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That 99 is nice but I see nothing that makes it that nice. Looks like a $600 rifle to me. My local gun shops don't have much. When they do, it's pretty high or sporterized. The gun show I bought...

Better?

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Helmet came already today totally unexpected. I thought the Finnish helmet from IMA was coming because they usually only take a couple of days due to close proximity to my location.

I like it. ...

It does look like it's been there and done that. Probably carried by a 3rd Division Fallschirmjäger in the Falaise Pocket. It will go well with my repro helmet. Now I have to find a holster. It...

I did find the early one. There were four on ebay from the same seller at $100. A fifth was $80 but one half of the straps were missing. I bought the one with no surface rust on it. The other...

The barrels were all produced at Steyr to prevent that from happening but they still smuggled out all the parts but the barrel and made the barrels from scratch. The inspection and acceptance stamps...

I thought I was done with gun shows for a while as they've been packed and making me nervous wandering around in such tight quarters. Mike got a few in that I wanted to take a look at so I left...

The wingtip initially broke off in one piece. In the first 10 attempts to position it, it broke into two pieces. After that I had it perfectly positioned three times but each time on the "final"...

No rest for the weary with you guys. It's a learning experience if nothing else.

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So today I was bored because of being iced in and I dug out the decals, took the cover off and put them on. Now I have a lot of experience with this type of decal as I'm an experience model builder....

Decided last night that I need an East German helmet because it's somewhat unique in style. I'm aware they were farmed out to a few other countries and regions but for my purposes, I want to stick...

I have a couple of holsters like that. Lugers are like that.

It grows on you. I didn't like the photos of them I've seen either but holding it in person it looks more complete I guess. Everything just looks too "new" which it is.

Cover came. Very tight fit. I didn't put the decals on it and as hard as this cover was to get on, I may not. Seems to be very well made, best one I've seen actually. Color looks good, I like it....

Generally I'm not one for having a lot of ammo. I'm still not sure how I got three cans of this stuff. The only other can I have is Nagant revolver ammo. I have a case of Swiss ammo also but after...

Typically 440 rounds in a 7.62x54r spam can. If they are going for $500, I have one for sale. I won't hesitate selling one for that. I might even have two for sale. I think I have three of them. ...

I managed to get four of the full length ones because the price was right and I couldn't let them sit. Unfortunately the fourth is missing the nut that goes on the end of the handle and holds the...

Here are five of my French Lebel bayonets. You can see some of the various materials used and the styles made. The full length bayonets were made with and without hooks and in white and brass...

I dug out the German shortened bayonet late today after I lost the good light so I'll take comparison photos tomorrow and get them posted. That one has a frog. Kind of amazed that most of the...

The season is finally over. All matches completed. It was a mixed bag. Match averages were much lower than previous years. We finished 4th which is pretty bad for us with a final record of 8-6. ...

So what's the magnet test. I don't do a ton with helmets and have never heard of it.

Continued research on this and went at it from another direction and had some positive results. The IMA cover simply did not look right. Bands are too wide, color is off. Finally found some decent...

eBay. They have almost everything if it's available.

I have 5 Swiss rifles that use that ammo. As they are the most accurate rifles in the world not specifically made for accuracy, hell yes, I'll keep them. Most competitions require them to compete...

A lot of bayonets from that region are upside down. Austrian, Russian, Czech. Just a regional thing probably.