some old snipers

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(repro)

 

[A4sForever]

Bottom to top:

Had one -- sold it

Got one -- love it

Never had one -- don't want one

 

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the enfield is a real collector piece
a bonafide vet bring back
my old man took it off a dead jap at belleau wood in 1935.
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[A4sForever]

...my old man took it off a dead jap at belleau wood in 1935.
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Killing Japs in 1935?? At Belleau Wood?? So THAT's what started WW2 in the Pacific !?!?!?

 

[exhelodrvr]

Killing Japs in 1935?? At Belleau Wood?? So THAT's what started WW2 in the Pacific !?!?!?

No, that's what started global warming.

 

[Recovering LSO]

my old man took it off a dead jap at belleau wood in 1935.View attachment 12835

hmmm. 1935 eh? did i misread my history books? typo?

 

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ya got me!
pretty sharp, youngster.

 

[flaps]

pretty sharp. ya got me, youngster!