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Militaria
Funny picture indeed. I went out last Thursday again for some plinking. Taking out my 1918 made Kar98a Rifle. A great Mauser if i have to say it. The trigger was a bit light though, to light for me, so several times the shot went off sooner then i expected even though it has a 2 stage military... -
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Militaria
I had a good day this weekend, after a long time i finally went out to a military event again and did a good find. I got a box for .30 carbine ammunition, the box is empty, but i have the correct ammo at home here so i can fill her up correctly. Also i found 4 m1 carbine magazines. 2 of the... -
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Archaeological dig on WW2 Battlefield near Berlin
I don't want to keep this article for you guys, it is interesting and the pictures here make you go silent for a moment. Second World War German soldiers unearthed 70 years on | Daily Mail Online -
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Militaria
I got another shooting vid/picture. This time I took out my P-14 rifle at 40 meters. A nice shooting WW1 and WW2 second line weapon. Last bullet seems like it always get stuck, i did not figure out yet in the video that i have to push my bolt a bit forwards again to get the last casing out. -
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Militaria
So, this came blowing into my hands. What should I do with it? its dry and surface rust is forming. I feel like taking it apart, brushing the rust of the belt and bullets,oil it and put it back together. I took it apart into the 4 pieces for easy handling and can put it back together without any... -
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Picture of the Day
My guess would be that considering this is a demonstration for the common civilians that they added some comedy to it. Hence this position, but when in the field and you need to hurry up then this would also work. although i doubdt that he will hang there for long with all that hot brass falling... -
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News Update #49: Eighty Eight
I don't fully agree. people are to general about the german 88. just because the calibre is 88mm does not mean it can use the same projectile. For ecample you can not use the amunition from the Flak 36 and put it in a Pak 43, it will never fit! the Pak 43 had a completely different round. much... -
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Militaria
In most contries you can't just keep your weapons, but i am sure if he wanted to he would have still have had it, even if it was demilled. For me to keep my rifles i must go shooting every 3 weeks minimum. Also to get permission to buy this in the first place is quite strict and time consuming... -
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Militaria
A quick wiki: The only thing i can add to that is that the germans experimented at the end of the war with some type of plastic stock since wood ran out. I read about it some time ago and i don't remember that much about it any more. Anyhow, i want to share a Bayonet i have for a change, for... -
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Militaria
@Colonel__Klink, Why do you think France has not much decent wood, they have lots of forests with pines, oaks, etc... The stock slides on from the bottom and the trigger guard holds it in place with a screw from the bottom then. The system wit ha big screw through the butstock is the way it is... -
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Picture of the Day
I have no idea, i should ask my grandmother for that. she had 2 brothers in the war. -
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A short trip to Bastogne.
It was early in the morning on december 29th when i was looking outside and saw it snowing. then it sudenly came to my mind that this might be the perfect moment to go visit Bastogne since i heard they renewed the local museums there so that it was worth the visit. So off i went! Road...