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Miscellaneous => Other Guns => Topic started by: AmmoToad on July 11, 2010, 10:47:29 PM
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Here’s a fine pair. M1 Garand, 1952 Springfield, restored CMP rifle. 1943 M1 Carbine, highwood, unmolested Saginaw ‘SG’, everything matches. I love my babies….
(http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab221/ammotoad/DSCN5451.jpg)
(http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab221/ammotoad/DSCN5450.jpg)
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Now those are fine lookin' rifles, for sure. I like this one as well.
(http://s575.photobucket.com/albums/ss197/kjtrains/Barrett9929inch50BMG.jpg)
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Now that is Sweet! If that don’t get one’s blood pumping I’d have to question their manhood. Here’s a little belted .50 to compliment that fine work of art. I’ve seen rifles like that in the hands of experts doing amazing things for this Great Nation of ours.
(http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab221/ammotoad/DSCN5477.jpg)
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Just make sure the front door is open.
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Now that depends! ;D
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If they're that close, best to use the .460.
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;D
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Toad,
very nice looking pair indeed.
John
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AT:
Those photos somehow make me feel like I ought to salute. Beautiful!
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Good looking guns guys.
Toad, thats some awesome looking wood for such seasoned weaponry!
The wood on mine look like they just came back from the war.
Reinz
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The wood and eveything else on the Carbine is original, the Garand was restored with good ol' American walnut.
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Man those pics make that M1 carbine wood look restored like the Garand.
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I was very fortunate with this one. The 'SG' cartouche is barely visible, even in the photo, but it is there. These proud Veterans have a home with The Toad where they will be well cared for. The Greatest Generation carried them in conditions that would make a Billy goat puke. Least I can do is care for them properly. Did I mention that I love this Great Nation, all her Vets, and those that support them.........
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I'm impressed, for sure!
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AMEN TO THE GREATEST GENERATION! :) :) :)
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You have so got that right!
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Nothing more need be said: the Truth stands for itself.
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
-- George Orwell
Bill
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Ditto on the salute..
And for another Hila monster....(being they are to heavy to hump, thats what I call them being they are ususally deployed in the sand)
Speaking of Hila monsters...Rich will no doubt enjoy this...we were somewhere in NM I think (wasn't my choice of where the bird landed) and a bud of mine damn near stepped on one of those things. Everyone of course laughed at his dancing demise when he decided to reach down and grab the thing by its tail and toss it at us. Not knowing that the thing can be a little nasty. It "flipped back" up and over his hand as he went to chuck it at us and it latched onto his "elbow armor" strap which was slightly hanging down...after being totally caught off guard by this thing (he dropped his compass, the MP5 almost hit the dirt if not for the leash and due to added weight of the NODS on the helmet, its strap was choking him firmly around the neck cause he had snapped his head back at the audacity of this thing having the nerve to latch on to his equipment. He was standing there dumbfounded with the lizard hanging on and not letting go. So we took the oppurtunity to tell the New Jersey man that they are exremely poisonous. He then damn near ripped his own arm off trying to get the elbow pad off. The Hila let go finally and he tossed his elbow pad at it at which time the monster bit it again and wouldn't let go. Needless to say, the monster won the day for time was awaist'in and the mission had to "move on" while the Hila sat there and gnawed on larrys armor...
(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t304/007ENIGMA/IMG_0985-1.jpg)
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One good lookin' BARRETT! ;)
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One good lookin' BARRETT! ;)
Yeah, pretty... but I am seriously considering selling it...the muzzle brake is too close to your face! This is a "CQB" version and unless you like your teeth one might want to shoot it with their mouth definitely shut!
I am looking at a Desert Tactical 338 Lapua to replace it with....don't know yet. Depends on if I can sell this one in todays market and atleast get out of it 90% of what I have in it. (thats the rule)
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Re: Barrett, may be for sale.
Um, ok....
let me know where you might be posting/listed the onsale info.
You never know. Don't tell anyone if they claim to be a relative of mine.
-Bill
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That's a funny story P7, bet you guys gave that yankee hell for a long time over that one. ;D
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Ditto on the salute..
And for another Hila monster....(being they are to heavy to hump, thats what I call them being they are ususally deployed in the sand)
Speaking of Hila monsters...Rich will no doubt enjoy this...we were somewhere in NM I think (wasn't my choice of where the bird landed) and a bud of mine damn near stepped on one of those things. Everyone of course laughed at his dancing demise when he decided to reach down and grab the thing by its tail and toss it at us. Not knowing that the thing can be a little nasty. It "flipped back" up and over his hand as he went to chuck it at us and it latched onto his "elbow armor" strap which was slightly hanging down...after being totally caught off guard by this thing (he dropped his compass, the MP5 almost hit the dirt if not for the leash and due to added weight of the NODS on the helmet, its strap was choking him firmly around the neck cause he had snapped his head back at the audacity of this thing having the nerve to latch on to his equipment. He was standing there dumbfounded with the lizard hanging on and not letting go. So we took the oppurtunity to tell the New Jersey man that they are exremely poisonous. He then damn near ripped his own arm off trying to get the elbow pad off. The Hila let go finally and he tossed his elbow pad at it at which time the monster bit it again and wouldn't let go. Needless to say, the monster won the day for time was awaist'in and the mission had to "move on" while the Hila sat there and gnawed on larrys armor...
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That reminds me of a guy who washed out of my OCS class. He was training on the operation of the M60 MBT when a 105 mm round was improperly loaded and became wedged in the breech of the main gun. This yahoo suddenly decided that the way to dislodge it was to grab a hammer that was in the compartment and start banging on the casing. Fortunately, no explosion resulted before someone was able to put a death grip on him. I wasn't present at the time, but some of those who were said they wanted to hang him from the end of the main gun tube.
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Ahh, two great stories, for sure! Enjoyed the reminiscing. ;)
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The Navy must be smarter than the Army. They don't give OCs, Seamen Apprentices, anything live and/or potentially destructive to mishandle.
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You don't really think that, do you? ;D
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I had no reason to think it before reading Richard's M60 story. They used to allow NAVCADS to fly airplanes but stopped that program long ago.
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Here is a bit of nautical terminology in the unlikely event anyone has any interest.
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/traditions/html/navyterm.html#joe
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The Navy must be smarter than the Army. They don't give OCs, Seamen Apprentices, anything live and/or potentially destructive to mishandle.
Tracker:
There may also be the consideration that your equipment is so much more expensive than ours. ;)
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That could very well be, Richard; in my limited experience it is certainly not limited to the oxymoron of Naval Intelligence.