My how some things change.

[drm2m]

This photo was taken today.

 

[ucvrelics]

Very Nice and a GREAT change.

 

[JOHN42768]

Looks good, but nothing wrong with WW items

 

[drm2m]

More changes.

 

[JOHN42768]

Some wonderful items in both displays

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

Both are awesome displays. But respectfully, I prefer the Civil War over WWII.

 

[Western Reserve Volunteer]

Either way, some good taste in relics...

 

[drm2m]

Three out--





Five in--

 

[Bonedaddy]

I commend you on your change of tastes to Civil War items. You have an outstanding collection with all quality items! BUT, it would have hurt me very much to have had to sell that Browning High Power, Luger, P-38, and Radom (looks like a Radom but not sure) and the matching holsters. (Especially that Browning, which I bet had Waffen marks on it). Enjoy your collection in good health.

 

[kenysd]

you have your mind on straight. well done....Ken

 

[drm2m]

I will be keeping a 1937 dated Luger rig given to me by the Canadian vet that brought it back--same for a M1911A1 Colt rig and other items belonging to the vet that flew with RAF Ferry Command.

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[James N.]

Unfortunately, mine aren't as rare as many of yours were...

... but I still have them all, plus a few more not pictured. (And the firearms all shoot!)

 

[drm2m]

I had these two pistols deactivated and sent them to Collector's Guild in New Brunswick to sell on consignment.

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

As much as I love Civil War items, there is no way I would have been able to part with those WW2 items...you had some pretty iconic stuff! And now you have some iconic ACW stuff. You have a real talent for collecting.

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

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Unfortunately, mine aren't as rare as many of yours were...

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... but I still have them all, plus a few more not pictured. (And the firearms all shoot!)

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Very nice. Judging from your previous posts and photos, seems like you have a nice collection of a vast array of military history.

 

[Carronade]

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Does anyone know what "dewats and 12.3 converted autos" means? I wouldn't think it would be 12.3mm; even the Thompson in .45 is only 11mm.

 

[James N.]

I had these two pistols deactivated and sent them to Collector's Guild in New Brunswick to sell on consignment.

Almost every time I look at CG it makes me want to gag for that very reason - to my mind that's nothing but destroying them. Mine may not be the best examples and some have restoration and are even RC "parts guns" like my three Mausers, but at least THEY ALL SHOOT! The only ones (apart from my French Napoleonic flintlocks) I haven't shot are the two Arisakas whose ammunition has become largely unavailable and therefore too costly.

 

[Jeff in Ohio]

Dewats means arms that have been deactivated so they are no longer firearms (such as replacing the receiver with a solid block of metal), and 12.3 is the ATF Bureau's code or law section that applies to automatic firearms that have been converted so they are no longer automatic, and the registration is changed under this Section 12.3

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

Almost every time I look at CG it makes me want to gag for that very reason - to my mind that's nothing but destroying them. Mine may not be the best examples and some have restoration and are even RC "parts guns" like My three Mausers, but at least THEY ALL SHOOT! The only ones (apart from my French Napoleonic flintlocks) I haven't shot are the two Arisakas whose ammunition has become largely unavailable and therefore too costly.

6.5 and 7.7 Arisaka ammunition has become pretty available. A Type 99 I once had, (still kicking myself for selling it), was surprisingly accurate and a pleasure to shoot. The caliber's performance kind of halfway reminded me of the .303.

 

[James N.]

Very nice. Judging from your previous posts and photos, seems like you have a nice collection of a vast array of military history.

Unfortunately it skims the surface and omits many of the accepted "classics" like the U.S. M.1911 Colt and Luger pistols; Trapdoor, '03 Springfield and M.1 rifles, etc. I don't believe there are any real rarities either. But I've enjoyed "accumulating" them over the past twenty years, mainly since retiring.