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No, a blanket was draped over a fire producing smoke. First it was his guns. Now it's "observed guns from a reliable source." What next? Rumored to have been seen in Botswana by Stanley and...

From reliable sources, observed WW2 rifles include M1s made by Singer and Vietnam M16s have Mattel stamps on the stocks.



Didn't look like a photo to me. Looked like a bunch of text.

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Exactly one was manufactured; no more and no less. Production report is abundantly clear.

You're conflating two different things. Manufactured and dated aren't the same thing. 1901 cartouches...

Hadn't thought of that. That makes sense. It does assume the military would accept them though right? Except the Turks might have been willing to accept anything given it must have been obvious...

No problem. That's an issue which has been full of smoke for a century. Early on it annoyed me enough, I'd acquired some very interesting GEW88s, that I finally said screw it and went to the German...

Exactly one.
First block was 1899.
Second block was 1900.
Third block was 1901.
Fourth block is 1902. Just the one.

They took M-1898 receiver and "overstruck" them to 1899. Those I've seen. ...

Part 2.

GEW88s have two barrel dimensions but one chamber dimension.
GEW98s, when introduced, used the second barrel and chamber dimension from the GEW88s.

Chamber pressures were reduced in...

Neither Mauser nor 8mm. Prussian Commission 7.92mm. Mauser had nothing to do with it. Loewe did. Loewe owned Mauser.

Just a technical trivia point...

Original barrel was 7.90mm x 8.10mm. ...

Goodness no; it's on my dining room table.

Page 256 in the good book. FY02-03. 1 M-1899 carbine.

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Not an over-stamp. Appears to be it's the only 4th block M-1899 carbine. :)

Just so we're on the right page, you desire one of these?

41280

41281

41282

41283

Which is maybe why I captioned it "Korea?" After stating: "They were used in the Korean war. People forget that."



What it does "prove" is you know about as much about LL M1 rifles as I know...

Most of the rifles in the 300K and 500K ranges are the first and second batch of rifles sent. Not all are in that range but typically you'll not find them higher than 500K. Rifles with serials...

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Scroll down for a picture of an M1 in British hands.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/real-dads-army-vintage-photos-britains-home-guard-ww2-1542237...

Comments welcome. I am not a pilot, engineer, or fuel specialist.

Paper on planes and engines with a focus.

All 1815 of them. That's the maximum possible. It appears to be even less for obvious reasons.



That would have been an interesting rifle to review.

Let's test that theory. Fiscal cut-off of mid-year at that time as I recall it was but I could check that. Regardless.

If FY93-94 was considered "fiscal year 1893" then there would be early...

*Sigh*
They told us at least seven times in training that we should take that as a sign that we should do a bayonet charge.

It's 177 miles from Santiago de Cuba to Havana, which is a long time to...

Nowhere did I claim it was a reversed engineered anything. People who like to point at Schmeisser, who I clearly eliminated, are the ones that treat the AK as an "updated MP44." Didn't do that. It...

You clearly didn't read it. That entire thing about "class" when every gun designer I mentioned had no degree but were using experience - the main point in fact.
You mentioned Browning when he was...

I'll address just that point. Just to show you didn't actually read the paper at all.

Of the five Germans listed in the paper I mention that one held a doctorate in engineering while I...

Let's say that I time travel. I grab Browning, Pedersen, and Hugo Borchardt along with Georg Luger, and put them to work for five years.

Five years later a pistol is produced. Better than the...

Farmers Notes AK47

Very short read.

Correct.



Not "direct" but in concept.

19th century. The army and militia were really internal. Army called first and then militia.
20th century. Which, with respect to this, really...

Given enough of those WL Navy rifles perhaps we should stage an invasion of Cuba. By the time their heads cleared from the confusion I think we could take Havana.

Nice rifles.