BlueBookGuy Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share #76 Posted August 16, 2015 thanks Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted August 25, 2015 Share #77 Posted August 25, 2015 Great looking collection! I finally had a chance to look at this thread on a PC and not my phone. Well worth coming back to see it in greater detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share #78 Posted August 27, 2015 Very kind BEAST . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kquest Posted January 5, 2016 Share #79 Posted January 5, 2016 A Mills cartridge belt, later subpattern, made at Watervliet Arsenal in blue-dyed canvas. Loops are for 45-70 ammunitions. Then commander at Watervliet, Lt. Col. James Witthemore designed this last variation in a long series of bronze plate. The final "H"-shaped plate was cast (not stamped) and rather a massive piece of metal. 012.JPG Hi, I recently acquired a blue cartridge belt. Can you confirm that this is authentic, and what era this belt would have been used. I haven't received it yet so I will have to provide a link to the "popular auction site". http://www.ebay.com/itm/262213344061?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Thank you in advance. Best regards, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted January 1, 2017 Share #80 Posted January 1, 2017 Very nice items and commentary in this thread. A pleasure to study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CW_Guy Posted February 20, 2019 Share #81 Posted February 20, 2019 Very nice collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share #82 Posted August 9, 2020 Some additions in the last 12 - 14 months. This last shots not just for Cavalry weaponry, however it puts together my four Trapdoor-style longarms. Carbine is a Model 1877/79 from year 1881 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanemono Posted August 9, 2020 Share #83 Posted August 9, 2020 Very, very nice collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwigh1980 Posted August 9, 2020 Share #84 Posted August 9, 2020 Great photography skills, better than a Rock Island Premier Auction Catalog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share #85 Posted August 9, 2020 Thanx very much to both of you... too kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share #86 Posted August 9, 2020 And these, really the last couple pictures for this topic. Already posted elsewhere for the 'US Cavalryman' discussion, but here just as a better result (with more photo resolution) that ideally could close the collection. Thanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted August 9, 2020 Share #87 Posted August 9, 2020 A very fine thread! Great information and fantastic photography! Looking forward to your next topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share #88 Posted August 10, 2020 Thanx so much Dirk, too kind, Yes this one brought to end in last winter, has been my very last effort (through some 6 years) focusing on a US-related collection. My other plan, about getting 2-3 complete aviators in high altitude gear (all from former Eastern Block, virtually impossible to have any on US side) was it too, a very lenghty one - almost six years, and ended up last month. With that, my adventure in the collecting word came to a close; in fact, a thinning down on other typologies has already started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share #89 Posted September 8, 2020 Thought about posting some shots of items already in collection years ago, but not yet shown here till now. They're a couple Cavalry carbines prior of the Springfield Mod. 1877, and one Infantry rifle Mod. 1888. Here the carbines Spencer Mod. 1865 and the Sharps Mod. 1867 (50-70 conversion). together with the Springfield 1877 already seen in this topic: detail of Sharps conversion 50-70: the Sharps carbine between two variants of early Trapdoor infantry rifles (M-1866 and M-1868): Infantry Rifle Mod. 1888 (actually, a Mod. 1890): Rifle and Carbine together: the later carbine w/ Mod. 1885 sling, Mod. 1885 Cavalry ammo belt and Mod. 1881 holster (3rd Pattern) + Schofield revolver: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkasan187 Posted September 8, 2020 Share #90 Posted September 8, 2020 Some great looking items.. and your photography skills are excellent too.. Thank you for sharing with us Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share #91 Posted September 8, 2020 Too kind Leigh, Thanx very much. Here a couple last shots of all my military long guns, even though not entirely from Cavalry - some Infantry rifles are depicted too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted September 8, 2020 Share #92 Posted September 8, 2020 Wow, that is one nice collection. Congrats. I know these are all old models. Do they have to be deactivated where you are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypilot6670 Posted September 8, 2020 Share #93 Posted September 8, 2020 Blue Book , Thanks for posting your collection. You have done an amazing job . Thank you. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share #94 Posted September 9, 2020 10 hours ago, skypilot6670 said: Blue Book , Thanks for posting your collection. You have done an amazing job . Thank you. Mike Too kind Mike, thanx indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share #95 Posted September 9, 2020 10 hours ago, sundance said: Wow, that is one nice collection. Congrats. I know these are all old models. Do they have to be deactivated where you are? Thanx very much for appreciating. Not, they do not need any deactivation in Italy - however, here the firearm license is mandatory even to keep the antiques. I already had it in order to have at home some modern revolvers and auto-pistols, so no problems in this sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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