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Another mystery - .30 M2 headstamped 4 79 / brass colored primer. :eusa_wall:

Never mind - 1944 Saint Louis. :icon_rolleyes:

"In the event your platoon has to cover a Battalion withdrawal, your life expectancy is approximately two minutes thirty seconds so pay attention to the next block of instruction" - every Drill,...

It's possible. What I did lay out what was driving their rebuild program for sales to whoever.

I think the only way the 21st century Retting folks could tell for sure who bought what is if they...

Probably figure that out on the M1874 eventually, maybe after wondering why the rounds weren't hitting paper or comparing it to the other action. :cool: Thanks.

The M1879 has this 1877 sight on...

So, here's my range configuration - M1874 viz M1879

https://i.imgur.com/ek0YfX4.jpg

I've got about 15 rounds of modern blackpowder cartridges left and am currently waiting on a friend's...

So, I always wanted a Trapdoor Carbine (full disclosure, I'm a former Cav guy).

Found an 1874 dated rifle receiver with a smoothbored cut-down barrel. I had Bobby Hoyt (out near Gettysburg PA)...

Follow me on this, as the Movie Studio thread (http://www.jouster2.com/forums/showthread.php?76304-Movie-studio-marked-guns ) sent me down the rabbit hole on this rode-hard more-or-less M1879...

So did you get it?

Ever see this movie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItgJzRKo2WI

What's the story on the Indian Tack acquisition?

Got curious and went a googlin', found this from Dallas TX -

World War I Cadets, Commerce Street — 1918
https://flashbackdallas.com/2020/10/29/world-war-i-cadets-commerce-street-1918/

This...

Thanks.

So are there any SRS hits for those two blocks of ten digits? 12573x or 12575X (where X = 0 through 9)?

Took me awhile to circle back.

Per Poyer p.57, looks like a rounded shoulder cut (99,500 +). Note also the barrel index lines up (p.39)


The V P (eagle) P and there *is* an 'A' (not shown,...

40853 *was* a rifle, now with a carbinized barrel relined by Bobby Hoyt.

As for the legit carbine? Ummm.....you know the groan Lurch on THE MUNSTERS use to make?

Then again, my Mk I eyeball...

Thanks!

Please and thank you.

12575 and 40853

Amended question - any SRS hits for 12573x or 12575X (where X = 0 through 9)?

As good a thread as any.

Girard College had the first lot of 350 cadet rifles, IIRC.

Look close.

"Rear admiral W.T. Cluverius, commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, reviews Girard...

As good a thread as any for this - stumbled upon this pic while looking for something else, figured you enthusiasts would want to see it.
...

Tangentially related -

A photo of the Pennsylvania Military Training Corps (a home guard unit) dated 1941, showing men doing squat drills with Krag rifles.
The Pennsylvania National Guard had...

Instead of destroying it, slap a plastic stock on it and give it to someone who wants a wall-hanger.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1o0sDwI

Not my post, but I think we can all empathize with this guy - he's searching for his old SP-1 that he had to sell to fund his divorce.

https://www.falfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=449008

Howdy, folks.

Like many others, I'd run into an impossible-to-manipulate safety and after searching the posts here, did some judicious googling and found a cause/solution worth sharing.

It was...