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by riptidenj
Mon May 26, 2008 10:53 pm
Forum: Veterans Remember
Topic: Memorial Day 2008
Replies: 0
Views: 1461

Memorial Day 2008

This past weekend was Memorial Day Weekend here in the USA (I am one of those throwbacks who remembers when Memorial Day was a separate holiday and not just another three day weekend for government) My family has been largely untouched by the wars of the United States, few served, very few were lost...
by riptidenj
Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:29 pm
Forum: Other Firearms that We Have an Interest In
Topic: Steyr M-95
Replies: 8
Views: 6751

Is yours 8x50 or 8x56?
by riptidenj
Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:25 pm
Forum: C&R Handguns
Topic: Canadian 1885 Rebellion revolver ....
Replies: 3
Views: 4071

A great find, looks practically NIB. Did any of these see action or did they

arrive too late?
by riptidenj
Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:54 pm
Forum: Other Firearms that We Have an Interest In
Topic: I have no will power at all
Replies: 4
Views: 4186

I have 14 .22LR rifles and am eyeing 2 more.
by riptidenj
Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:53 pm
Forum: Other Firearms that We Have an Interest In
Topic: Advert. from 1938
Replies: 3
Views: 3577

IIRC the pre WWII rate of exchange was 1 Pound Sterling=$4USD. The Walther .22 rifle would have cost $40US back then, I think about $200US in today's dollars. In 2000 I spoke to an English-born English Bicycle enthusiast, he said the cheapest 3 speed bicycle before WWII was the Hercules, said it cos...
by riptidenj
Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:56 am
Forum: Gun Law around the world
Topic: So you are worried about Hillary?
Replies: 3
Views: 3613

As an NRA Endowment member I often feel I am not active enough. We in the USA enjoy our gun rights primarily due to the NRA, and it's in the nature of fund raising letters to declare the sky is falling and Armageddon is just around the corner. To me defended the Second Amendment is like fitness, it'...
by riptidenj
Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:06 am
Forum: C&R Handguns
Topic: Identify the pistols contest
Replies: 10
Views: 7239

To me it looks like:

1. Beretta M1934

2. Ballister Molinas

3. Makarov

4. PP/PPK

5. CZ-82
by riptidenj
Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:59 am
Forum: Milsurp After Hours
Topic: Do you use a spotting scope?
Replies: 10
Views: 6442

I bought a Tasco-Japanese made telescope at a yard sale-curiously

enough on my way to the range, bought a more powerful eyepiece so

now its 50x or something like that. Paid all of $10US for it.
by riptidenj
Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:39 pm
Forum: Other Firearms that We Have an Interest In
Topic: Steyr M-95
Replies: 8
Views: 6751

Just remember that the M95 saw plenty of combat while the K-31

and its forebears just "watched and waited".
by riptidenj
Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:32 pm
Forum: Accoutrements
Topic: greatest army invention
Replies: 5
Views: 4307

In my day (U.S. Army 1967-1971) we carried them on our dog tag chains. Weren't supposed to of course.