U.S.- German- Russian -WWII gun collection----pics
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Alonzo,
Trial and error,....and taking a huge number of shots in all kinds of lighting conditions.
Early morning light, or late afternoon,....and I still never know.
Inside with fluorescent lighting, or outside with natural light,....whatever works.
If I thought the lighting would be good on my dogs back when he was peeing on a tree....I would try it.
I just discovered a new spot in my bedroom that has natural light coming through a large bow window at certain times of the day,.... seems to work for long guns where I have always had a problem to illuminate the total piece.
I am no photographer....believe me........it has been a long learning experience.
I wish I was handy with a light box as some people are.
David
Trial and error,....and taking a huge number of shots in all kinds of lighting conditions.
Early morning light, or late afternoon,....and I still never know.
Inside with fluorescent lighting, or outside with natural light,....whatever works.
If I thought the lighting would be good on my dogs back when he was peeing on a tree....I would try it.
I just discovered a new spot in my bedroom that has natural light coming through a large bow window at certain times of the day,.... seems to work for long guns where I have always had a problem to illuminate the total piece.
I am no photographer....believe me........it has been a long learning experience.
I wish I was handy with a light box as some people are.
David
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I was getting giddy as I went down the page. Wow. What a spectacular collection. Wicked condition- like a bloody time machine. I've got two no.5 jungle carbines and I know what your shoulder remembers- kills on one end, wounds on the other.
What are some of them like to shoot? Describe a bit for those of us who won't get the chance to shoot 12/6 's often.
What are some of them like to shoot? Describe a bit for those of us who won't get the chance to shoot 12/6 's often.
stunning....very VERY nice
the pics themselves are very nice as well....I can see you have practiced
The guns....minty fresh
Its folk like you who arent afraid to show what they got they keep this place interesting...but watch out...yer house may already be under surveilance for owning so much classic iron
the pics themselves are very nice as well....I can see you have practiced
The guns....minty fresh
Its folk like you who arent afraid to show what they got they keep this place interesting...but watch out...yer house may already be under surveilance for owning so much classic iron
I am beginning to wonder what the point is in owning 12/6 CAs with the Canadian laws being the way they are.
I won't deactivate the ones I currently own until it really makes sense to do so, .....but I don't know if I will purchase any others? (What a shame!)
These are sweet guns.
Lanchester Mk 1* .....(This gun is a CA.)
Lanchester magazine pouch.
Fifty-round Lanchester smg magazines. (9mm)
MP40 smg ..... manufactured by Erma Erfurter Machinenfabrik B. Geipel GmbH. 1943 dated, code "ayf" , eagle/ 280 acceptance stamp, with different sub-contractor code marked parts.
(This gun is a CA.)
Original MP40 magazine pouch. (This is the left side pouch with the pocket for the magazine loader.)
The manufacturer of this magazine pouch.
Richard Ehrhardt Lederwarenfabrik,
Possneck, Thuringen.
Manufacturer’s code “bdr”, WaA86 (his code in 1942-1944)
MP40 magazine markings. (9mm-32 round magazine.)
PPSh-41 , shown with a 71 round drum magazine and three 35 round stick magazines and their
respective pouches. (7.63x25mm)
(This gun is a CA.)
MP44. .....assembled by Erma Erfurter Machinenfabrik B. Geipel GmbH. in 1944. a.k.a. "Sturmgewehr 44" .... StG 44.
(This gun is a CA.)
Erma's late war code "qlv" with eagle/280 acceptance stamp as well as other sub-contractors codes.
MP44 parts pouch. (7.92x33 mm ----KurzPatr43mE)
Thirty-round magazine.
Sling.
One collector's lament.
David
I won't deactivate the ones I currently own until it really makes sense to do so, .....but I don't know if I will purchase any others? (What a shame!)
These are sweet guns.
Lanchester Mk 1* .....(This gun is a CA.)
Lanchester magazine pouch.
Fifty-round Lanchester smg magazines. (9mm)
MP40 smg ..... manufactured by Erma Erfurter Machinenfabrik B. Geipel GmbH. 1943 dated, code "ayf" , eagle/ 280 acceptance stamp, with different sub-contractor code marked parts.
(This gun is a CA.)
Original MP40 magazine pouch. (This is the left side pouch with the pocket for the magazine loader.)
The manufacturer of this magazine pouch.
Richard Ehrhardt Lederwarenfabrik,
Possneck, Thuringen.
Manufacturer’s code “bdr”, WaA86 (his code in 1942-1944)
MP40 magazine markings. (9mm-32 round magazine.)
PPSh-41 , shown with a 71 round drum magazine and three 35 round stick magazines and their
respective pouches. (7.63x25mm)
(This gun is a CA.)
MP44. .....assembled by Erma Erfurter Machinenfabrik B. Geipel GmbH. in 1944. a.k.a. "Sturmgewehr 44" .... StG 44.
(This gun is a CA.)
Erma's late war code "qlv" with eagle/280 acceptance stamp as well as other sub-contractors codes.
MP44 parts pouch. (7.92x33 mm ----KurzPatr43mE)
Thirty-round magazine.
Sling.
One collector's lament.
David
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awww the classics. My only question is what will happen to all those beauty 12.6 and 11 guns when we are finally grandfathered into the ground? There will come a time when there will be no one left. Are they destined for the musem??
AS I enjoyed your photo's I thought I heard a long gone German/American gun maker say "hey nice work I did eh"!
