Do you display your Carbine ?

[Hercules Powder]

When I wasn't using the table to work on carbines I would lines these up during the day and put them back in the safe at the end of the day.

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[browningautorifle]

I would lines these up during the day

Nice looking gunpile. Looks like a bit of everything there.

[lboos]

You have a great collection of the M1A1, I would pick out my fav. and put it in a display case in my man cave, that look's like a lot of work to do everyday. Thank's for showing your collection.

[Hercules Powder]

All of those M1A1's are gone and as well as almost all of the rest of my M1 Carbines. Now it's Civil War Cavalry carbines, pistol and dug relics.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Interests change, but that sure was a nice grouping.

[lboos]

All of those M1A1's are gone and as well as almost all of the rest of my M1 Carbines. Now it's Civil War Cavalry carbines, pistol and dug relics.

I went the other way, Civil war, then Indian war. I live in Marietta GA. use to do a lot of relic hunting around here, lot's of civil war battles near my house, here's some of my CW bullet collection I have dug. parking lots and Wall-Marks have taken over most of my hunting area's now. a great hobby.
Also into Col. Custer and the LBH, got into old map's and gen. one Colt 45 SAA Military.
I only have two M1 carbines, one is a M1A1.

[browningautorifle]

Also into Col. Custer and the LBH

I've sure done my share of time around there too. That's considering where I'm located...didn't get any relics though.

[TDH]

If Custer had survived the Little Big Horn or the Greasy Grass as the Souix called it he probably would have been court marshalled for dereliction of duty and disobeying a direct order. Gen Crook who was in charge of the operation told Custer to scout and report and not to engage. Locate and wait for the infantry and artillery. But Custer split his force into three the other two companies being lead by Major Reno and Captain Benteen they were able to withdraw to a small plateue(sp) and held out until the next day when Crook arrived. According to the Indians Custer and his men were wiped out in less than 15 minutes and Custer was not the last to go down. Another interesting fact is that out of Custer's detachment only two bodies were not mutilated beyond recognition. Custer because the Indians wanted no doubt that they had killed the YellowHair and the other was Captain Thomas Custer who had a long running feud with Crazyhorse. Crazyhorse vowed to one day eat his heart. When his body was found his heart was missing. Custer was overmatched and under gunned. While Custer's men were using the trap door rifle a good portion of the Indians were armed with Winchesters and Henrys and Spencers.

[lboos]

Lt/Col Custer would have won the LBH if it was not for the two disgruntled officer's under him Reno and Benteen who found it more convenient to retreat and hide under their wagon then to come to the aid of their commander as ordered, it is so easy to demean a true war hero like Col. Custer after his death when he cannot defend himself, he was defended by the career Officers and our Country's civ. leaders at the time, [I doubt you were there] They buried him at West Point with honors, and he is still there last I heard, unlike Maj. Reno who was buried in an unmarked grave for over a hundred years and both him and Benteen were known as cowards the rest of their lives.
Most of what people know about the battle of the LBH and Col. Custer now day's comes right out of Hollywood.
But, we all have a diff. opinion of history, those who study it, and those who get their history from the movies. anyway, it's a long story, Thank's for your opinion.

[browningautorifle]

Considering this thread so far, I'd hate to see us degrade into a discussion of "Custer did, or didn't"...but as an infantryman, I've walked the ground a few times and don't think an infantry platoon of today's armament could have turned the 5000 odd men that came out of the shelters on the plains to respond to attack. I think it was more than he could handle...and it was very sobering to walk and stand and picture being involved...on a very hot 25/26 June, 1876...