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ROCKINBBAR,

Thank you for the original post and link. Way fascinating. My looking into the rest of the wierd site was my own fault and no reflection on your well intentioned initial post of just sharing the pictures from an amazing dig and find.


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normally i have never done anything with military gear other than preserve what is there. I varied once. When the russian capture k98's were coming into country, i got one originally made in the 30's. It had been "dipped" with that horrible russian park on the metal, some russian numbers cut into a sanded area on thea buttstock, and whatever crud they used to seal the wood. By rights it should have been left as it was, as it reflected it's history. The part that got me was the "blood rust" on top of the reciever, very distinctive when you see it, where some poor guy had leaked all over it. I refinished the wood taking the russian stuff out and putting what the germans had originally used back on, and got rid of the russian "dip" park, and got rid of the pits/corrosion from the blood. When restored, it looked pretty much "as issued." Shot it one time, and put it away. I like to think the guy who had that rifle a long time ago approved of what i had done.


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few years ago, i was very tempted to bid on a garand found in the forest around bastogne. Wasn't much left of the wood, and or course heavily rusted. It seemed offensive in a way to see it for sale on an auction site, and i kept thinking it needed to come home.


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there are a number of sites like this one. Few years ago i was really tempted to buy a pack of WWII german condoms. Thought it would make an interesting gift for a son in law whose father was on the eastern front during WWII.
http://www.bunkermilitaria.com/Merc...GY&Store_Code=BM&Category_Code=2


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Don't think it is the Mauser 1918 because those are basically a scaled up 98(which the actions doesn't look right for) and most wouldn't have had the mag well. The WZ35 action appears closer to that in the pic, but the trigger group doesn't quite match and there are too many barrel bands for either anti-tank gun along with no bipod.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosin%E2%80%93Nagant


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That's pretty cool.


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Originally Posted by RoninPhx
there are a number of sites like this one. Few years ago i was really tempted to buy a pack of WWII german condoms. Thought it would make an interesting gift for a son in law whose father was on the eastern front during WWII.
http://www.bunkermilitaria.com/Merc...GY&Store_Code=BM&Category_Code=2


That is a cool and amazing site! Who knew so much Nazi era stuff was still around to be collected and all.

Each item makes me try to imagine the life and times of the person who owned it and possibly died with this stuff in hand or in use.

Each of them was once young, strong and virile. Makes a person ponder thier own mortality and the brevity of life on this planet. Also, how precious this life given to us IS.


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Originally Posted by sherp
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Also, why does that first ammo belt look like it contains blanks?


Thinking that may be 7.62x38 Nagant. Rims look big though??


They look like primers for artillery using bagged powder charges.


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great pictures

some bad [bleep] happened there - that's for sure


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