St Andrew and Rattle Cans...

[43rdRecceReg]

Rattle cans make awesome targets when they stop performing. Exploding red spray paint can be most satisfying in a dark way

An excellent, idea, Jim!! I imagine you've sent a few cans skyward with your M1 Carbine (?) . Unfortunately, The Swiss ranges where I went (in pre-Covid Incarceration days) with my boy's WW2 arsenal, would take a dim view of us besmirching the target areas with paint

Here's me blasting away with his trusty Lee-Enfield, and some of the (fully functional, and licensed) pistols. I like the Sig P225 most of all (yeah, it's not WW2...), but the Walther P38 is my favourite tanker's sidearm from the WW2 era. It's not in this pic, though. The Luger is fiddly to reassemble in a hurry.

[Jimster]

Nice picture! My only Sig is a P320 in.45acp. Civilian version of our army’s M17 except I prefer .45 over 9mm because I reload that caliber for my 1911s.

[jarndice]

My thinking on most subjects is "Flexible" a decent reasoned arguement will often pursuede me to alter a long held view BUT when it comes to Hand Guns Emotion takes over,
The issue Browning 9mm Hi Power has saved my unworthy backside on at least two occaisions, That is reason enough to make it my favourite.
My favourite SMG has long been the Thomson .45 (Military) Sub Machine Gun, I can never forget my Boss with the "Tommy Gun" Clamped tightly against his hip firing down range on full auto with a grin wider than the entrance to the Clyde tunnel, (The Thomson was still an issue weapon to the Belgium Air Force in the 70s and the old man knew a man )
The UZI is a close second, Just so flexible, it can be mansized for single shot accuracy or pocket sized for concealment, (Large Pockets)

[Jimster]

Speaking of machine guns, this is as close as I can get.

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[jarndice]

While the British Army were waiting for the GPMG the old .303 Bren was reengineered to 7.62 and reissued,
I never did understand why the magazine which was a new altered stamped 28 round version of the 32 round original did not have the mag mating adapted to fit its Platoon companion the 7.62 SLR,
The amount of work that went into converting the old Bren could surely have allowed for the change to be made possable,
Such a change could have given the platoon the flexibility to use SLR Mags on the Bren and vise a versa

[Jimster]

Because that made too much sense. SNAFU.

[43rdRecceReg]

Nice picture! My only Sig is a P320 in.45acp. Civilian version of our army’s M17 except I prefer .45 over 9mm because I reload that caliber for my 1911s.

Very tasty. Hmmm... that would be perfect for making holes for plant bulbs in the Spring. Much easier than using a dibber!
My lad now has a Chinese 1911. It takes a PhD to reassemble it!. Fires well though. Of his latest acquisitions, I like the WW2 Tokarev TT33 (?)- a tanker's weapon;
and the Beretta '92. the Beretta's almost as perfect as the P225. Then there's the Glock 17- the latest. I don't trust any weapon without a manual safety- despite the Glock's safety feature.
The Enfield (No 2 Mk 1- 0.38) revolver in the pic is stamped 'R.A.F' 1939. It's a pleasure to shoot, but lacks stopping power. It's a sort of shrank-in-the-wash Webley.
The idea, initially, was to collect available working WW2 rifles and sidearms and compare them. His enthusiam for the lastest special forces stuff has rather taken over lately, however.
I appreciate well designed, and well-made bits of engineering. That includes weapons- though I'm inclined to think there are too many of them in the world.

I'm also a big fan of Ian McCollum's 'Forgotten Weapons' channel. He's very articulate and knowledgeable, and someone whom I feel examines the engineering and inventiveness aspects of weaponry, rather than glorifying their killing and maiming properties. I created a thread on WW2 Tanker's weapons (sidearms and close defence) a few years ago....
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrfKGp ... e68dzXgJuA

[Jimster]

Awesome and I agree about the manual safety. That's why I carry my 1911 instead of my Sig however the US army version does have a manual safety.

[Jimster]

It usually wears wood grips. Nice and flat slab sides for easy concealment.
Major thread derailment. So sorry.
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[jarndice]

It usually wears wood grips. Nice and flat slab sides for easy concealment.
Major thread derailment. So sorry.
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A major thread derailment indeed,
You should be ashamed of yourself, I cannot think of anyone else on the Forum who would transgress so blatantly