Museum

[DaveN]

I recently went to a local gun shop that was built at least 2-3 years ago. I go to the original shop but thought I'd check the new one out. WOW WOW and double WOWthe owner has at least 40 WWII rifles hangingon the wall horizontally out of reach unfortunate for me but good for him as I would want to examine each and every one of them. They all look to be brand new and I'm sure are all collector grade not replicas as I know the kind of guy he is.
Arista(jap) mausers, Both M1's 5-6 each enfields 6-1903's I don't remember any russian or french. and a floor case with the major powers pistols and medals binoculars flags and much more. WOWI plan on driving the extra 2 miles to do biz just to take it all in again and a gain. Did I mention his dad was a 1st sgt in the 29th on d-day. Explains how he got most of the stuff (spoils of war). To bad I'm to old for him to adopt. WOW for NOW.

I'll see if he will let me take some pics.

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[browningautorifle]

You may be too old for adoption, but you could be in his will !

[DaveN]

He took the time (about 15-20 min ) to go through every piece and the center piece was a map he found under his dads bed after he passed with the route they took from d-day to the end. He told me it had the totals of stuff they used,like how many rnds of 30-06 they used and how much gas their jeeps used and also lots of autographs and addresses of many of the men he fought with. I told him it was too high and need to be lowered so we could read it, and he agreed with me. Though it's faded and tattered it would be great to see up close. once again I'll see if he will allow me to snap some shots , I did let him know about milsurps So if I can't maybe he will.

[jon_norstog]

Dave,

That is really some stuff. Any museum worth its salt wiuld be glad to get a copy of that map, especially a museum in the soldier's home communtiy.

Compare to Berthier's illustrated book on his service (on loan from France) with the Continentals during the Revolution.

jn

[DaveN]

Jon, it's not a museum it's his gun shop but a portion of it displays his dads and his collection that is like a museum. I still plan on taking some pictures and will post them soon.

[DaveN]

I finally got the photos posted and chose the Milsurps General Discussion Forum to start the new thread. "An Amazing Display of the ETO". I especially like the way the blow up of the map came out. I did not intend to do that so some of the blow up is blurry but you get a real feel for the way the GIs where thinking in 44.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Fun to look at, better to hold and look at them.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

That's what I tried to tell them at my bachelor party Jim, but the bouncer threw me out anyway!

[alamo308]

I recently went to a local gun shop that was built at least 2-3 years ago. I go to the original shop but thought I'd check the new one out. WOW WOW and double WOWthe owner has at least 40 WWII rifles hangingon the wall horizontally out of reach unfortunate for me but good for him as I would want to examine each and every one of them. Arista(jap) mausers, Both M1's 5-6 each enfields 6-1903's...

Lucky you! Sounds similar to a shop I found in Bradenton, FL, while visiting my parents. Surrounding three walls, above the merchandise shelves, was every make and model of WW1 and WW2 bayonet you could think of. None for sale, alas, and I did not have time to get the story behind each one, unfortunately.

BTW: I have no Jap pieces, but I think their rifles were 'Arisaka' mostly?