

Building a display of (some) hardware present during the 1 Aug 43 USAAF low level bombing attack on the oil refineries at Plo(i)esti, Romania. One display piece is a French M26 Adrian helmet as worn...

Not sure I'd recommend a ball peen hammer. If you're going to forego the magazine hammer, might try starting with a hard, small head mallet, possibly very hard rubber or plastic. The feed lips are...

You were super lucky to find the mandrel, so congrats! That part has been unobtainium for years.

The hammer (the part you need) occasionally shows up (without the mandrel) on various gun parts...

Not a detailed review, but today I received the beautiful large format The Sten book published by Schiffer. Schiffer is well-known for turning out a LOT of trash, but this book is quite nice on...

Sorry they're no longer attached to the specific posts, but you should be able to figure it out (for the reasons for the lost pics here and on many other posts, see...

Originally designed for firefighters per the Ontario rep I spoke with at a trade show several years ago. Military picked up because it's also an all-purpose tool useful to aircrew, firefighters, and...

(Hope this isn't a thread hijack! If so, please delete)

This is interesting. My parents bought me a .22 SMLE for '63 or '64 Christmas from one of those 1" ads in American Rifleman. As I recall,...

Also for vehicle external rubber(like) parts. It's a polymer rubber rejuvenator to extend life of the item.

FWIW, an automotive product called AT-205 Re-Seal does a magic job of renewing the rubber buttpad of No. 5s.

I've used this product on my vehicles for years (originally suggested on Youtube by...

Are you having specific problems? If so, what are they? Please give precise details.

A number of specific and generic problems have been noted over time with the semi builds, including the IO...

Thanks. Still cheaper than a '60s muscle car!