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Militaria
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Is there anything I can do to reduce the oxidation? A solvent I can soak it in, or something? For the record it feels pretty light, strange for something that's theoretically lead.
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Okay thank you!
Since this tread is going so slow, here is part of my WW1 collection. 5 pre/early war bullets. Left is an American 1915 made 30-06, then a German 1913 made 7.92x57 mauser, then a british 1913 made Ball Mark VI, then a Belgian 7.65x53 with unreadable date and lastly a Dutch 6.5x53 made in 1916.
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I wish I could add more to this thread, I just don't own much in the way of WW2 militaria. I have some blueprints of the LST I found in Thailand, though most of them I found in a flooded engine compartment, so some of them had to be discarded.
No worries about that, when i started visiting the FH filefront forums more then 10 years ago i also get jealous if what people seemed to have collected. Now look what i have... I only showed a small part so far.
I have a nice 1944 russian tokarev TT-33 coming to me soon. Quite excited for that.
I have a nice 1944 russian tokarev TT-33 coming to me soon. Quite excited for that.
Something tells me that it is not a PS4...
Jokes aside:
It says Cartouches? Cartridges? Maybe some fags?
Yeah, Cartridges, but these packs are for a specific rifle. Witch rifle? Witch country? Witch war? Who made them?
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Assuming the fact that the paper is brown, buff and torn with faded blue ink which has been stamped and with tape on the right side, I can only deduce that it is a Model 1932N, 8mm Lebel perhaps? The rectangular shape and size of the packaging indicates that there are 8 cartridges inside. Obviously made by Atelier de Construction de Tarbes, thus, French. Made in the second semester of 1944 during WWII.
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Correct, there where specially made for the lebel rifle, hence there are 8 cartridges in a pack. A full load for that rifle. The pack has clearly been stored whet, but should still work.
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[MENTION=1855]siben[/MENTION] what caliber are those?
It says right on the box. It is .30M1 ammunition. Also known as 30-06.
It's an original 250 round belt for a .30 calibre machine gun. US made in 1943. Has a tracer every 5th bullet.
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Have you ever been able to do any metaldetecting? That's like my dream, to metaldetect some of the major WW2 battlefields. I've seen videos of these guys in eastern Europe that find Pak 40s and stuff... crazy!
I think only on the eastern front you can still do big finds. Here in europe its different yet still good things can be found. I have a metal detector but did not use it much yet. I would like to do it but disturbing and digging up battlefields gets frowned upon to be honest plus you need a permit and permission of the land owners to do it. those people from youtube movies have very expensive and professional stuff. No way i will ever buy that. I can only detect 8cm deep in the soil. They can go 30cm deep with ease.
As i mentioned a month ago, i have a TT-33. WW2 soviet made. First thing that surprised me... it has a huge muzzle flame! and with modern ammunition its even bigger then military surplus. Shooting 2 magazines here where i alternate between a new and old cartridge. Big flame is new, big recoil is old.
[video=youtube_share;4zg5-p9A8ZU]https://youtu.be/4zg5-p9A8ZU[/video]
[video=youtube_share;4zg5-p9A8ZU]https://youtu.be/4zg5-p9A8ZU[/video]
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