Gun related porn

[P89]

We've all seen the gun porn.
What else do you have that is gun related...here is some of mine...



I hope people like this more than some of the dumb ass posts I make.

[P89]

I see people looking but nobody's commenting?

I realize the resolution sucks, so let me explain:

Most of the ammo is from the '60's (best guess)
The surplus boxes to the right by the green balls is M1 Utah & St. Louis Ordinance
dated 1942 & '43 (unopened)
The green balls are from the Pacific, they often washed ashore from Japanese fishing nets...very common on Hawaii, Iwo Jima, etc.
Those 2 .50 cal. bullets are really lighters made from 1943 St.Louis ordinance.
The brown ball next to them...12lb cannon ball.
Plier looking thing...brass .357 bullet mold.
Hunting tags are 1940, 1941, 1926, 1952 & small keystone pin is a 1943 fishing button
Stone knife
WW2 Marine Corps metals (not all of them)
A book from the '39-'40 worlds fair
Braclet is a POW tag that belonged to LCDR Hugh A. Stafford, USN 8-30-1967
(Would like to find him or family to return)
A luger cap gun (Marx toys)
And finally the 3rd Divison Marine Corps Zippo that has McTureous NCO Club '63 inscribed on the back.

[XD45]

some pretty cool stuff in there. explain the green balls a little more i'm confused on what they are.

[P89]

Originally Posted by XD45

some pretty cool stuff in there. explain the green balls a little more i'm confused on what they are.

Floats for Japanese fishing nets. Most times they just washed ashore, sometimes teams had to go cut them so the nets would not get tangled in propellers. I have dozens of these things in all shapes and sizes & a few different colors. All hand blown & most have a Japanese marking on the bottom.

I found some info on Mr. Stafford...

STAFFORD, HUGH ALLEN
DECEASED 12/28/03
Name: Hugh Allen Stafford
Rank/Branch: O4/US Navy
Unit: Attack Squadron 163, USS ORISKANY (CVA 43)
Date of Birth:
Home City of Record: Cambridge MD
Date of Loss: 31 August 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 204100N 1063200E (XH596876)
Status (in 1973): Released POW
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A4E
Other Personnel in Incident: David J. Carey (released POW); Richard C. Perry
(remains returned)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 June 1990 from one or more of
the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence
with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W.
NETWORK 2005.

I would have enjoyed a conversation with him.
I might go back to wearing this braclet.

[RugerNiner]

[P89]

That's a beauty! Even though it's limited production run please tell me you shoot it. Afterall that is what it was built for, not to hang on the wall.

[RugerNiner]

Oh Yes, I shoot it.
This one only gets the best ammo.

I have another AR that I bought just so I can shoot Wolf ammo out of.

I'll be bringing it with me for others to shoot if I ever make it to one of these Get Together of PAFOA.

[Emptymag]

P89,
This is a GREAT idea!

Pics of gun STUFF, instead of guns... BRILLIANT!

This could get really interesting as folks will see stuff that reminds them of "the old days" or perhaps bring about questions about the items pictured... then we all get to learn a few things along the way.

It may take some effort though, as most folks don't take photos of their "stuff".

+6 to you!


Crap. I was going to post a pic, but Photobucket is down for repair... I'll be back.

[P89]

I don't think anyone has used brillant in reference to me...thanks!
This stuff isn't the half, yup, I'm a packrat.

[Emptymag]

I'm back...

How about some bayonets?

These were brought back from Europe by my father-in-law who served in the 164th Combat Engineer Battalion .(WWII)
(for you history buffs, see here for a little more about that)






These are "loosely" gun related... if it weren't for an M1 Garand, I doubt that the Germans who owned these would have given them up...
Note: the medal at top is my father-in-law's "Victory Medal", not a German capture.