Mike Hammer

Pat O'Brien carrying a Reising I gotta catch that one, thanks for heads up. Mr.O'Brien was a classmate of my grandfather as well as Spencer Tracy back in Milwaukee about the time of the 1st World War. A truly wonderful guy and a fine actor. MH

Perhaps said best here.

Merle B. has recorded all the serial numbers of the WH C drums that he has worked on over the years, he may be a source of information regarding the highest number that he has seen. MH

I'm not certain anymore. We even have people on this board that voted these anti-constitutionalists into office.

Heres an example of what he is talking about. This is on my blank M1 from Phil. Ord. Howards has the same type finish. The lighting makes it look more severe than it really looks. MH

I concur with my esteemed colleagues on there assessment of your gun. As far as value for insurance purposes, since this is almost certain never to be reactivated again, insure it for what you paid for it since it is no longer a firearm, it won't be imported to the US for sure where it would be it's most valuable. Mike Hammer

Never used one. I have my gun lubed properly and never had an issue.

I'll let the Sheriff speak for me:

100 rd Thompson dump.mov I forgot to mention the feed lips of the drum, sometimes this is the problem and not the spring or the rails. Examine those compared to a known working L or C drum and note any small differences. I had to tweak a Taiwan C drum to make it reliable this way. Be sure to fill drum to full capacity and wind to the full 15 clicks. You should be able to get it to run 100 rd Thompson dump.mov as smoothly as this....

These problems can be fixed. The drum plate rails can be bent into fitting properly with some needle nose pliers and/or minor filing. As far as the inside rails, drag a 45 round around the rails and see where it’s a bit tight on the round, sometimes it only takes the smallest of tweaking to make the round easier to move. Load the drum to full capacity and to the correct number of clicks on the winder. You should be able to make that thing run fine.

My bet would be aged reproductions. Fairly well done but while the canvas is evenly age washed, the leather straps edging are too crisp and not rounded smooth from use. The stitching’s color looks too new and color is off. Just my opinion, but I myself would not pay a high price hoping that they were original. I would have to see them in person to have a better look

Ron Actually I'm waiting for 2021 when my time machine gets working so I can go back and buy all those machine guns that you had for sale back in the day, wrap, bury them and dig them up 45 yrs later! MH

Possibly the greatest pilot of all time, a WWII ace and legendary test pilot who also later flew missions in Vietnam. We are really going to miss men of this quality. Here's a few snaps that he signed for me back in the day. In October '97 50years after he broke the sound barrier, he did it once again in a F-15. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9029117/Americas-greatest-pilot-Chuck-Yeager-person-break-sound-barrier-dies-aged-97.html MH

I bought one back in May for the M3. I supplied the barrel which helped out on the cost. The transfer has not come through yet but I did get to shoot it at the range. My dealer loved it as well, really quiet. I would consider getting one for my S&W 76, would have to see how one looks. MH

TD: I agree, there should have been an earlier document pertaining to my gun when I received my FOIA papers. And yes, it's unrestricted on a Form 4. I guess I should have filed for additional disclosure at the time but I just assumed that they sent me everything that they had on it. Is that phone number for the disclosure division easily located if I log onto the ATF website? i would like to solve this mystery. I will try contacting them as you suggest. Thanks! MH

I have been scratching my head for years trying to figure this out. My WW II Guide Lamp M3 grease gun has an IRS 4 digit serial number on it. I can see no evidence what so ever that any previous number was ever on it nor any signs of one being ground off. The guns finish is original, I know what an original finish on these guns look like. My FOI request came back telling me very little. The earliest page was a 1980 heavily redacted Form 3 which didn't reveal anything. Is it possible that this gun was issued without a serial number on it way back when? Is this unusual to see? MH

30-40 Krag. Yes, I'm aware that's the original caliber that they were made for but I thought most of them were later converted to accept the more common .30-06.

Those shoot a .30-06 round don't they? Would love to have one of those, never looked for one but I imagine nice ones are pretty hard to find.

That one is easy....NO. You cannot make a new one.

So you are saying that with WW II production of the M3 at slightly over 600,000 guns made and only 82,281 M3A1's made that you believe that transferable M3's are harder to come by than the M3A1's? How can that be?

General Berenger just said we are back at DEFCON 5.

Drum pouch, nice condition with a few rust spots, $75-100 Crosby Repro drum, what are they now about $175 I think

Blued. Too bad they parkerized they devalued it by doing that.

Not sure how soon the 30's began to show up in Nam but Colt produced them sometime in '69 to my recollection. Here is a picture of a box of 20 rounders that were still the primary issue as of the date on the box 12-68. I am told that when the 30's showed up some fellows used the Stoner mag pouch to carry them, they fit fairly well, here's an example. Also some of the guys only put 18rds in a 20rd mag, I guess afraid of pressure on the mag spring, don't know. Probably most were happy when the 30 rounders became available.

Pretty sure this was all staged, as for either possible training indoctrination as to what to expect recruits would be actually doing in the field or it was made possibly for the folks at home as to "what a marvelous job our boys are doing out there on the front". The explosions just happened to be lined up with the trucks and cameras, and if there were REAL shells landing that closely NOBODY would be standing there and filming on a tripod with no camera movement. Pretty interesting all the same. Thanks for showing. MH