St Andrew and Rattle Cans...

[Jimster]

I will smack my nose with a newspaper.

[tankme]

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

Except that President Trump banned bump stocks via executive order. The lawsuit against the government is still ongoing to try and overturn it.

[Jimster]

Mine was lost during a tragic boating accident just after the ban took effect.

[midlife306]

Mine was lost during a tragic boating accident just after the ban took effect.

Oh dear, how unfortunate


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[tankme]

Been a lot of boating accidents in the US lately...

[43rdRecceReg]

That's a very lovely, and tactile looking piece
Well, all it takes to put some rails back under the thread's wheels (albeit on a notional basis), is to mention rattle cans.
So, here's a site that shows some very inventive uses for used rattle cans. None of them are, as it happens, ballistic in nature- although one looks like it has been hit by a cannon shell

https://recyclenation.com/2011/06/incre ... pray-cans/

Now, here's the Glock- but with a red dot sight, then with 43RR testing it out:


The Walther P38. A True Panzer sidearm from WW2, and a vast improvement on the Luger. Disguised, P38s were used in the 'Man From Uncle' series, in the 1960s.

The Walther PPK (originally a concealed detective's gun), but also carried by WW2 Panzer crews. Made famous by Bond, it's utterly inaccurate beyond about 15 meters.

Still, I expect there images might help modellers, when it comes to checking the accuracy of 1/16 scale accessory representations.

[43rdRecceReg]

Here's the SIG P210, dismantled. It's an excellent target pistol, but I prefer the later P226. It's something of a collector's piece these days, and one of my lad's favourites.
I don't like the mag release, though, it's a bit too stiff for my ageing fingers.

The Enfield No 2., Mk 1. My dad probably had one of these, as they were often issued to Recce troopers and Tankers for close defence. This one's now over 80 yrs old, but still functions perfectly. People often overlook the fact that Britain once produced some excellent revolvers.

[Jimster]

Love red dots!! One sits on top of my AR and I like being able to keep both eyes open when shooting. I can’t do that very well with open irons. Never had one on a pistol though.

[EAO]

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.

I believe I see a vaunted Sig P210 in that picture. I don't own one (I do have 4 other Sig Sauers though) but have shot several. The analogy of a Swiss watch comes to mind immediately. I also have a 1943 Winchester M1 Garand, and a 1943 BYF coded K98 with 7 notches on the stock. The Mauser was brought back by a South West Missouri WW2 vet. Total firearm inventory is 2 air rifles, 11 pistols, 1 revolver, 11 rifles, and 1 shotgun.

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.

I'll never carry a pistol with a manual safety. Have been carrying daily since the Fall of 1996. After graduating from the Police Academy and taking at least 4 advanced defensive pistol courses it's just what I'm used to and prefer. I've had to put my hand on my holstered pistol twice, and only had to draw it once (still not pointing it at anyone)...in all three cases I didn't have time to worry about a safety. It's all what your trained with and get used to. But training, training, training, practice, practice, practice!

Say hello to my little friend! It rules on the CQB range!

...and a timely reminder, Eric, that the thread really was about rattle-can robbery, and not men in skirts...

See, I'm really not that into men in skirts!

Cheers to a really hijacked post!
Eric.

[43rdRecceReg]

Diversity is all the (acceptable) rage these days, it appears...
Personally, it's what gives threads a decent 'warp an weft' (look 'em up) to me, and those distinctive patterns and features
Some fascinating details there, Jim and Eric.
Many years ago- as a kid on a hill farm, who was in thrall to machinery, I managed to get an old Fordson tractor working; one that had been standing on a remote hillside since the 1940s (this was back in 1962).
The trick was to remove the magneto, warm it an oven, replace it- crank the engine on petrol,and then switch it to TVO when it was warm enough. Cranking the engine by hand was always risky, and could actually break a wrist, if the engine backfired. But,this one kicked into life. Hand cranking was a big- but normal- risk; no doubt one that the Stuka ground staff faced. Many cars though, were still equipped with the crank in those days, even when electric starters came in I had a Morris Minor with one.
The smell of those old machines, and of lathes, emery cloth, lathe coolant, burned carbon, and ground metal in senior school ( I went on to study Philosophy at a 'Hippy' populated University )
always link, for me, to the smell of discharged weapons: It's sort of addictive. 'Napalm in the morning', is not my thing, but oily emery cloth could be, and spent cartridges too. It would be a good option for Mega Steam: 'Spent Cartridge'/ 'Old Fordson on TVO'