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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-23-2013, 10:39 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 772
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Bought my first Mosin Nagant M44 carbine

Soapy water is somewhat better than windex-idea is to getout the salts.
Just dry and oil after.

There is a long discussion on various cleaning agents on another board, but CRS where.
I shoot...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-23-2013, 10:29 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,327
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Shooting a "Grease Gun"

I had a rewat greasegun and a rewat 28 Thompson in high school.

In RVN I was out in a A Camp and we had pretty much freedom to carry what we wanted.
1st issued a new M2 Carbine popgun, and then a...
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 12-30-2012, 01:23 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 2,726
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Viet Nam Veteran Bumper Sticker

That is a very old sticker.
There are patches like it.

Don't try to rationalise it if you were not part of it.

A lot is tomgue in cheek, a lot is aime4d at folks who run their mouths about...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 09-16-2012, 01:46 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 6,879
Posted By SF Mike
Re: The US M1 Carbine was...

I think M2s came along very late and were not common.

There were a great many more Garands jumped by paratroopers in WW2 than carbines.
A brief perusal of available photographs will confirm this....
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-18-2012, 05:02 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 6,873
Posted By SF Mike
Re: when and where was your !st encounter with the m1 garand

Bought one at a gunshow in 1963, age 16, for $65.
Still got it.
Trained with M14 a few years later.
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 08-18-2012, 04:57 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 983
Posted By SF Mike
Re: RATATOUILLE

The other white meat.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 05-25-2012, 11:51 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,432
Posted By SF Mike
Re: tracing my 1944 remington rand 1911 a1

Pistols especially, and rifles also, were unit property.
They can have been issued dozens of times over to different individuals.
In the 60s a brand new 1911A1 was $25 at gunshows.

Zillions...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 02-12-2012, 04:43 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 962
Posted By SF Mike
Re: remington rand m1911a1

Even in today's market that is a real low ball estimate.
A dealer will want double that, easy.
Depends on how bad someone wants it.
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 02-12-2012, 04:39 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 384
Posted By SF Mike
Re: NEW BOOK WRITTEN BY A SEABEE.....

Sounds good.
My uncle was an early Seabee.

They are a great bunch of folks with quite a job.
No disrespect to Army Combat Engineers.
Forum: VMBB General Discussion 02-12-2012, 04:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 216
Posted By SF Mike
Re: THIS SEEMS JUST, 'TOO PERFECT'!!!!!

Pretty neat, except for the shower with clothes on...
I've seen pics of old Model Ts with old-time versions of the same stuff.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 02-12-2012, 04:27 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,440
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Little Boy and Fat Man

My dad was 506th PIR.
He had left the farm, crossed Europe, wounded at Eindhoven, and reissued for Bastogne.
They were sitting in Austria after the Nazis gave up and were gearing up for the Paciic...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-02-2012, 10:58 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,001
Posted By SF Mike
Re: anyone remember the Caribou

Caribous and 123s were the main supply trucks to the A Camps in VN.

I believe the AF had given the obsolete Bous to the army and then took them back when they proved still useful.

Believe there...
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 01-01-2012, 09:01 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 563
Posted By SF Mike
Re: American Defectors?

There were a number of enlisted guys taken prisoner, including SF.
None of the SF guys were ever flipped.
I think there may be issues with one very junior guy, but cannot recall details.

Look...
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 01-01-2012, 08:52 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 309
Posted By SF Mike
Re: DON'T TELL YOUR GRANDKIDS THIS ONE!!!!

Saw an animation or something on this back in the 50s as a little kid.
Guess I was scarred for life.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-01-2012, 08:46 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,001
Posted By SF Mike
Re: anyone remember the Caribou

Camp Ha Tanh 1967.
Outgoing 155.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-01-2012, 08:22 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 631
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Head of the Gestapo becomes an American General

A lot of those creeps got put right back into similar jobs they held during the war.
We needed them and their organizations for our cold war efforts.
Ironic sort of fits, except nazis ain't funny.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-01-2012, 08:19 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 450
Posted By SF Mike
Re: new Book about Cambodia and some good friends

The older I get, the better I was.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-01-2012, 08:14 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 6,879
Posted By SF Mike
Re: The US M1 Carbine was...

