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Well said and straight to the point!

Here's my first one. I got it sometime in October 1962. $12.95 and included 50 rounds of ammunition. Other than being almost a smoothbore now it is still in great shape. It's a 1917 Lithgow #1MkIII....

Even a full length picture would give everyone a place to start from.

and .303 and 7.35 Italian and 6.5 Italian and 6.5x55 and 30-06 and 7x57 and .45 auto and 9mm Luger and ... and ... and ... The cleaning is almost as much fun as the shooting.

Angled ones on left sleeve signify 3 years of service for each stripe. The straight ones on the right sleeve signify 6 months service in a combat zone.

One of my extra duties, unit armorer, led to the best job I ever had in the Army. I was assigned to teach indoctrination on American small arms to the German Budeswehr Reserve units. At least once...

Wars are generally fought by the young. As an old curmudgeon, I have to be really carefully about calling todays veteran's kids or boys and girls. A lot of them aren't any older than I was when my...

If I heard my dad use 'damn' I knew that he was extremely aggrevated and knew it was best not to draw attention to myself. But you are right the standards of todays parents don't come close to...

Found this on my favorite nephew's girlfriend's FB page. She's studying to be a child therapist and had a bunch of cute funnies by and about kids.

While you don't have to have served to...

That's two more than they gave us in Advanced Infantry Training at Ft Jackson. We got a shotgun and 1 round. We were advised, not to use it to shoot an intruder but to use it to alert the Sergeant...

Post WW2 rifle either remanufactured from battlefield pick ups OR newly manufactured using left over parts. Not enough information to discern which although the lack of German proofs on the barrel...

Manufacturer's code 27 = B. Geipel GmbH, Waffenfabrik Erma, Erfurt (replaced by ayf); alternatively Feinmechanische Werke, Erfurt (superseded by 'ax').

Manufactured in 1939

Bolt not matched to...

As a veteran you should be interested in making sure that those who WANT to serve have not only the opportunity to serve but are equipped with the best and most up to date equipment available to...

I would expect him to base his decisions on the 20 years of experience he has. And to do what he has been doing for the previous 20 years.

“I, (state your name), having been appointed a (rank)...

The bad guys in the original Mission Impossible series always seemed to be armed with Astras. Like JB I don't ever recall a hiccup with my 600.

You have to love your mother. They worry about the most insignificant things.

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I hope everyone who is deployed now has such a loving mother and family as I did.

Merry Christmas

Astra 600 was built and chambered specifically for the 9mm Luger round.

It was served on this freedom bird. Fresh salad with tomatos and cucumbers, some kind of baked tourist chicked, fair mashed potatos, green beens out of a can and chocolate cake. Served with FRESH...

I was taught to take a lighter and 'melt' the first couple of coats of wax into the leather. Don't know if it worked better than just buffing the first couple of coats before you had a base down,...