I was born and grew up in Spfld. As a little kid, mid-60s, my Dad did business with GE (they used a big part of the Armory grounds) and I got into the Armory alot. Before it was federal the old employees who ran the museum let me play around with the crew-served weapons and all the displays that weren't behind glass at the time, and most were not. I recall taking apart an MG42 at about 6 years old. The guy thought it was cute, my father not so much. I remember small casks of 1911s placed around the walls on the sides of other displays. Love to find one of those unopened.