AS I enjoyed your photo's I thought I heard a long gone German/American gun maker say "hey nice work I did eh"!
K98Action,
The way I am currently thinking, (hopefully while I still have all my marbles), I will eventually deactivate the live 12/6 CAs that I own as delicately as possible, so as not to leave that burden with my family.
The purchasing audience for these guns is a lot greater without the restriction of the 12/6 CA "grandfathering" requirement.
I have a gunsmith who is very good at being delicate.
He did the two guns shown below.
(I have a de-registration letter from the CFC for both of these guns.)
MG42 assembled in 1943 by Gustloff-Werke,Waffenwerk Suhl.
"dfb" was Gustloff's manufacturer's code in 1943.
Top cover sub-contractors markings on this MG42 ...two WaA519 stamps which were for Carl Eikorn, Waffenfabrik,Solingen,Nordrhein-Westfalen, as well as the guns serial number 5447.
The markings on the MG42 sling.
Production of MG 42s by Gustloff with “dfb” code in 1943 within serial number range 1543-9317 is unknown.
Gustloffs’ total wartime production of MG 42s is estimated at 105,000 guns.
The total number of MG 42s produced by all manufacturers in 1943 is estimated to be 119,895.
The total number of MG 42s produced during the war is estimated at 750,000
The MG 42 was officially adopted by the German Army on October 12 1943, although thousands of guns were already in use at that time.
Model 1928A1, Thompson Submachinegun.
David
The way I am currently thinking, (hopefully while I still have all my marbles), I will eventually deactivate the live 12/6 CAs that I own as delicately as possible, so as not to leave that burden with my family.
The purchasing audience for these guns is a lot greater without the restriction of the 12/6 CA "grandfathering" requirement.
I have a gunsmith who is very good at being delicate.
He did the two guns shown below.
(I have a de-registration letter from the CFC for both of these guns.)
MG42 assembled in 1943 by Gustloff-Werke,Waffenwerk Suhl.
"dfb" was Gustloff's manufacturer's code in 1943.
Top cover sub-contractors markings on this MG42 ...two WaA519 stamps which were for Carl Eikorn, Waffenfabrik,Solingen,Nordrhein-Westfalen, as well as the guns serial number 5447.
The markings on the MG42 sling.
Production of MG 42s by Gustloff with “dfb” code in 1943 within serial number range 1543-9317 is unknown.
Gustloffs’ total wartime production of MG 42s is estimated at 105,000 guns.
The total number of MG 42s produced by all manufacturers in 1943 is estimated to be 119,895.
The total number of MG 42s produced during the war is estimated at 750,000
The MG 42 was officially adopted by the German Army on October 12 1943, although thousands of guns were already in use at that time.
Model 1928A1, Thompson Submachinegun.
David
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Caution,
I dont know when you dewatted the '42 but...There are new regs being forced upon us concerning deactivation
You may find it more difficult to do a clean job
MapleSugar
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Amazing collection.
Please don't deactivate more
X2, I really hate to see such fine pieces of engineering castrated.
I really think we should be establishing a museum for full-autos that protects them from the purges of political idiots, and keeps them safe and functional for education and posterity.
Klunk,
I am aware of what you have suggested,..... and that 'might' cause me to hold out until the end.
(Although, I can not leave my family with that responsibility,....they do not have the contacts that I have.)
I don't believe that my remaining CAs can be treated in the same fashion as the MG42 and the Thompson.
All of my remaining converted autos are all nice guns ......in very decent condition.
The very thought of doing what the regs may oblige me to do to these guns does not brighten my day.
All of the deactivated machineguns that I own were bought that way,..... I have never had one of my live guns neutralized.
David
I am aware of what you have suggested,..... and that 'might' cause me to hold out until the end.
(Although, I can not leave my family with that responsibility,....they do not have the contacts that I have.)
I don't believe that my remaining CAs can be treated in the same fashion as the MG42 and the Thompson.
All of my remaining converted autos are all nice guns ......in very decent condition.
The very thought of doing what the regs may oblige me to do to these guns does not brighten my day.
All of the deactivated machineguns that I own were bought that way,..... I have never had one of my live guns neutralized.
David
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Palinski,
Thanks for your suggested interest in the 1911A1,....it is a rather nice rig.
I purchased this rig from the son of the American vet that brought it back.
The vet was from New Jersey and signed up in Canada before the U.S. entered the war.
(There is more to this story.)
He flew with the Ferry Command out of Canada transporting all kinds of aircraft to England when hell was breaking out there.
The various components of this rig have the vet's name neatly written on the rear.
(The rig came with three "Colt 45 Auto" floor plate marked magazines.....the magazines were loaded when I purchased this gun.)
This photo also shows a mag pouch with two M1 magazines.
(Not part of the original rig.)
All of this stuff will be for sale at one point.
(Stay tuned.)
David
Thanks for your suggested interest in the 1911A1,....it is a rather nice rig.
I purchased this rig from the son of the American vet that brought it back.
The vet was from New Jersey and signed up in Canada before the U.S. entered the war.
(There is more to this story.)
He flew with the Ferry Command out of Canada transporting all kinds of aircraft to England when hell was breaking out there.
The various components of this rig have the vet's name neatly written on the rear.
(The rig came with three "Colt 45 Auto" floor plate marked magazines.....the magazines were loaded when I purchased this gun.)
This photo also shows a mag pouch with two M1 magazines.
(Not part of the original rig.)
All of this stuff will be for sale at one point.
(Stay tuned.)
David
