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01-30-2018 04:11 PM
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Yes some sleeping General probably
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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Originally Posted by
GeeRam
Maybe not.....
That looks very much like a Colt New Service revolver in his hands, which was a WW1
British issue, but in .455 Webley calibre.....whereas the US and
Canadian post WW1 issue Colt New Service revolvers were usually in .45ACP calibre, and I would think .45ACP ammo supply (same as the Thompson) was more readily available than old .455 Webley, so I suspect that Colt may not have been a WW1 era British issue and was thus acquired by 'other' means....???
It's not a Colt.
Issued Canadian New Service revolvers were a mix of .455 and .45 "Long" Colt, not .45acp. This is true both for military and rnwmp/rcmp police purchased New Service revolvers.
The illustrated revolver is actually a Smith & Wesson, either a 455 Second Model Hand Ejector or (less likely) 45acp M.1917
The give away should be that the .455 barrel is 6-1/2" while the .45acp barrel is 5-1/2"
The gun in this photo looks out of proportion so i'm not 100% committed to either model.
Last edited by Lee Enfield; 01-31-2018 at 09:05 PM.
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Originally Posted by
Gil Boyd
Mike,
Coming back to the thrust of this thread, one can see the Sacred Sqn on the greek islands and the weapons they had cobbled together.
Schmeiser/Thompson/Carbine and the old trusted horse the bren. Nice photo
And an M1 carbine closest to the wall.
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Lee Enfield,
I should have confirmed it was a S&W earlier, my apologies, as thats what it was. Jimmie reckons it was issued to him, just found my notes from when I interviewed him, and it stayed with him throughout, it was issued, which no doubt starts another trail of weapons issued to men in the early days.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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