I had to carry one of those wimpy bastards my 1st few months in RVN.
I was an advisor and thats what the CIDG carried in 1968.
I had them as a kid and they are fine for groundhogs and possums....
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 01-01-2012, 08:02 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,485
Posted By SF Mike
Re: How common are "slamfires"?

One needs to inspect and clean his piece periodically.
There are reasons for that.
A friend asked me to go over a SKS he got at a garage sale.
It was like new, but the firing pin was so frozen on...
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 11-12-2011, 04:59 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,255
Posted By SF Mike
Re: CHALLENGE...FIND A PHOTO OF GARWOOD......

A lot of guys who encountered him insisted on a court marshal and hanging, but he ducked all that, somehow.
He may initially have been a victim. but seems to have abandoned the code early on.
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 11-12-2011, 04:55 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 220
Posted By SF Mike
Re: ONLY NAMES AND NOT THE DEEDS.....

I was there for that event.
We were all young and it was an early event for VN vets as a group.
Very poignant and moving.

It has been done twice since, at The Wall.

I was honored to read some...
Forum: The Beau Coupe Dien Cai Dau Hootch 10-19-2011, 03:07 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 462
Posted By SF Mike
Re: A LETTER OF FORGIVENESS......

Pretty old but still funny.
Forum: VMBB General Discussion 10-19-2011, 03:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 441
Posted By SF Mike
Re: REMIND ME...DIDN'T JFK START VIETNAM THIS WAY?

oops double post
Forum: VMBB General Discussion 10-19-2011, 03:00 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 441
Posted By SF Mike
Re: REMIND ME...DIDN'T JFK START VIETNAM THIS WAY?

VN was a pretty complicated deal fom the git-go.

Communism had grown from an obscure movement to a pretty big deal.

All of Russia and China, Eastern Europe, and the Korean push.

The "Domino...
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 10-17-2011, 01:31 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 7,565
Posted By SF Mike
Re: List of Vietnam Veterans Per State

There were a lot of foreign nationals who were recruited into SF in the early days under the "Lodge Act."

It gave jobs to a lot of DPs and also gave us windows and paths under and through the Iron...
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 09-24-2011, 12:28 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,146
Posted By SF Mike
Re: A HATEFUL TIME AND DISGUSTING EVENT...

Possibly one good thing to come of this was that it opened the door for a lot of guys who got bogus "bad paper" discharges were able to get opportunity for review and upgrade.

Don't like the term...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-26-2011, 12:32 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 412
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Why did the Japanese fold for the Russians?

Very good response.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-26-2011, 12:28 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 404
Posted By SF Mike
Re: 1963 Service ArmamentCo. Catalog

Thanks
I had this and many others back then.
Spent hours and hours drooling over them.

Most stuff was unaffordable at the time.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-26-2011, 12:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 836
Posted By SF Mike
Re: 1911/.30 Cal Carbine paperwork

I remember those sales.

The average person could not have afforded 100 each at that time.

It was a fair amount of cash.
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 08-26-2011, 11:45 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,431
Posted By SF Mike
Re: BIET DONG QUAN Unit background Info wanted

He may be a hero to you, but his character in terms of his parental situation leaves a lot to be desired.
You're kind of disrespecting your wife making such a big deal of someone who dumped on her....
Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns 07-20-2011, 11:57 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 706
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Another dumb guestion

No need to wipe between shots, though some do.
Patch on a jag does it.

I have a Tn Mt rifle that HAS to be swabbed about every 8-10 shots.
Forum: Black Powder Shooting / Muzzleloaders / Handguns 07-20-2011, 11:54 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,008
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Greased wads vs sealing the chamber

Some feel chain fires starta at rear of cylinder-five uncapped cyls would help this.

I have had a few in 40+ years, not that big a deal.
NEVER put any of your personal parts in front of a...
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 07-20-2011, 11:46 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 7,565
Posted By SF Mike
Re: List of Vietnam Veterans Per State

There's around 8 million VN era vets, with 2.5-3 million who are actual VN vets.

Relevant question is at an average age of 64, how many are left?
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 06-26-2011, 11:09 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,859
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Any Draftee's here?

I enlisted Abn Inf in 1966with the draft snapping at my heels.

I had screwed up my student deferment having too much fun.

I was in ROTC and intended serving-just went a bit earlier.

