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Post by wade on Aug 27, 2006 9:42:10 GMT -5
I was just wondering, since America has a pretty eventful history (up untill WWII in this case) could we bring "family herloom" pistols into the field (i.e. a six shooter, small derriger, other small revolver) that "were givin to us by our relatives when we went off to fight" or would that be unallowed?
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Post by YankeeDiv26 on Aug 27, 2006 12:49:50 GMT -5
hmm tought question. i think it depends alot more on the specific gun. western guns wouldnt really qualify but a later model revolver could probably.
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Post by 2ndranger on Aug 27, 2006 15:37:20 GMT -5
Like if you were a cop or some sort of law enforcer Im sure you can bring your handgun, but as a heirloom I think knives and daggers would fit in that category.
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Post by Nimlas on Aug 27, 2006 19:03:29 GMT -5
I'm sure it happened but it was rare. So if it were me, I would, but you can if you REALLY want to. But getting pistol ammo in anything other than 9mm, .38, or .45 at the front might have been difficult.
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Post by caffrey on Dec 10, 2006 17:23:28 GMT -5
For the most part, it would be incorrect to have a stash of personal weapons. In some instances private pistols were shipped over. But only Officers, some NCOs, and some assigned tasks were issued handguns.
Practical for Airsoft, but not the most authentic.
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Post by Tough Ombre on Dec 21, 2006 21:18:38 GMT -5
in a book i just recently read the Auther, Donald Burgett, carried a nickle plated 45 his dad got him, also in the Book/ Movie Band of Brothers, Sgt Floyd Talbert carried a cop six shooter, i think it was a .38 if im not mistaken. Also a little of topic of just a side arm, but also in the next book in his series of 4 books, There is a guy in the book, the name slips my mind, but he carried a specially bored (for hunting) 1903 springfield, though he was wounded, the gun was sent back to him(again if i remember correctly, if not it was lost in the forrest he was wounded in.) -Cary
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Post by caffrey on Dec 31, 2006 5:47:15 GMT -5
What happens if your gun requires a special caliber of ammunition?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2007 1:47:51 GMT -5
if you had carried the mag that was sent with it, that may be all you needed when your rifle jammed at a defining moment when encountering a german or such.
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Post by wade on Jan 1, 2007 19:36:54 GMT -5
What happens if your gun requires a special caliber of ammunition? Then you leave it under your pillow and the magical Ammo Fairy fills the magazine . Jk, that's not a big problem in airsoft, you're either 6mm or 8mm and both are simple to get.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2007 23:17:57 GMT -5
well hes trying to relate it to realsteel, because it ww2 it would have been hard to acquire that caliber of ammo, and therefore useless, i think thats what he means. but if it had 6 rounds in it, good enough for me until it ran out!
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Post by Tough Ombre on Jan 7, 2007 21:00:32 GMT -5
They would also have more ammo shipped from home. It was alot easier to get away with that kind of stuff back then. -Cary
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Post by Russian on Jan 7, 2007 21:48:22 GMT -5
Package deliveries to the front line soldiers were random at best. My grandfathers first wife sent five packagaes a week to my grandfather, who was a forward observer. He recieved two the entire war, one filled with laundry soap, the other, two cans of pears. She said that she had sent candy in most of the boxes, socks and mittens in the others. None of these were recieved. The chances of the needed ammunition arriving is slim to none.
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Post by guitarmaster on Jan 7, 2007 21:59:06 GMT -5
Yea packages take along time to so you were pretty lucky if you got one.
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Post by Doom on Jan 26, 2007 18:17:11 GMT -5
Of course, due to constant troop movement and the slow deilvery time in the 40's, a LOT of mail never reached its intended destination.
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