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**mrclark303** · 10-19-2018 05:55 AM

Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

We're coming round in a complete circle............. Rhodesia Army....... almost back to the dreaded ZF, or Zimbabwe Forces as the dealers like to tell us!

I'm sure I was offered an "only dropped out the back of a C47 once" ex Dublin Police and Zimbabwe Forces surplus No4 when I started shooting years ago....

Despite its heritage, I decided to pass ....

Back in the days before the tinterweb, when all the summers were hot and life was in Black and White, it used to be difficult for mere enthusiasts like us to access information, other than spend a small fortune on reference books.

The enormous information resource that's available today here on Milsurps, thanks to the like of Peter, Roger, Mike and many others, is an absolute treasure chest to me and many others .. Certinly stopped me from making more than one potentially very expensive wrong turn in the past....

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**Roger Payne** · 10-19-2018 07:00 AM

Yep, my suggestion was tongue in cheek! It's one of those we could speculate about indefinitely, but hopefully eventually that someone out there who KNOWS what it means may get to see the thread & put us all out of our misery.....

**Gil Boyd** · 10-19-2018 07:27 AM

John,
Its still black and white where I live mate, only got main sewage hooked up last year in our village and we have no fibre broadband you lucky people out there should count yourselves lucky

**nijalninja** · 10-19-2018 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by mrclark303

I'm sure I was offered an "only dropped out the back of a C47 once" ex Dublin Police and Zimbabwe Forces surplus No4 when I started shooting years ago....

Despite its heritage, I decided to pass ....

That is probably the funniest thing I have heard in a while, but man I feel you. Before milsurps anyone could have fooled me with rubbish like that, and well they kinda did. People on here have saved me a lot of time and effort.

**Gil Boyd** · 10-19-2018 10:44 AM

Oh well in that case it sounds like contribution time then

**303 Collector** · 10-19-2018 01:41 PM

Thank you all for your input, shame it didn't read JB/007 as I could have sold it for a fortune
to a Bond fan.

**rcathey** · 10-19-2018 02:44 PM

As a pretty huge Bond fan...I was thinking the same exact thing!

**Roger Payne** · 10-20-2018 01:32 PM

Knowing my luck I'd end up with Johnny English' rifle!

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