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I swapped My Remington 03 in a very beat up scant stock for a dupage S stock a year ago. fit issues were limited to some slight trimming near the trigger guard and tang. took about 5 minutes to get a...

Most of the aircraft used were converted DeHavilland Tiger Moth trainers. there was a Replica Pfalz and triplane. A great movie from my child hood, but the one thing that really gets me annoyed is...

And those "German" Helmets were made in the UK by Vickers

Korean Service Corps? 8th Army porters

Usually as part of the Army Qual you Zero sights @ 25M, then go to Mask fire, then to Day Qual and finally night qual. NBC qual is at 50M and all you have to do is hit the ivan target 11 times out of...

Saw a USAF guard at BIAP in March 2005 with a worn version of their XM-177E1 or GAU-5 whatever they called it.
The lower receiver had no finish left at all was Aluminum covered with a spray of...

1/258FA NYARNG still had M3A1's in the arms room in 2004. They were the drivers weapon for their M109A6 Paladins. The unit went to Iraq as M.P.'s and came back as a Light M119 Towed FA Bn and the...

All our Squad Leaders had a tool that had one side for the Windage Knob and the other for the Front Sight, used for BZO furthest targets we engaged with rifle was 300M in normal qualification ranges....

It's made by Waring and Gillow Ltd. upholstery dept in 1941 obviously. They made a Lot of specialized Kitbags for the War Department during WWII. Offhand would say this belongs to to a Cavalry...

Looks like a Plain equipment strap like you see on Vehicles, Field Desks, Typewriter cases, Etc.

Personal preference. I'm entitled to free NYS Purple Heart plates, but dont want them.

Just a side note, Many Pre war regulars would have even their Messkits Nickleplated for inspections.

Remington made standard marking for their Bayonets

Fake

Fuller is indistinct near crossguard, sort of peters out when it should be sharp transition.

Beginning of edge near crosguard should be rounded, not the squared off K-Bar style we see.
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So far so good with the VA. When I came home in 2005 the Demob station, Ft. Dix couldnt be bothered to do any physicals or checks even on the guys like myself who had been wounded. Was told to go to...

Had 2 issued at Hood in 1982, later on wrangled some of the Nylon 20 rd pouches out of the supply clerk. When I got to the Guard I got one M14 and one of these issued.

American Fork and Hoe, got one as Surplus out of Ft. Eustis for 90 bucks a few years ago, looks dead on the same

"A Midnight Clear"
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWhiteSheppard#p/a/u/0/IqYoHDtXhXg

I came up with the bright idea of taking out all bolts and boxing them when I went to Active Duty, thinking it would keep them from being worth stealing. When I came back years later I could not find...

Lets see....

Signed an NCO up for the NAMBLA Newsletter, and Ordered some rubber pocket rockets in his name delivered to the Bn Cdr's office, whilestationed as USMA, West Point.

Made a Fake USO...

M1938 Dismounted Leggings used a canvas foot strap not a leather one.

M1917 Dismounted Leggings and USMC WWI leggings DID use the leather foot strap

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February 2005 Baghdad, I came up for R&R slot back to the world. One of my joes just back said sarge, volunteer for the loading detail. Ok ,got to Doha and during some forgettable briefing they...

Do Not use Manions, heard nothing but bad things about consignment auctions they run.

I was reading the thread last night and in front of me was a copy of an Osprey book War in Indochina and I looked at the french rucks which had a rivet where the strap tabs on pockets were sewn and a...

It's French, specifically an Algerian War era ammo vest.
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