Aircraft Turret Restoration.

That's avery interesting hobby. Real vs fake guns on these? Given that FA firearms are subject to federal licensing I'd suppose that virtually all warbird restorations are fitted with demilled or fake MGs.
 
One of my pals was a tail gunner on a Halifax who did 33 missions over Europe. He's 93 now and I got his story for a book containing reminisces from surviving WW2 vets in the Okanagan. He was wounded by flak on one mission and has some pretty hair raising stories to tell. He was lucky considering the survival rate of WW2 bomber crews. In the small world dept I knew his best pal and the navigator in his crew who grew up on the homestead next to ours in SK.
 
purple said:
That's avery interesting hobby. Real vs fake guns on these? Given that FA firearms are subject to federal licensing I'd suppose that virtually all warbird restorations are fitted with demilled or fake MGs.
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Probably but he should have communicated that and leave all the drama out.......oh scary guns and all that.
 
purple said:
That's avery interesting hobby. Real vs fake guns on these? Given that FA firearms are subject to federal licensing I'd suppose that virtually all warbird restorations are fitted with demilled or fake MGs.
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Demilled? Yes. Fake resin guns and making a big point about how much guns creep you out = Liberal PC brainwashing gone amok.
 
The phrase "crumpled ball of rusty metal" is one he's used a few times before. He sure used it enough here.

As for being creeped out by real guns, buddy's an individual, like you and me. I don't expect everyone to be comfortable around guns. I am. You are. But many aren't. Is this brainwashing? In many cases, sure, but in a lot of cases, it's a matter of unfamiliarity. Buddy's thing is not guns. Buddy's thing is turrets, a device specifically designed to assist in the destruction of enemy material and personnel. Many would find that creepy, like collecting and restoring electric chairs. I don't.

We all have our preferences and irrational phobias. Buddy's restoring interesting mechanical things. He isn't actively working against your ownership of firearms. He just has a silly fear of firearms. Cut the guy some slack, why doncha?
 
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The phrase "crumpled ball of rusty metal" is one he's used a few times before. He sure used it enough here.

As for being creeped out by real guns, buddy's an individual, like you and me. I don't expect everyone to be comfortable around guns. I am. You are. But many aren't. Is this brainwashing? In many cases, sure, but in a lot of cases, it's a matter of unfamiliarity. Buddy's thing is not guns. Buddy's thing is turrets, a device specifically designed to assist in the destruction of enemy material and personnel. Many would find that creepy, like collecting and restoring electric chairs. I don't.

We all have our preferences and irrational phobias. Buddy's restoring interesting mechanical things. He isn't actively working against your ownership of firearms. He just has a silly fear of firearms. Cut the guy some slack, why doncha?
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Dan - I respectfully disagree. No firearms = no turrets. These things were invented expressly to point guns at things. That's like saying "I collect 1911 pistol grips, but the pistols themselves creep me out. I don't support owning 1911's."

The bottom line is that nobody expects this maroon to go out and get a whack job of Class III M1919's, but he could use dewats - or he can use replicas like he did, but leave the anti-gun PC BS out of his vids.

If the guns creep him out so much, why not use broomsticks? I'll tell you why. Because broomsticks would look ridiculous and he wouldn't bother restoring these items that were made specifically to MOUNT GUNS.

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Now this is the difference between real restorers who are not freaked out about "guns" and fakes.


 
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Dan - I respectfully disagree. No firearms = no turrets. These things were invented expressly to point guns at things. That's like saying "I collect 1911 pistol grips, but the pistols themselves creep me out. I don't support owning 1911's."

The bottom line is that nobody expects this maroon to go out and get a whack job of Class III M1919's, but he could use dewats - or he can use replicas like he did, but leave the anti-gun PC BS out of his vids.

If the guns creep him out so much, why not use broomsticks? I'll tell you why. Because broomsticks would look ridiculous and he wouldn't bother restoring these items that were made specifically to MOUNT GUNS.

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I get your point, mate, but can't help but notice he's never anti-gun in the whole thing. He just says real guns creep him out. Who are we to judge him?
 
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