test photo Winchester #191700

[drweiler]

SSAA rebuild, mixmaster with E 10-17 barrel, 1948 DCM sale. Semper Fi, Don

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[Griff Murphey]

With paper! There has to be a story to go with this one!

[drweiler]

Hi Griff, concealed part of receipt shows it was shipped to a friend of mine, a Marine Major at the time, for a unit price of $5.00, and $1.85 shipping. 'Quantity & Description' reads: Rifle, U.S., cal.30, M1917 UNSERVICEABLE.
Semper Fi, Don

[armabill]

You don't see that every day.

[Griff Murphey]

Is that a San Antonio Arsenal marked stock?

A good friend, Col. Richard Allen, was a boy in the late 30's on a ranch in Southwest Texas that had big, arid pastures. Flights of P-36's and P-40's would frequently land there while on training flights from San Antonio. He said they would offer them ammo out of the guns. One time a pilot asked his dad if he wanted an 03 because they had some for sale back at Kelly or Randolph. When he returned, he had brought a 1917 because the 03's were "out." The price was $5. That rifle was later sporterized and then stolen in the 80's.

I have deer hunted for many years in the same area and we had daily low-level flights of F-4s and later, F-15s, but today we see mostly trainers and C-130's flying NOE.

S/F back atcha BLT 1-4's Navy toothDoc RVN/Camb 1975