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I was thinking more of the head hunters in Burma and wondering how many Japanese soldiers ended up as a meal. I also know of at least once incidence of African soldiers that were in Burma during WWII capturing, torturing and then eating some of the Japanese soldiers.

It was practiced into the 20th Century and I wouldn't bet money that it has stopped at the tribal level in some places https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalism#Early_20th_century_to_present

The M3 Lee remained in front line service into 1945 with the 14th Army in India & Burma

Other individuals and organizations have been active in defending and expanding our 2nd Amendment rights in the court system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller The NRA actively tried to prevent this from going to the Supreme Court https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_v._City_of_Chicago was not filed by the NRA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Rifle_%26_Pistol_Association,_Inc._v._Bruen does not appear to have been filed by the NRA Perhaps the NRA has worked behind the scenes in Congress, but the three most recent and important Supreme Court decisions in recent history don't seem to involve the NRA.

Is it bad that I want a portcullis and the walls that go with it instead?

On my cordless phone it comes up with NRA and a phone number that changes. Pretty sure it's NRA members calling on their cell phones dong volunteer work. I don't get messages, but I suspect it's a robo-caller that dials numbers and the call only goes to the volunteer if a human picks up

More "desert blues"

What's with all of the phone calls lately? I'm getting 2-3 a day. Given their near complete lack of help in Connecticut when the "assault weapon" ban took place after the Sandy Hook and until they purge the current leadership of all of Lapierre's flunkies, they'll only get my annual membership money.

Some are still around and will sometimes show up at better gun auctions, sadly most are chambered in some obscure caliber that is no longer available

And in the hands of a good pilot who knew the strengths and weakness of both his P-47 and the opposing aircraft, the Thunderbolt was a very good air to air plane.

Much higher rate of fire compared to the Vickers machine gun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun#Browning_.303_Mark_II

When the Constitution was written 'well-regulated' meant well equipped, not the current meaning of lots of restrictions

Qualified Expert on the M9 in OSUT. I liked the Beretta, it was accurate and reliable, far better than the worn out 1911's that we had in the armory at my unit. We still had S&W .38 Special revolvers in the armory. The 1911's rarely went 5 rounds without a jam and weren't much more accurate than a thrown rock. I'd be interested in a M9A3 or M9A4 Beretta, but being restricted to 10 round magazines there isn't much point

That's probably what the Stringbag is most famous for, but it started the war in front line service and in many respects it was still in front line service when the war ended. Some other things of note: Attacked the Italian fleet at Taranto, effectively ending the the threat of Italian battleship fleet Based at Malta, sank numerous enemy ships transporting supplies to Rommel's Afrika Corps from Italy and France to Northern Africa. "While there were never more than a total of 27 Swordfish aircraft stationed on the island at a time, the type succeeded in sinking an average of 50,000 tons of enemy shipping per month across a nine-month period." Swordfish sank a greater tonnage of Axis shipping than any other Allied aircraft during the war Was used on small escort carriers to hunt submarines during the Battle of the Atlantic and the convoys to Russia and could take off and land in weather that grounded every other carrier based aircraft and all land based aircraft except the Catalina PBY From everything I've read the Swordfish was very easy to fly and loved by it's pilots, although weight increases on the MKIII made the plane a bit sluggish.

From what I've read this is correct. You can touch down and refuel, but no one can leave the plane or unload anything unless Customs is present. Presumably this does not apply if there is a medical emergency or any other issue requiring an emergency landing.

I have 2, the first is a .310 Cadet re-chambered to .22 LR and shoots pretty good. The second is a Navy Arms. During the late 1960's Navy Arms bought up a whole bunch of Martini Henry Actions and used some heavy, octagon barrels chambered in 45-70. Mine came with an old Unertl 10x scope and will shoot 1/2 minute of angle using 27.1 of 5744 and whatever brand of 405 gr heads, brass and primers I had laying around. Neither will ever be for sale

Cooks! And the Fairey Swordfish biplane had far more of an impact during WWII: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish

I don't have much of answer for you. I don't remember handling a Pedersoli or TTN. If I had to GUESS maybe 7.5 lbs to 8 lbs, but I'll defer to whatever the website says. I do know it was lighter than my 12.5 lb 10 gauge! If I was going to buy an entry level SxS for SASS, I'd probably buy the Armscor/Rock Island. I do not consider the CZ's an entry level SxS

So does he get to paint a victory on his next plane or not?

It's not just Bud's, I'm on a mailing list for a book publisher and get three to five emails a week

Armscor/Rock Island has a good reputation as a gun maker, their 1911's are pretty good. I've seen the shotgun and even fired a couple of rounds. The owner really likes the gun and uses it for skeet. The forend is a little different, it's not quite a splinter forend and not quite a beaver tail forend, kind of splits the difference and is a bit more "squarish" and there is enough there so it can be used for black powder. I think probably as good or better than anything coming out of Russia or Brazil, but not quite as good as the Turkish built CZ shotguns. Like all of the above shotguns, it's not going to be "race ready" out of the box. Like any gun at it's price point the fit and finish isn't going to be as good as a $1000+ shotgun.

And yet they still choose to volunteer to serve a country that treated them horribly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese-American_service_in_World_War_II

I work from home full time and can get food and alcohol delivered, so I'd wait for them to melt. I'd also make Calvin take them all down

Yes. And just because a bill is proposed doesn't mean it is going to go anywhere. This won't be the first congress critter to propose a bill just to prove he "did something". There was one IL congress critter who proposed a bill banning handguns for years that never went anywhere.

Probably Lithuanian Special Operations. There is at least one story of them going on a patrol in Afghanistan, unshaven, in flip flops, shorts, and load bearing equipment on motorcycles.