Bill in VA

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Here? (There’s one for sale here right now from Tracie Hill.) Sturmgewehr.com? Ruben/nfadealer.com?

Rubber gun? Or AI image?

You beat me to it. I was thinking of the ATAS lever guns.

This is my favorite photo of Che.

BTW Sterling magazine pouches can be found on Amazon for about $30 ea. https://www.amazon.com/Sterling-SMG-Mag-Pouch-Original/dp/B0D14FH7SR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=34BMXN7JDCPI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.08doLpNrgWPmK9KnA6PF6wTXV-QW2F4iQdJvRW-Req3_lzAcysOIiJBLOBK9J1dmWWqof9l5j5ToBnMje_9P4CEqSK354VTNAvFZ7Syqyh5tP8cQQ2C-UIKJH2fBywpRnPMtsRpEJtrP7-MLxtNvUQrMiwYhzvEyJiIpYDHWiseI-RX7Pjycdd2yT540vGYHhjwfxD27snotUNE0JfQNHgQwcAaMw8KHIx550QQEajX1gdDenkZJU-mJcaqBTzOpLNMngTlNkdmH4vxmQyooTPnmb3qzTYBpOopM7xG6oco.hLXQLnsQ0r0fVgzZ21iRqo6xscQW6EpHa4GvMElrpQI&dib_tag=se&keywords=Sterling+magazine+pouch&qid=1767446934&sprefix=sterling+magazine+pouch%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1

Yep. I have one of Dan’s M1A1 drums.

Interesting. I had always though British Combined Ops patches were red on black and the gold on blue were US Army were Engineer Special Brigade (i.e., amphibious training and amphibious beach operations.)

It’s a shame they’ll chop up that Remington Fieldmaster.

Merry Christmas, one and all!

Just like a donation to Goodwill, they give you a form wherein you, the donor, determine the value of the donation. Most people tend to value an unregistered MG at its parts kit value. As far as your comments about proper maintenance and conservation, the vast majority of legitimate and accredited museums/curators take great pains to maintain their collections, even the things in storage. BTW, for the OP, I spoke with Jesse Smith at length yesterday afternoon. He called to share about a donation of 116 Inf. Regt. (US) documents, a donation of three allegedly unregistered MGs (one of which is registered - he is in the process of helping the owner get it registered to the possessor), ask about a new local-to-me “museum”, and plan for the 2026 Show of Shows. He is still very much employed at the VA War Memorial Foundation.

Jesse is still at the Virginia War Memorial and still Curator of Collections (as well as a few other hats he now wears.) If it helps, he’s the one who “found” and saved EE Richardson’s Thompson.

Beautiful pair! Out of all the machine guns I own and/or have shot, the Sterling is my favorite. I almost think that if I’d bought my Sterling first, I would have never bought my TSMG, Uzi, etc. Mine is a CPS gun built on a virgin DLO Sterling tube.

This may be true, but when you do need that part, you need it and only it, and nothing else will suffice. E.g., what does a magazine for a Jap Type 100 smg sell for? Where do you find a replacement magazine? Like everything, the buyer has to decide if it’s worth the purchase price, and if it’s worth taking a chance that a critical piece of their irreplaceable might fail at an inopportune time.