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I use the diddley finger on the trigger for two events:

Rapid fire with a Lee Enfieled. Makes it faster the run the bolt.

Modified prone (laying on my side). More comfortable on the finger and frees up the trigger finger to run the mag release on the AR-15.
 
Donor PM me on a question of Swissair DC-2s livery during WWII and whether a particular paint scheme seen in a reproduction was actual used during WWII.
Up to Donor if he wants to post on that.

Looking into it I discovered something else that was interesting.
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On August 24th, 1942 the British Lt Wooll of No. 1 PRU had to shut down one of the engines on a recognition flight over Venice due to overheating. He realised he could not make it back to GB and decided to land in Bern-Belp. He did not manage to destroy the aircraft before the swiss military took control over it. Although Switzerland was neutral in WWII, Britain was afraid the aircraft could fall into the hands of the german military. This was the first Mosquito to fall into non-allied hands. On August 1st, 1943 Switzerland and Britain agreed, that the aircraft was allowed to fly under swiss registration E-42. It was first used for test flights by swiss military and was sold to Swissair in July 1944. In October 1944 Swissair started doing postal-flights with the aircraft beginning January 1945 under the Registration HB-IMO. It was also used for instruction flights for swissair pilots.
After the end of the war Swissair stopped its postal operations and returned the aircraft to the swiss military which flew it until August 1946. Thereafter the aircraft was broken up and used for spare parts, beeing deleted from the swiss register on July 1st, 1951.
 
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Middle finger is also the STRONGEST finger on the hand.

It takes some training and skill to use it as a trigger finger.

I've heard it said by some of the folks back in the day, when I shot HBR competitively, that some shooters felt it was often the middle finger on the stock grip that caused unexplained flyers.

My favorite trigger control position was thumb behind trigger guard and either fore finger or middle finger on the trigger. The hand on the rifle was otherwise unnecessary as the rifle was supported by fore end rest and rear bag. I found the middle finger to be TO STRONG for the 1.5 ounce Jewel Trigger.

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diopter said:
Donor PM me on a question of Swissair DC-2s livery during WWII and whether a particular paint scheme seen in a reproduction was actual used during WWII.
Up to Donor if here wants to post on that.

Looking into it I discovered something else that was interesting.
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On August 24th, 1942 the British Lt Wooll of No. 1 PRU had to shut down one of the engines on a recognition flight over Venice due to overheating. He realised he could not make it back to GB and decided to land in Bern-Belp. He did not manage to destroy the aircraft before the swiss military took control over it. Although Switzerland was neutral in WWII, Britain was afraid the aircraft could fall into the hands of the german military. This was the first Mosquito to fall into non-allied hands. On August 1st, 1943 Switzerland and Britain agreed, that the aircraft was allowed to fly under swiss registration E-42. It was first used for test flights by swiss military and was sold to Swissair in July 1944. In October 1944 Swissair started doing postal-flights with the aircraft beginning January 1945 under the Registration HB-IMO. It was also used for instruction flights for swissair pilots.
After the end of the war Swissair stopped its postal operations and returned the aircraft to the swiss military which flew it until August 1946. Thereafter the aircraft was broken up and used for spare parts, beeing deleted from the swiss register on July 1st, 1951.
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the Swiss had lots of aircraft to chose from...many put into Swiss service or at least painted in Swiss colors
 

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I was asking about this livery of Swissair DC-2.I'm not entirely convinced this is actual plane,it looks more like very convincing model.Since there is about a dozen pictures of HB-ITE without stripes and this is the only one with them I'm kind of suspicious.We don't see many high-visibility recognition stripes very often.

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I was asking about this livery of Swissair DC-2.I'm not entirely convinced this is actual plane,it looks more like very convincing model.Since there is about a dozen pictures of HB-ITE without stripes and this is the only one with them I'm kind of suspicious.We don't see many high-visibility recognition stripes very often.

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Models don't normally have flat bottom tires from the weight of the plane

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Can someone solve this puzzle? :evil:

Other than the visual clues, it relates to 20th century historical upheaval in the Western Hemisphere. It is related to military matters.

sorry if the first one is a bit graphic

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Models don't normally have flat bottom tires from the weight of the plane

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^^ X2
+ Flaps have proper gap from wing, tail wheel looks right for metal construction, imperfections on concrete/ tarmac looks right and edges of shadows are gradual as they should be with overcast light, Panel edges look proper for real aorcraft onstruction methods of the period which models have never gotten right straight from a kit.
 
I am sorry to say I was present when three of these modified Daisy bb guns were destroyed by an NCO. They were just like the lower end Red Ryder style but had a pistol grip to simulate the C1A1 pistol grip. It was a long time ago, so they could have been the pump action style Daisy bb guns. It seems to me I saw a scanned page from an old Canadian Army manual with one of those low definition photostat images.
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It was a technique taught with the ‘fn’ C1 when doing ‘jungle lane’ shooting. The belief was that it was quicker to acquire a target instinctively if you ‘pointed’ your index finger while it was aligned with the centre line of the rifle. It helped some people improve their reaction time and achieve a hit.

Reminds me there was an RCR Colonel named Bud Taylor who spent a lot of time developing basic infantry skills training packages that could be conducted in an armoury cheaply and quickly. One program was building ‘jungle lanes’ from hessian and using balloons as targets. The soldiers used BB guns (and safety glasses) - to simulate dusk situations they were given sun glasses ... the guys loved it! Budgets were piss poor then and Bud was constantly working on easy to conduct training drills that would maintain interest and hone skills. It was also a great way to keep the jr and sr NCO’s fully engaged looking for ways to improve on the systems and come up with innovative ways to implement the packages.

A lot of folks turned their noses up at these packages but they served an invaluable purpose. I was always very impressed with Col Taylor ..... he made the effort to get out and watch training to see how it could be improved - gave positive feedback and unlike so many staff officers he would show up even in the nastiest weather.

On the subject of people who impressed me with their dedication and focus was a Capt Scandrett - an armoured officer - who pretty much on his own (and armed with a huge amount of energy and enthusiam!) managed to get the Ranger program launched in Ontario. Great guy!
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Googlized translation from original Portuguese. :) :)
Mg34,
In the early 60 s the Portuguese armed forces were equipped with light machine guns or as some call heavy machine gun, of and Madsen With Tripod, and also the breda of Tripod, all of 7,9 mm.
It was a little later purchased from the Federal Republic of Germany about 1700 mg34, 7,62 mm, very reliable weapons fed by tape and with replaceable pipes.
From 1967 they began to be produced in Portugal by the silver arm factory, the HK-21 and began to be distributed throughout the year 1968 to equip their respective sections of snipers.
But the favorite of the Portuguese military was the mg42s with great firepower and much requested during fighting with enemy forces.
In the parachute troops, the users of this weapon were very much involved, as they were always very competent in the use
Photo 1-Skydiver in guinea
Photo 2-Skydiver in Mozambique
 
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