Subj : Re: .22 SAA
To : Gamgee
From : ryan
Date : Fri May 29 2020 02:01 am
Ga> In this particular case, I am indeed "real choosy". To me such
Ga> things are not authentic M1s (or carbines). You said it yourself
Ga> right there - "mostly" new old stock parts. "Mostly" is not good
Ga> enough here (for me at least). :-)
In spite of any differences you and I have had in the past...I guess we have
one thing in common. I want an M1 badly. I served in the 82nd Airborne
Division and really engrossed myself with the unit's history, and even walked
some of the 82nd's WW2 battlefields in Europe.
Here's a kind of bizarre story, not really related, but I suspect folks here
may appreciate it. We did a raid in east Baghdad in 2007 and recovered a 1911
with a colt stamp in the side and a serial number. We traced the serial
number back to a lieutenant who was killed in action I think in Italy or
North Africa or something in WW2. It's now in the 82nd's museum.
