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Not mentioned but around the same time, the SEALs also trialed silent shotgun ammo, designed much like simunitions except with black powder charge pushing an internal piston in each cartridge case. Supposedly, the flash and smoke was as bad as the sound they were getting rid of…

Not exactly… Hillary was just interviewed and stated that the plane shot itself down, twice… obvious suicide..

Very true about the grenade launcher

I like it, but, I like almost everything with GI roots… Here are a couple of pics, one Viet Nam-era with a cutdown carbine, I believe this soldier was a tank or track crewmen because I’ve seen other pics of him standing out of a hatch.. The older one is really interesting and was posted on...

Excellent observations. Regarding this subject and I’m sorry to say that I have forgotten the material it came from, I read an interview of a soldier, likely Korean War-era, when asked about the 30-round carbine mags, he stated that carbine mags weren’t exactly treated as disposable because they...

Further analysis proves you correct, Sir!

Not trying to beat a dead horse, I just love figuring this stuff out… I enlarged and tweaked the photo and even though he should have a 1911 , I’m seeing a Browning Hi-Power just based on the angle of the grip … ideas?

I’m so happy 😀 thanks 🙏🏼 so Sweetheart grips, like in the movie Fury, were a fairly common mod and a great collectible especially when you have provenance. Remember WW1 trench lighters, another common mod? I knew a guy who collected Pacific Theatre knives that varied from the roughest of...

I hadn’t noticed that, but, due to the position of his sidearm, I’m going to say he is more likely like me, left-eye dominant. Ever since my grandpa put a 22 in my hands, it always felt natural to left shoulder it, but, I write and shoot handguns with my right hand dominant. As for the sidearm...

An excellent article on two of my favorite topics, M1 carbines and field mods of any sort! For a few years, I have been aware of the attached photo of a Lt Strickland, said to be taken during fighting in Seoul. Note his carbine has a sling AND he is wearing a bandolier of what Ive assumed is 30...