Most...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 05-17-2009, 08:38 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,175
Posted By SF Mike
Re: an honest-to-god german mauser

Kinda far from as issued-stocks, handguards and and metal parts are numbered on these pieces, even the cleaning rod.
The reciever holes are a killer.
You did ok for the price.
You will pretty much...
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 05-17-2009, 08:29 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 952
Posted By SF Mike
Re: We Few.

Not much about A teams related to SOG.
Different jobs.

Plaster wrote some decent accounts.
A number of guys on a SF board I belonged to served with him and are subjects of some of his stories....
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 05-17-2009, 08:22 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,656
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Caribou?????

Bookie was the call sign for the 130s that flew in and out of my camp, 68-70.

Our strip would take one with a few inches left over.
Mostly we got 123s and 'Bou's

In '69, a ship headed out...
Forum: The Ask the Pros & What's It Worth? Forum 02-12-2009, 11:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,651
Posted By SF Mike
Re: 1937 Luger

They stopped strawing small parts mid 1937.
Your pistol looks OK.

The stuff on the holster was often done by GIs with items they acquired.
Sometimes they inlaid things in the grips.
Yours are...
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 02-12-2009, 11:23 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 992
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Boy, 12, Given Military Burial

That's a tough one.
He will be missed.
His suffering is over.
Forum: Vietnam Memories Forum 02-11-2009, 12:51 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,157
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Before Orders for Nam.....

Enlisted Airborne Infantry to beat the draft, Nov 66.
Lost my 2s and was pretty much next.

Got selected for SF in AIT.

Finished SFTG a little over a year later and went to 6th Group.
1049'd...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 02-27-2007, 03:27 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,360
Posted By SF Mike
Re: A question of altruism

Free country, pal.
Unless you want to kick me out of your sandbox, keep your suggestions to yourself.
Some of us got out and got dirty. Some, with embellished experiences and inflated views of...
Forum: General Discussion 02-27-2007, 03:14 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 757
Posted By SF Mike
Re: CCW Holder in Deep DOO DOO

The guy screwed up.
Sounds like a choice was made for a confrontation rather than prudently driving off.
I know that's easier said than done.
I was a bareknuckle guy in the old days. Times have...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 02-27-2007, 12:35 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,376
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Artillery

I have used both artillery and aircraft. BOTH are extremely chancy and dangerous.
I was the guy on the recieving end, I know a lot about blast radius.
I know how innacurate the maps were. I know...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 02-27-2007, 12:22 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,360
Posted By SF Mike
Re: A question of altruism

I don't think Roger Young was thinking about anything.
You talk to some of the guys involved in long serious Pacific toe-to-toe combat, they say the feelings of personal survival involve "when, not...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 02-18-2007, 02:17 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,376
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Artillery

Disagree on arty being used mostly for close infantry support.
I have used artillery as support-you got to be careful.
105's were much used for this. More accurate than 155's but shorter range. ...
Forum: Technical Questions & Information 02-18-2007, 01:56 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 844
Posted By SF Mike
Re: SKS modified rifle questions from a new member

$300 is twice what that thing is worth.
Those mags are grossly unreliable and if you shoot a burglar you will probably kill the neigbor's kid as well.

Get the shotgun.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 02-15-2007, 06:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,071
Posted By SF Mike
Re: The Atlantic War, 1939-1945

I think we would have simply upped our technology evolution and eventually sunk every one of them. Including the XXIs
They would still have been unable to coordinate their efforts and development...
Forum: The 1911 Forum 02-15-2007, 06:44 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 610
Posted By SF Mike
Re: Accurizing!??

I have a souvenier .45 from Vietnam. I smoothed the trigger some.

I can consistantly hit a man size target at 100 yds. Both hands, standing up.

Sometimes I wonder about all the expensive mods...
Forum: VMBB General Discussion 02-05-2007, 10:40 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,419
Posted By SF Mike
Re: A proposal for discussion

That is a sorry statement. It is not funny and represents the absolute worst and smallest percentage of GIs in Vietnam or any other war.
That atitude is what allowed My Lai and similar actions.
It...
Forum: VMBB General Discussion 02-01-2007, 01:11 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,419
Posted By SF Mike
Re: A proposal for discussion

Winning or losing is a wierd concept where the US was concerned.
Ostensably we were there to prop up the new SVN government while they got their marbles lined up to take over their own war.
This...
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