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You can sell an axe on eBay BUT it can't be a fireman's axe. After listing a fireman's axe twice and having it taken down twice I was told that while an ordinary axe is ok a fireman's axe is not ok...

I don't use eBay's global shipping program after seeing the video below a couple of years ago. I'm not sure why the post WW2 helmet was classed as restricted unless they decided that it was "nazi...

Has anyone here ever heard of a "Rare Unusual WW2 Bren Spare Barrel Bag Leather Lined 1944 Dated Airborne Trials" because when I was looking on eBayUK earlier I noticed a Bren spare barrel holdall...

I watched a documentary last week about a special organisation, within the US military, whose job it is to account for all US missing in action from all wars that the US has been involved in and...

I don't know where all the people are that are willing to pay this sort of money? When I had a spare copy for sale a few years ago I didn't get a great rush of people wanting to part with their cash...

Thanks for the replies chaps.

The outer casing does appear to be made of steel as there are a few rust patches in places. The height is about 2' and the diameter is around 12" at it's base....

Back in the 1970's a "vintage enthusiast" friend of the family found this while visiting one of the "old school type scrap yards" that use to be about and that you don't see so much of nowadays....

The dumping of the fuel on the drone, by the Russian jet, could, possibly, have had a similar effect if it had got into the drone's engine air intake or on a hot engine.

A Russian Flanker SU-27, according to Russia, not hitting a US Reaper UAV.

US release footage of drone crash with Russian jet – BBC News - YouTube

When you've done that you may feel that you need to complete the package with the purchase of an appropriate aircraft, a Spitfire.

There probably isn't many countries that still have WW2 era kit and earlier in storage (apart from Russia) and therefore there isn't the stuff being released into the collectors market that there...

That means you would require exactly 50 boxes of 48 rounds of .303 ammo to rearm an eight gun Spitfire or Hurricane once. (300 x 8 = 2400 ÷ 48 = 50)

We were given no indication whatsoever as to the diameter of the item in the OP; it could have been quarter inch diameter, from looking at the photos posted, or one and quarter inch diameter. As it...

I was wondering how many of those boxes of ammo would be required to rearm an early war spec Spitfire or Hurricane armed with 8X .303 Browning MG's, 4 in each wing? I believe that they could fire the...

Jim, did Canada use Bren spare barrel holdalls for the C6 MAGs when they first came into service to carry the spare barrel?

The holdall pictured post 1 has all the features of the Bren spare...

There are individuals who "like to" dismantle jet engines and turn the various components into "works of art"/"art installations".

This recently came from a UK Militaria dealer, an Italian Breda Bren spare barrel holdall. It is only really just a copy of the UK/Canadian version. There are no markings that I can see and it...

How do you think the flutes were produced then if they weren't broached or forged?

If the stub that you cast is dated 1959 I guess that it would be in the era of "spark erosion technology" but I...

But does anyone know how the fluted chamber was/is produced, i.e. with the internal flutes to the chamber? A "traditional method" of producing internal slots within a hole is to use a process known...

If it was mine I would use electrolysis to clean the rust off which is described elsewhere on this forum.

What your friend should avoid doing is attempting to sand, grind or use abrasives to...

I did notice, a few days ago, that a UK dealer has a couple of the containers for sale. You may wish to sit down before looking at the price? What price do they normally go for?

WW2 L42A1 Enfield...

Interesting that, apparently, all the street signs have been left up and not taken down like they were in the UK early in the war.

I would have thought that you could take all the dimensions that you need off an original or measure several originals and take a mean measurement. It's only a wooden handle, not exactly a precision...

If it's solid copper bar rather than tube then I would have thought some sort of "electrode" or "busbar" because copper is an excellent conductor of electricity.

The containers look interesting.