interesting vet bring back

[goldidig]

Hi guys, I haven't posted in a while although I have been lurking and buying some stuff occasionally. I was going through some of my collection today and happened across a couple of 6.5 Carcanos. One is a gorgeous arsenal refinished (at some time) 1942 FAT long rifle and the other one is a VERY special piece. I am intimately aware of it's pedigree. It is a 1942 Beretta carbine that my 23 year old Uncle Louis took from an Italian infantryman that he captured during the fighting in Italy in 1943 where he was wounded during the fighting. He sent this carbine home to My grandfather after he recovered from his wounds and was serving in Rome. Then it was passed along to me eventually after my dad passed away. It has a bit of pitting on the metal exterior but the bore is immaculate. We usually shoot it a couple times a year now that I got dies and brass. My dad got to fire it as well before he passed away. Apparently grandfather bagged a few moose with it in New Brunswick before he passed it on to my dad. It's the only milsurp I have ever had that I know the real story behind. definitely passing this one on to one of my boys! I am interested to see if anyone else has any family vet bringbacks in their collections.

 

[kawicrash]

I have my dad's Kar98 that my uncle, my mom's bother, brought back.
Unfortunately it was sporterized. It was done professionally and is actually quite nice and tastefully done, plus dad used it for a lot of years and killed a lot of deer, so I guess it served a useful purpose, and though it would have been nice to have it original today, I wouldn't trade it for the world now. Too much sentimental value, and it's the rifle I learned to shoot high power with.

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[purple]

I have 3 pieces which my late uncle brought home from Europe. One is a S&W New Victory which was his personal issue weapon that he carried from Normandy through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. There's another S&W which he picked up along the line as well as a P38 byf44 in a Luger holster. He last fired his S&W in anger when he popped a coon in his attic.

 

[XRCD011]

I have 3 pieces which my late uncle brought home from Europe. One is a S&W New Victory which was his personal issue weapon that he carried from Normandy through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. There's another S&W which he picked up along the line as well as a P38 byf44 in a Luger holster. He last fired his S&W in anger when he popped a coon in his attic.

Easy now, you don,t want the BLM folks losing their sh!t on you by mistake.

 

[infidel29]

Easy now, you don,t want the BLM folks losing their sh!t on you by mistake.

Hahahaha that's what I was thinking......you'll need a LOT more ammo if the BLM movement catches wind of that.

 

[purple]

Easy now, you don,t want the BLM folks losing their sh!t on you by mistake.

Actually coons are spreading out pretty far. They were never native to SK or anywhere east of ON, but they are here now. Winnipeg is infested with them and they can really raise hell if they get into an attic where they take up residence and start nesting and breeding. I even see them as road pizza on the highways here in interior BC. Who knew, the Army thought that old S&W was only good for "Jerries", but it works on those masked bandits too.

 

[kjohn]

I own a very nice matching Luger that a neighbour lifted from a German officer. My neighbour was a POW in a German camp in WW2. When it became known that the Americans were approaching, the officer agreed to hand over the Luger. When the Americans showed up at the camp, the officer simply took off his holster and gave it to old Roy. Roy gave it to his brother, his brother gave it to his son, and I purchased it from the son. The son's maternal grandmother and my Dad were cousins of some sort, so I guess I could sneak this in as a "family" story.