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Jim I am also a little late getting back to this thread. Does make you feel old when you see the better boats they use now. Looks like you had a good trip to San Diego. There is a small Museum on...

Nice Ithaca. One of the reserve units I was with CHB 3 a cargo handling unit we were home ported out of Naval Supply Depot. Oakland. Calif and I know were Benicia is funny all those bases are all...

Funny you said that. Once I had sand put in the breech of a M-16 to teach me a lesson to keep this weapon glued to my body a lesson I never forgot. Dam it was a bummer to clean.

Good to see you over here Dave also.

Got it around 2005 there was a seller that had so many issued 1911 for sale never seen one seller with that many I bought the M-1 because it was halve the price of those 1911's that I really wanted...

Don't shoot it often but have. Think I paid around 700-800 for it. I remember at the same time I bought it Big 5 sporting goods a store in calf were selling some real beater ones and probably miss...

Here is my only military issued rife got it when I use to live in Calf at the cow palace gun show even walked out with it the day I bought it that mite not happen today. Old photo's I do have two...

West German issue mark from the 1950's a clear view of the mark on a issued German Air Force Hanhart 417 chronograph from the 1950's
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Nice gun does it take off the shelf 38 ammo mite be a stupid question never owned one of these.

I think they were trying to tell you the WW2 era ones did not have a bayonet lug and are worth a lot more than one's from the Korean war that had bayonet lugs a big price drop if it's a WW2 era one...

If I ever make it to England the imperial War Museum on my bucket list had a friend who saw it and it takes a lot to amaze him so it's on my bucket list. I bet they have a large weapons collection....

Your probably right only a small fraction. A friend of mine when I lived in Calf part of his families gun collection in that museum he was originally from Wyoming here is a link to the museum.
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Here are a few photo's of one of the best gun museums I ever went to at the Buffalo Bill museum there are a few different section one western art then one the Buffalo Bill wild west show then one on...

Same with some Military issued watches 20-15 years ago the prices were great that have went up so much today it slowed me down and wished I held on to a few I sold because I will never pay what they...

Here is a cool link for finding info on compasses
Home - Collecting Military Compasses

One thing about issued military compasses there a cheap collectible from WW1 to the present compared to others military collectibles to get into.

Peter that watch you were issued did it have WWW on the case back there were twelve different makers of them like Omega, Timor, CYMA , Eterna and others when you get all 12 it's called the dirty...

If you still got the watch try this guy and he is in your neck of the woods

home page for spare parts for vintage wrist watches & pocket watches

Military watch collecting got be in to Military surplus collecting were now I collect other military surplus other than watches but military time pieces is what I collect the most watches with...

Here is a odd ball from WW1

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Another one
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I love this US Army comic book on Navigation got it in...

Mite be a form of trench art stuff made by the troops to kill time. See link
Trench art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When you said Remington 870 pump shot gun we also had them in SBU XI. On one actdutra we went down to SBU 22 down in New Orleans La barrowed 4 boats from them went down the Mississippi River into the...

Here is what I call the earliest cruse book I ever saw it's another ship my Grandfather went over the equator with the USS New Mexico
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A few more
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