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- Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:26 pm
- Forum: The After Hours Funnies
- Topic: My African Safari
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1175
My African Safari
Some years ago I went on an African Safari. Towards sunset on the first day the guide emphasized the importance of getting back to camp before dark. Suddenly, from out of the dusk a hunter cried out" "There's a rhinoceros out here and he's getting ready to charge!" To which the guide ...
- Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:41 pm
- Forum: US Military Rifles
- Topic: 1903 MKI range report added.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6037
Happy shooting, let us know how it shoots when you find a Pedersen Device, LOL! IIRC, the original MkIs required a special sear and other parts to function with the Pedersen Device, these parts were removed in thr 1930s and replaced with standard parts. The Mk Is were issued to GIs without any expla...
- Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:23 pm
- Forum: Accoutrements
- Topic: Added 2 mess kits to the WWII collection Pics added
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3640
- Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:20 pm
- Forum: C&R Handguns
- Topic: Star Model B
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3524
I have had one for years, mine is a post WWII German Police model, has the letters LPN-LandespolizeiNiedersachsen (State Police of Lower Saxony). When, after the War, the Western Allies allowed the German Police to carry arms, they insisted they not carry German designs. Probably because all the GIs...
- Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:44 pm
- Forum: The After Hours Funnies
- Topic: The Sun never sets on the British Empire
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4229
The Sun never sets on the British Empire
That's because God doesn't trust the British in the dark.
- Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:20 pm
- Forum: Gun Law around the world
- Topic: The UK Handgun Ban
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15906
- Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:34 pm
- Forum: The After Hours Funnies
- Topic: WWI British Army Joke
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1446
WWI British Army Joke
If bread is the Staff of Life, what is the Life of the Staff?
One long loaf.
One long loaf.
- Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:13 am
- Forum: The After Hours Funnies
- Topic: The Joy of Flying
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1721
The Joy of Flying
A little while ago at the monthly meeting of my science fiction club I saw a woman I hadn't seen in a while. She asked me what I was up, I told her "I've taken up flying." She said "Really?" I said yes -"You pull Up alongside an airliner, the pilot sees you with your arms ou...
- Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:42 pm
- Forum: Gun Law around the world
- Topic: The UK Handgun Ban
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15906
- Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:40 pm
- Forum: Classic British Firearms
- Topic: Introducing myself ...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6499
I don't think the USA saw the excellence of the 303 catridge so much as that when we entered WWI in 1917 Uncle Sam bought almost anything that would shoot to at least train his boys. I have seen pictures of WWI U.S. Navy recruits drilling with Krags (though I have read the Marine Corps used the Krag...