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Hey Nels- good to see you here! Did you find a referral on Expedition Portal or on Guns and Rovers? I think I have posted links to this thread on both of those in the past. You need to find a sun compass for your Rover if you haven't already!! Matt Also I have been working my way...

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Martin and Osa Johnson. I haven't been here for a whil but recently ran across something worth postig in this thread- When I was younger I uesed to volunteer in the High School library and at times they would discard a good many older books I rescued a book called"Over African Jungles"1935 By...

It depends what work you do- my step-grandfather was in a heavy equiptment/logging/excavating business, working on D8 cats, dump trucks, etc for ~60 years, he always carried the same pocketwatch which he had transitioned to in the 1960's because of destroying so many wristwatches in the course...

MLE's didn't have the capacity for charger loading as built, same as the Lee Metfords. Some were modified and designated Charger Loading Lee-Enfields, or CLLEs.

Recently I have been on a revolver kick- the latest one is the pre-victory model that is in my avatar. I really like the pre WWII S&Ws... I have a friend who does some fabulous leather work and I am trying to get him to make me up some vintage style flap holsters. Too many pistols and too...

They wanted around $425 for it and IIRC it was a BSA purpose made sporter or an LSA Express, I was a fool to leave it there. A beautiful gun, very 1920's.

Repro 1895s are still made, CDNN.com has or at least had them, I think they were relatively cheap. You could then have it modified as outlined int he article I linked to- that portion wouldn't be cheap naturally... But Big Medicine is cool- how can you put a price on such a storied gun like...

You'll probably never find a good cheap express rifle, it is one of those things like racing cars, how does the saying go? Fast, Cheap, good- pick any two? I heard of issues with the Pedersolis which led me to abandon them, The guys I knew who had them said the barrels were poorly regulated...

I don't know when the official transition to the Montana peak was? ~1910 the old style was still in use at Canp Perry:

It depends- naturally, on the brand. my head is around 24 3/4"-25" so it puts me between a 7 7/8ths and an 8 depending on the maker. How is the felt on the Stratton hats? I saw someone on eBlag who had them in every size and head shape. The color is wrong (grey) but the price is cheap enough...

I've wanted one ever since I was in Boy Scouts, I've NEVER found one big enough- even the extra large ones I've seen are too small. :rage: I suppose with the rise in popularity of stuff like Cowboy Action Shooting I might be able to find a specialist akin to Clearwater Hats who can make me...

Here is what he had to say about the pics There is one or two that may be from before they went over, Since there appears to be interest I'll post the remaining pics: this is a shot before they went to the NWF: once there: on parade: Agroup shot with some decent details of...

On the forum I originally got these pictures from (actually a UK Land Rover Enthusiast forum) there were a few comments about the shorts- people clearly aren't used to that style anymore- are they?! ;) I've been meaning to buy some of the kit from WPG, I never wear shorts though, modern or...

this is about the last of the interesting ones: