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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread Nakjima Homare - what's the verdict?.
    Hello Gentlemen. One interesting source of information is Steve Hinton's commentary as he flies the A6M5 being described. I presume...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    The FN-49 / SAFN really are nice rifles, but they do have a few engineering flaws. The quality of manufacture is quite excellent. As...
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    Ivan1GFP reacted to Maxrobot1's post in the thread The Guns We Own with
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    No injuries. I was wearing a ball cap and shooting glasses. It was surplus Ball Chilean surplus ammo, though my dad and I did reload for...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    Hope there were no significant injuries. I suspect I know what might have actually happened. My first guess is that you were using...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread What Is The Last Movie/Show You Saw?.
    Flying Leathernecks, 1951 with John Wayne. Fun movie with some good aerial and gun camera footage but technically a fairly poor movie.
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    This is my 2A1 rifle. It is in much nicer looking condition than I remembered it. Note the Ishapore squared front sight protectors. I...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread What Is The Last Movie/Show You Saw?.
    The War Lover, 1962 with Steve McQueen and Robert Wagner. Not a particularly good movie except for the low level flying sequence with a...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    After the mention of the Ishapore .308 Lee Enfield here, I decided to look at my own Ishapore 2A1 rifle. It appears to be in pretty good...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    I have guns with the standard sights and obviously one with a locking bar sight. I also have one with the NM/2A sight which is basically...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    You don't need a screwdriver to make sight adjustments on the typical M1 or M14 sight. The screwdriver is just needed if you want to...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    I have not found the locking bar sights to be any easier to use than the regular sight but this is what came on one rifle, so I figured...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    Why did you want a locking bar sight on a M1A? That seems like a bit of an anachronism.
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    Ivan1GFP reacted to GregP's post in the thread J2M Raiden Performance with
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    The J2M is a lot of things, but bulky isn't one of them. It looks big in pictures when it is the only airplane in the pic but, next to...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    The corners of the ears on the nosecap are just the most obvious difference. There are a few more shape differences if you compare the...
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    Ivan1GFP replied to the thread The Guns We Own.
    Has anyone thought about grinding off the corners from the nosecap of an Ishapore L2A rifle? The nosecap will still be a bit boxy...
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