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I've had one for quite a while, now: Mike

NIce thread! I reminded me, for some reason, of Christmas 1969 so I dug out an old photo: I took this on Christmas day. That Huey brought us a bunch of Mermite cans filled with hot turkey dinners with all the trimmings. What a moral builder! There was a cease fire so that's probably why you...

Mine had the "crank" on it to retract the bolt. Originally, I'd purchased a Thompson but didn't like it because of the weight and rate of climb. I could hold the grease gun on target when firing. By the way, I sold the Thompson to a fellow who tried to sent it back home. He would remove...

I carried an M-3 during my time in South Vietnam with the First Infantry Division. It's size made it much easier to carry has I was a combat photographer with two or three cameras about my neck. It was ugly as a stump but was easy to use. Here's the only photo I have of myself carrying my...

Whew! Terrible! Mike

In South Vietnam, the stalwarts saw some success keeping "Chuck and the boys" from totally controlling Highway QL 13, otherwise known as "Thunder Road." They did a good job but, occasionally, this happened: Long time ago Mike

In some circles, the old saying is, "Sharps made the west safe for Winchester.":) Mike

.45 Colt Mike

My great grandfather and his brother immigrated from Ireland in the mid-1850s and, when their servitude was over, the brother went to live in Pennsylvania. When the Civil War started, my great grandfather signed up and fought at Antietam and Gettysburg. He was wounded during Pickett's first...

I was able to fire a friends CZ a couple of months ago and I really liked it. The trigger pull seemed to be around 3 lbs and, frankly, I fired it better than my 1911s and Hi Powers. Therefore, I rode over to the LGS where they had one in stock: I measured the trigger pull on mine and it was...

No apology needed here, sir, as you're among friends. Peace, Mike

I have no idea who said this: “A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The ‘United States of America’, for an amount of ‘up to and including my life." To this old vet, it sure...

I was with the 1st Infantry Division in 1970 when our AO was turned over to the ARVN. The division was returning to Fort Riley, KS, due to Nixon's Vietnamizaion program. Being a combat photographer, I was one of the last to leave. For my final assignment, I was assigned to go with an element...

Here's an article from "The Guardian" that tells you a lot about the company: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/07/ukraine-toolmaker-kept-working If you can see a way to help them out, please do. Help them to screw Russia! Mike

Head on over to their website and look up these: Recusant, your request stirred a very old memory. After I graduated from basic training at Fort Bragg in '68, our drill sergeant, SSG Jesse Cox, gave us some advice. "When y'all get to Vietnam, forget this hand-to-hand crap I've taught...