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fat tony
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Interesting look on the female A/F ncm's visage while handling the small piece of wreckage, which on second look appears to be a Webley or Enfield with the hammer at full ####?!? Almost looks like an anguished expression. Why was the piece at full ####?
Ah, it looks more like a .38 s&w and I now see it was broken open & possibly made safe. Maybe the trigger & hammer became siezed up after70 yrs.
Ah, it looks more like a .38 s&w and I now see it was broken open & possibly made safe. Maybe the trigger & hammer became siezed up after70 yrs.
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LOL! You ought to see the way some CAS shooters carry their long arms from the loading bench to the start positions as if they were radioactive or hot to touch, like you said. Some even lift their pinky from the guns as if that was going to make it safer. Looks foolish.
Dark Alley Dan
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Others were appreciably more comfortable...
Lots of military people aren't really much interested in guns.
Long ago and far away I had a discussion with our RSM about No4s. He was a Korea vet who had been in the thick of it and was wounded and decorated. He had also killed a number of Chinese with his No4 rifle. He mentioned that the Long Branch No4 Mk1* was comparatively rare. I nodded in agreement with him. After all, you don't argue with the RSM, even if you are a Captain.
Generally, those "soldier" photos were staged with broken/prop guns and dull Bowie knives that travelling photographers would haul around with them. "Here, son, shove a bunch of these in 'yer belt, look fierce 'fer the ladies."
This was a staged photo, but the fella was pretty handy with rifle and pistol:
fat tony
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You got me - nomenclature fail!
I'll go with this:
You would have to be pretty callous to not be affected by something like this though. Usually you see things like this happening over in remote areas of the former USSR. Must be the same sort of feelings when digging up remains mixed in with blown up war machines in the wilds since 1940s.
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PinkyPlinker
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fat tony
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Read that the Lake Muskoka region has poor soil & is rocky. The corrosion on the revolver seems to indicate a low productivity lake with low oxygen demand somewhat like Kejimkujik Lake. Other than that there is a host of factors affecting the water quality.
There is yet another tale of a lost WWII aircraft in the lake, possibly related to the Free Norwegian forces training in the area. Supposedly an airplane wreck with human remains was snagged & hoisted to the surface of the lake by workers in 1960. The mysterious wreck, not being secure broke loose plummeting back into the lake. (?) What to make of such tales? To be sure there are still the remains of WWI combatants being discovered, identified & repatriated up to the present day so it does bear consideration. Then there is the fact that 809 Canadian aircrew of WWII are still MIA.
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The ball turret defensive position of a B-17 bomber.
NFW! Looks like they needed a lot of midget gunners for that job, and no claustrophobes! Must have been a fun job on a long mission and I presume egress was only from the outside of the aircraft.
Lots of military people aren't really much interested in guns.
Long ago and far away I had a discussion with our RSM about No4s. He was a Korea vet who had been in the thick of it and was wounded and decorated. He had also killed a number of Chinese with his No4 rifle. He mentioned that the Long Branch No4 Mk1* was comparatively rare. I nodded in agreement with him. After all, you don't argue with the RSM, even if you are a Captain.
Funny how that comes back to haunt.
I've seen more than one officer relegated to a nasty session in the CO's office for tangling with an RSM, especially in front of the troops. The RSM report can make or break careers.
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