Never saw one of these before

[Singer B]

It was and still is. We had a local scrap dealer bid on the scrap from Camp Gagetown, called me at home one night to come identify some odds and ends. He took me into a sprung shelter and it was a tour like the last scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where there were boxes stacked on each other. He had parts from all out weapons and broken bayonets and such. I expect all the gas trap parts taken off during rebuilds went this way, except then they probably went right to the dump not through a system of channels. I think we're lucky any survived through some foresight of others.

Information like this always help me put things in perspective reference how many of "anything" is left? They manufactured 6+ million Garands....how many survived WW2? How many survived Korea? How many survived the various conflicts involving countries we loaned them too? How many survived the US military refurbishment program? How many survived Bubba? How many survived the previous 65 years since they stopped manufacturing them? My guess would be a third to a half of them? It just helps me to realize how special each one is, including the beat-up pieces.