New Article - 1912 No.1 MkIII Enfield Rifle (Battle Damaged)

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Stumbled upon the article by chance just a few hours ago... what an incredible find.

There are probably very, very few battle damaged rifles from WWI today in such 'great' shape. That's definately something I would never part with, if I were the owner.
 
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That was neat to go through, and good enough to get me to register with Milsurp to see it. Thanks! LR
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Glad you enjoyed it.... :cheers:

It was the kind of article that reminded me in a very blunt way, exactly what these old milsurps we collect were used for and the human cost associated with them.

As far as the service, you can register and use 95% of the content for FREE.....

It's too bad, but if we don't have people register with legitimate email addresses, we get plastered with posts from spammers sellling on-line presciption drugs and advertising ####ography sites. :D

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Badger
 
Soldiers have the strangest affection for the strangest things.

My imagination fills in the story, slightly different. The soldier survived the blast with minor injuries, making the rifle a talisman of protection.

Cheers
 
Nice story but comment like "where his left leg protected......." Leaves me a little sceptical. Like any piece of the past, especially WWI era weapons, it has intrinsic value based on the "coulda" potential but there is no providence here beyond a trashed rifle.

Badger the Milsurp forum Format is fantastic really enjoyabel way to read and view pics.
 
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I would love it if the soldier lived but that rifle is pretty torn up. It is a very effective and touching memorial. Unlike a stone monument you can see the destruction and devastation right there. I think it was a hell of a deal and I would happily spend a 100$ to keep it from being parted out or worse.
 
My imagination and reality suggest stranger things have happened LOL.

I worked with a US WW2 vet in Detroit, he was part of the armd recce element for one of Patton's divisions. So they where out front and scared because they where in the 8 wheeled recce veh (the name for it escapes me). He said as they came down a wooded valley with a curve in the road they ran head on into a tiger tank. The crew bailed (he was a driver) and the gunner was the last out and pulled the trigger for the main gun. They all ran away literally ####ting themselves. So nothing happened, he said it was it really freaked them out that they hadn't heard anything nor had they been shot at or chased, no Mg fire, no infantry....nothing. They crept back to see what was up (recce don't quit).
The round from there vehicle had either splintered the tigers barrel or dented it and caused the tigers main gun to "banana peel". They never saw any crew or infantry so the tank was all alone. In true recce fashion they then ran away. LOL

He then told us of having a FOO attached to them. they where looking across a river and saw a lone german soldier on a bike riding from one wood bloke to another. The FOO called in artillary on the poor bastard, from company mortars on up to the div level artillary. He tried everything he could call in on this and despite some impressive fire works and near misses the guy just kept on riding through it all until he reached the next destination. He said that the FOO was pissed but all the guys in his unit actually cheered for him when he made it to safety.

Cheers
 
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