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by Reese Williams
Thu Mar 16, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: Accoutrements
Topic: A bayonet for a 1MK III
Replies: 4
Views: 925

Re: A bayonet for a 1MK III

Niner - Your bayonet is an Indian No.1 Mk II*. You correctly identified the maker as Northwest Railways. India made somewhere between 6 and 9 different models of bayonets for the No.1 rifle. Especially during WWII there were a number of makers.
by Reese Williams
Wed Jun 01, 2022 7:50 am
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: A Different .303
Replies: 3
Views: 1106

Re: A Different .303

Actually Prvi Partizan is making 303 Savage brass for about $.90 a piece. I've got brass and dies and another 1899 in 303 Savage. It will get shot, maybe only one range trip and definitely with mild loads and cast bullets. It's a requirement that all the guns in the safe are functional and have been...
by Reese Williams
Tue May 31, 2022 7:18 pm
Forum: Classic British Firearms
Topic: A Different .303
Replies: 3
Views: 1106

A Different .303

When Canada joined the war in August 1914 there was a movement to raise home guard units from overage or otherwise ineligible men to guard bridges and public buildings and other infrastructure. One such unit was the Montreal Home Guard (MHG). Apparently comprised mostly of members of the Montreal Po...
by Reese Williams
Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:42 pm
Forum: The After Hours Funnies
Topic: Random Meaningless Pictures-Lets See Them
Replies: 2080
Views: 857514

Re: Random Meaningless Pictures-Lets See Them

The 173rd Airborne Brigade conducted the only parachute mission during the VN war. February 1967. I talked with a guy who had been there. He said "They knew we were coming and they shot the shit out of us."
by Reese Williams
Wed Feb 03, 2021 6:45 pm
Forum: Gun Law around the world
Topic: The NRA and bankruptcy
Replies: 2
Views: 1495

Re: The NRA and bankruptcy

NRA isn't having money problems, it is a strategy to break their charter and get out of New York state, although I agree La Pierre and his group need to go and there need to be some major reforms in how the organization is run.
by Reese Williams
Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:30 pm
Forum: Airplanes and ships
Topic: NC4 from a hundred years ago.
Replies: 4
Views: 3019

Re: NC4 from a hundred years ago.

The golf course at NAS Pensacola is the A.C. Read Golf course. Wonder if he would have appreciated the intended honor.
by Reese Williams
Sat Nov 23, 2019 8:58 pm
Forum: Airplanes and ships
Topic: Navy Air Museum in Pensacola Florida
Replies: 10
Views: 5123

Re: Navy Air Museum in Pensacola Florida

I work at NAS Pensacola so I'm no stranger to the museum. I've been to the Air and Space in Washington DC, both the old one downtown and the new one out by Dulles. While the National Museum of Naval Aviation doesn't have the breadth of the Smithsonian collection since it is limited to Navy and Marin...
by Reese Williams
Wed Feb 06, 2019 1:18 pm
Forum: Accoutrements
Topic: The Patton Saber
Replies: 4
Views: 5795

Re: The Patton Saber

He wasn't completely wrong, just very incomplete. Patton was intensely interested in learning more about his profession and improving the tools thereof. An accomplished horseman and fencer he worked towards upgrading the tools of his trade at every opportunity. A lot of thought and study of other co...
by Reese Williams
Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:19 am
Forum: Accoutrements
Topic: The Patton Saber
Replies: 4
Views: 5795

Re: The Patton Saber

The guy doing the video didn't do his homework very well. Not only was Patton a cavalryman, he was also an Olympic class fencer who competed as part of the US team in the 1912 games. The design of the M1913 owes much of its DNA to the British P1908 saber which it very closely resembles. At the very ...
by Reese Williams
Thu May 03, 2018 8:24 am
Forum: The After Hours Funnies
Topic: Random Meaningless Pictures-Lets See Them
Replies: 2080
Views: 857514

Re: Random Meaningless Pictures-Lets See Them

I've got the Target picture on the wall in my office with the caption "Next time up 5 clicks, right two"