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Serial # 369728, made in october 1941 by Springfield.This is all that is left from the original gun, everything has been rebuilt with either NOS or new parts, then it was reproofed(complete with proofmarks) in Germany!

A collectors nightmare, but as I wanted a shooter I can live with it, original, battlefield leftover Garands are quite abundant over here so when I bought this one I choose a shooter over a collectors gun. But right now I'm waiting for the paperwork to come through for a second, collectors Garand.

 

 

 

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My "mixmaster" 1911A1, the slide is a Colt but the serial # 857694and the FJA = Frank J. Atwood, inspectors mark make the receiver an Ithaca.

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My M1 carbines. Two inland M1A1, a very low serial number Inland, an SG, an S'G', an Underwood, a Rock Ola, a QHMC and a Winchester.

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My M1 carbines. Two inland M1A1, a very low serial number Inland, an SG, an S'G', an Underwood, a Rock Ola, a QHMC and a Winchester.



WOW, what an excellent M1 carbine collection B) !

Tim
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The UD M-42 in 9mm.




Now that is just the coolest!!! I have heard of these firearms, but never actually seen one. I can only imagine how few are still around. Have you fired this one? Curious to know how it performs.

Tim
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I haven't fired the UD42 yet. I hesitate taking the old gals through the paces, specially those that are hard to find.

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What a great colletion. Thanks for sharing!! I like all of them. That is a very early Ithaca frame on your M1911A1. Just curious, have you pulled the grips off and looked to see if there are WW1 heart shaped cut-outs under the grip panels? Ithaca was supplied with un-used leftover WW1 frames early in their production to help jump start their production.

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A veritable armory and an outstanding collection! Do you mind me asking where you sourced the '07 slings? (I assume they are repros?) I actually have a WW1 original on my M1 but the leather is cracking and becoming a little fragile in places so I'm considering replacing it with a good quality repro in order to preserve it. Thanks.

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What a great colletion. Thanks for sharing!! I like all of them. That is a very early Ithaca frame on your M1911A1. Just curious, have you pulled the grips off and looked to see if there are WW1 heart shaped cut-outs under the grip panels? Ithaca was supplied with un-used leftover WW1 frames early in their production to help jump start their production.

 

Thank's to all of you for the kind words, there are a few more to come.

I checked the cut-outs, it was the forst thing that crossed my mind when I saw the low serial number,but alas they are not heart shaped!

 

A veritable armory and an outstanding collection! Do you mind me asking where you sourced the '07 slings? (I assume they are repros?) I actually have a WW1 original on my M1 but the leather is cracking and becoming a little fragile in places so I'm considering replacing it with a good quality repro in order to preserve it. Thanks.

 

The one on the Garand, it has been replaced by an original by now, is from Turner Saddlery http://www.turnersling.com/ , a very good repro of the best quality. If you are looking for an original Pieter Ostergaard has an original one from WWII for 125€ right now.

 

 

Very nice collection. You M-42 is very cool. Is it still full auto or has it been converted to semi-auto?

 

It is still full auto. All my guns are fully functional, except for the first production run M1A1, that one is demilled.

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An FP45/M1942 "Liberator" pistol, it still has the comic-strip instructions! Those are hard to find, at least on this side of the big pond.

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M2 Machinegun with M1 telescopic sight. The Ma Deuce was made by thze AC Spark Plug Division of Gneeral Motors.

 

 

 

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Charlie Flick

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I am very impressed by your collection overall, but have to say that the UD-42 and the M2 .50 are just spectacular. Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

Regards,

Charlie

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I too like the UD-42, particularly because they were supplied to the Greeks in WWII. Please give us a report when you shoot it. Great collection, overall.

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Very awesome collection. Are WWII firearms easy to aquire in Europe?

 

It depends on the country, there is no common gun law yet, so you have some countries with rather liberal gunlaws and you have some with very strict ones. Another important factor is availability, in my neck of the woods you can still find many WWII battlefield leftover small arms from the Battle of the Bulge.

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