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Here is a picture of three of my all matching vet bring-backs. Two of them were sent back from Italy by my wife's uncle. I have the letter he sent home saying he had sent them.
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Nice!"Socialism is the Philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." ~Winston Churchill -
Are they matched? If not what is m/m? The s/42G is a gem!You can never go home again.Comment
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They are 100 % correct and matching. I doubt that the metal has been out of the wood since built.Comment
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Neato! Post the documentation also. I have a "bring-back" 98k that ended up staying in Germany with the Occupation Forces which was sold to another GI who had it sporterized by a German gunsmith with a scope, claw mounts, and butter knife handle. I have all the documents from the capture papers to the gunsmithing to its US return. Its very neat history. Its not a Westley Richards best gun but its decent and still hunts.Comment
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congrats musket, 3 very nice old rifles sir...... & To Shooter5, heck if you can, please post pix of yours............. During the Battle of the Bulge, my dad was wounded by a German sniper. Some of the guys in dad's company put paid to him & got the scope & the leather case for it & gave it to dad..........luckily he was only grazed. Dad couldn't drag the entire rifle around with them. I was the lucky one to inherit it............ So heck I'd enjoy seeing pix of yours sir, if you can.be safe, enjoy life, journey well
da gimp
OFC, Mo. ChapterComment
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I'll do that once we unpack from another PCS. Interesting story about your father! One of my great-uncles was KIA just before the Bulge and is buried in Lorraine, France. I kick myself for not keeping an SVD scope we acquired in Mess-O-potamia...obviously couldn't bring back the rifle. At the time, I cared less about souvenirs.
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