Wow just seen this, the USMC doesn't use tanks no more, didn't know this till now,  they were given to the Army and then they disbanded all Tank Battalions Active and Reserve,      the U.S. Marine Corps does not operate tanks anymore. As part of the Force Design 2030 plan initiated in 2020, the Marine Corps divested all its M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks and deactivated its tank battalions. This shift prioritizes long-range precision fires and lighter, expeditionary capabilities for maritime combat, rather than heavy armored land warfare.    Alternative Capabilities: The Marine Corps now relies on other, more mobile systems and joint force operations with the Army for armor support.    Removal of Armor: The last of the tanks left Marine Corps base custody by 2021.   Reallocation: The tanks were transferred to the U.S. Army.   Focus Shift: The Corps is transforming to focus on naval expeditionary warfare rather than acting as a "second land army" .

Thank you for the information and help in identifying an unknown patch, at least to me. Greatly appreciate your help.   David

It is Ri[pstop, were Ripstop covers GI?

Excellent finds! I need to sleep in less and get out to those flea markets earlier in the day!

Where to find yard long frame, I have a 42x10.5 

I've read a book that was written probably 8 years ago that had a section on how to turn a Mosin nagant into a "poor man's sniper rifle ".  Scope added, new stock and new trigger. etc. 

As a kid and into my early teens, id dig up ammo and pour the cordite out. Must of been thousands of rounds of 30-06, 303, 45 and belted 50 over the years. Ill leave what I did with it all to your imagination, maybe the odd eyebrow burn but we survived being kids without any need for treated like babies. 

To be fair sometimes we had warnings and the very warning led to the problem we were warned about.   Last week of term back in the early 70's we were tasked with getting rid of all the various acids in bottles in the chemistry lab. Just before the chemistry master left the room ( mistake number 1 ) we were told whatever we did we were not to mix different acids . ( that was mistake number 2 ). Being of enquiring minds we obviously were intrigued by that instruction and therefore ignored it and did the very thing we were told not to do. The chemistry master realised his mistake when he returned to the lab to find all of us outside the room waiting the arrival of the local fire brigade to come and sort things out. Looking back it seems incredible that we were even told to pour concentrated acids down a sink in the first place although we were also supposed to have filled the sink with water first. Somehow we survived growing up.

That Italian-made Chemical scroll is outstanding.   

Very impressive collection!