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    1. Combloc

      A Quick Look At a MAS 44 Cleaning Kit

      Just puttering about today waiting for spring and I thought it might be fun to do a quickie on the MAS 44 cleaning kit. I think many collectors aren't even aware they exist so, we'll take a quick look. If I live long enough, I'll eventually include better pictures of this fun little kit in an...
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      Ernst Thaelmann Produced PP a Little East German Gem

      Today, we're going to take a look at a really neat East German made PP. I don't want to go into a full blown History lesson, but I do need to give you some broad strokes background so that you know what you're looking at. At the end of WWII, American forces had occupied the German city of...
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      Scoped MAS 49

      Today being a cold and boring winter's day with my honey out of town, I decided to pass the time by taking a few pictures of my MAS 49 with a scope attached. While I was at it, I thought I might as well talk about some of the scope and mount variations you'll encounter. While there are lots of...
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      So You Think the FN M249S is Overpriced?

      Well, it turns out to be dirt cheap compared to the price of a transferable example. I have never for one second regretted spending 8K for my semi-auto version.
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      So You Think the M249S is Expensive?

      Well, it turns out to be dirt cheap compared to the price of a transferable example:
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      Neat Early Bundeswehr Canteen

      I picked this up today at the York gun show very inexpensively. I generally don't still buy old field equipment because what's available now has no soul. It's all just boring nylon and the golden era of old world craftsmanship stuff is pretty much over. But when I saw this 1950's German wood...
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      More French Treasure Arrived Today

      In the upper left are the 1947 manual for the Mle 1935 and training manual for the MAT 49SMG. At middle top is the parts catalog for the Mle 1949-56 and 49-56 M.S.E. rifles. At upper right is the small arms course booklet for the Mle 49-56 rifle. On the bottom are the 3rd Edition parts catalog...
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      Neat Photo of a Marksman in Indochina With a Scoped MAS 49

      A man I'm doing Business with in France sent this picture to me. He's a Laotian fighting for the French. Notice that his scope has the early type mount and rubber eyecup and you can clearly see the leather scope case slung over his shoulder. If only these things could talk:
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      Just Finished Printing a New Translated French Manual

      This one is the provisional manual for the MAS 49 rifle. Printed in 1950, it was used when the rifle was first coming into service until the mass produced manual came out in 1951. I'm now producing these completely inhouse and I'm also using 65lb cardstock for the covers. Although it's a...
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      I Really Like French Model 1950 Pistols

      And if you know anything about them, you'll know that today, I had a GOOOOOOD DAY:
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      Finally Picked Up a Polish PM63-C

      It's one of the new Pioneer Arms imports. After a years long hiatus because the early ones had serious issues, Pioneer is now importing what they are unofficially calling the Gen 2 version. Where the early ones were parked, the new ones are blued just as the original PM-63 was. There is...
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      Series 10 (I Think) Nagoya Type 99 Straight Out of Storage

      This old jobber came my way today. I'm generally not a bolt action guy and I'll probably move it along but I couldn't pass this up for fear of what someone might do to it. It's hard to read the kanji in front of the serial number but it looks to be a series 10 rifle. Whatever the case, it's a...
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      I Remember Being Told Communist Weapons Were Poorly Built When I Was a Kid

      It was the Cold War and I was brought up being told commie equipment was junk. But I was a kid and the Soviets were more a mystery than a monster and kids are always curious about a mystery. Then Red Dawn came out and I was hooked. I was so absolutely fascinated, I wanted to be the first kid...
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      Seeking Your Thoughts on My French Manuals Translation Project

      This is going to be a little longwinded but if you are interested in surplus French firearms and, more directly, collecting accessories for them, please read the entirety of the following. As some of you folks already know, I've been working on translating some of the old French manuals for a...
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      Classic Firearms has PM-63c's in Stock

      I bought one yesterday morning and they sold out in about 30 minutes. Pioneer arms sold out early this morning and now Classic has more in stock. I believe this is going to be one of those items that's around for a very short time and then gone forever. Get 'em while you can. While these are...
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      Old French Manuals and the Gems of Information Found Within

      I don't speak or read French but I've been translating manuals in my spare time for a while now. You really learn a lot of interesting things about an artifact when you read source documents. For example, I'm currently finishing up a 1964 edition of a training manual on the Mle 1950 pistol...
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      Russian PON-5 NV Scope in Detail

      You might ask, "what's a Pong 5; some kind of video game??" I wouldn't blame you if you did because this thing is pretty obscure. But no, it's not a video game. The PON-5 (Optical Night Sight-5 in English) is an obscure 1990's Russian made, compact, lightweight, night vision optic. Those of...
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      Interesting Swiss Experimental Camo Item Found Today

      I was checking out an old school militaria store in PA today that I've been going to since the 80's and found a neat Swiss item. The vendor had a good price on some of the WWII era Swiss zeltbahn pole kits so I bought a number of them. He had bought them years ago directly from the importer...
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      SIG Sauer USA is Up to Something....Maybe Pretty Interesting

      I was recently contacted by their design department telling me that they read the writeup I did back in 2019 on the Swiss P75 and wanted to purchase a pistol (P75 or like new Browning BDA), spare magazines, and a holster for "testing". Unwilling to sell a P75 because of their rarity in this...
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      WoW!!! Zg1229 at the MAC Show

      If you don't know what a ZG1229 is, do a search. This would have been mounted on an MP44/Stg44. The Historic importance of this artifact cannot be overstated. It's museum worth and will most likely sell for at least $20,000, possibly far more. I was walking along at the MAC show in York PA...
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