Yesterday's Weapons Forums

What a great time!! Weather wasn't so great - rain mixed with snow & just above freezing all day. It snowed right along for a bit but melted right away.

Which made it a buyer's show. The crowd seemed to be down from what I've seen before.

Saw a lot of money change hands. What were people buying? Saw a guy buy 10 repro Germ potato masher grenades. US helmets were another popular item. Bayonets, too.

I had good luck haggling prices. Got a Swiss bajonet for my K31 for 20 = seller came down from 30. The only seller that flat wouldn't move on prices was the Italian vendor. Probably because he has a thriving internet biz.

Saw guns being sold. Tamas & I saw an antique Swiss rifle (1896?) for 230 Euros. Tamas was reaching his wallet to grab it, but you gotta be quick. Saw a Belgian percussion pistol change hands. Despite being billed as "no guns", there sure were a lot on the tables.

Quite a variety of mall ninjas and gun show commandos. I think a lot of the commandos were air softers. I think there's a lot of that in Europe.

Here's an odd one for you - I've no idea in the world how it was used. Seller didn't seem to know other that it was 300 EUD... firm.

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For military vehicle people, there were a lot of parts. One vendor had tank stuff. M4 Sherman radial engine spark plugs - partial and full tracks for US Germ & Russian tanks.

Transfer cases for US trucks...

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Caught a pic showing a typical gun table.

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One of the things I grabbed was this carabineri hat. Been after one for quite a while.

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A fun day!! SW

looks like a bracket for a light - if it were newer 'night vision' , just guessin here ,

German Helmet ?
That's an easy one.

What you see on this WWII German Army issue steel helmet is a bracket for a wooden handle. This helmet was recycled after the war as a ... poop scooper ...
Not kidding.
Sanitation being what it was in those days, German helmets were often used to scoop the shit out off the hole under the outhouse ...
Revenge can be a b#tch ...

BRGDS, A

ps: Price is way exagerated for a sh#t bucket ....