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  1. Meplat
    It was one of the multi-turret prewar vehicles, may not have been the T-35 then.
  2. Meplat
    What an absurdly obtuse "article" . I hesitate to even call it that. No reference to the utter soup sandwich of the T-25, no mention of the parallel development of SALVO/SPIW, no mention of the absurd flaws of the M14 design or the issues it had in manufacturing...
  3. Meplat
    I was under the assumption that the museum directors had a moment of clarity and decided to focus on vehicles worth restoring. IIRC it was one of the last running T-35's.
  4. Meplat
    There is a point where "hot" becomes obnoxious.
  5. Meplat
    If I want hot, I'll eat some Thai food.
  6. Meplat
    I would think they have far more historically significant examples to deal with. Also, last I heard saner heads had prevailed and the project was shelved. They may be having issues with their ridiculous play count/post system.
  7. Meplat
    Try some Tapatio or Valentina.
  8. Meplat
    Kind of.. It became SOP for most FO/FAC birds to mount some form of armament, usually for firing WP/Smoke. Some would even carry pretty decent fixed armament (by WW2 standards) to provide a modicum of CAS.
  9. Meplat
    Depending on the area, they may want something with a bit more oomph than 7,62X54R. .45-70 definitely has that when loaded properly, and the MN action is plenty stout, while being inexpensive enough to make it a viable conversion. I have a bunch of articles I should scan in from the 1920's on converting the first wave MN surplus rifles to sporting use. They have almost as long as history of sporting use in North America as they do in their homeland.
  10. Meplat
    I see it quite a bit here, but it's kind of a "meh whatever" thing. The one that was funny was the older guy who'd ride around on an old ten-speed bike with an '03 Springfield, and bayonet, across his back.. We used to joke that if the inevitable accident did not kill him, then a lightning strike would.
  11. Meplat
    Had a chance to play with a post 86DS '231. It's a fantastic device for converting money into noise, especially when fed from one of those Chinese 120 round drums they sold back in the 90's.
  12. Meplat
    I'd guess the TC has to pick up the slack then. Easier for him to unass the track than it is for the gunner.
  13. Meplat
    It's not in the U.S., I know that. Loader and Driver do most of the grunt. Loader tends to be the dogsbody/gofer.
  14. Meplat
    More like a propagandist believing their own propaganda. I knew someone who was ex Luftwaffe who said that at best he shot down "around ten" aircraft, then while on leave his family had some clipping claiming he shot down "dozens". When you have complete control over the media, you can make your own victories, regardless of the facts, and people will believe it. Just think about the sheer volume of bullshit reports that guy was fed. Eventually he'd not be able to tell truth from fiction.
  15. Meplat
    Does look like it's missing a bracket.
  16. Meplat
    Or the folks who insist on murdering doves with great-grandpap's damascus-twist A.H. Fox or Boss shotgun. Corrosion resistance. The copper wash over a steel jacket is what you're thinking of. The lacquer coatings were solely for corrosion protection however. The U.S. steel casings in lieu of lacquer used a cadmium or zinc coating for the same reason.
  17. Meplat
    No, just looking at what would make it marketable in the U.S.. You can still buy all brass/metallic shotshells. I have a bunch of U.S. issue all aluminum shells for the M6 survival carbine, and have seen all brass black powder casings offered for reloaders.
  18. Meplat
    Right, now imagine a slight redesign to chamber and fire the current U.S. 3.5" magnum shotshells. The thing would probably sell well to turkey hunters, and deer hunters in areas where rifles are not allowed.
  19. Meplat
    I would guess export, Canada I know is still letting Chinese arms into their market including the semi auto M14 and M16 clones. If sanity ever returned to the 'states, I'd see a magazine fed shotgun capable of easily handling 3.5" shells easily having a market.
  20. Meplat
    That is why one should ferment them whenever possible..
  21. Meplat
    Gotta admit, that is a good looking chunk of steel.
  22. Meplat
    Expecting they'll come to the same conclusion as the early scattergun tests of Project SALVO, and apply the resultant technology to sporting arms to recoup costs.
  23. Meplat
    I have secret info that the Yaris could penetrate the Chally if it was using the unobtanium piston forgings.... If you don;t believe me you can email "thepinnacleofsnark @ seekritdocuments.com"
  24. Meplat
    Sadly, prison labor is one of those things that's kind of slipped to the wayside in the 'states. With few exception, much above basic maintenance for the grounds itself is out of the question. With so many of them being privatized or quasi privatized, I'm guessing they don't want to work their guests too hard lest they lose their housing contract.
  25. Meplat
    You're probably going to be firing ammo of a quality and consistency that was a pipe dream when those accidents were occurring. Also, there were an awful lot of sub 800K/300K guns that were perfectly safe.
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