DiscoLad said:Sharkey, what are you talking about, man?
DiscoLad said:All of your pictures from today, Montana?
Sweet.
DiscoLad said:Looks like a Colt until you get up close.
7.62mm Tokarev TT-33
This was designed by Feodor V Tokarev during the late 1920s and was approved for service in 1930, being called the TT-30 (Tula-Tokarev). Basically it was a Browning swinging-link breech lock with modifications to improve reliability and simplify manufacture and maintenance. The principle changes from, say the Colt M1911 were a removable hammer and lockwork in a separate module which made initial assembly and subsequent repair much easier, the formation of the magazine feed lips in the pistol frame, thus making the manufacture of magazines much easier and their maintenance less critical, and the absence of any form of safety device other than a half-**** notch on the hammer.
In 1933 the design was slightly changed; the TT-30 had two ribs on the top of the barrel which engaged in recesses in the slide, but in order to speed up production the TT-33 had these ribs formed as complete circles around the barrel.
The weapons we sell are from direct purchase contacts with overseas Governments and are deactivated by our staff in our workshops.
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Ryton Arms is on the Ministry of Defence approved list for the deactivation of weapons for the Army, Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.
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We also regularly deactivate armoured cars, self propelled guns and the whole range of tanks right up to the 50 tonne British Chieftain Tank for shipment to overseas collectors.
We have also supplied deactivated weapons to overseas Governments for use on ceremonial occasions.
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We are presently importing material from the former USSR - this ranges from United States weapons shipped to help the Russian war effort in 1941/42; captured German weapons from the retreat from Stalingrad and Kursk and the whole range of weapons used by the Russian Armies during World War 2 to the present day.
DiscoLad said:If somebody robbed your house. . .
Good God.
I do like the far left, black revolver there.
That's some Civil War replica, hm?
HovitosKing said:So are those replicas, or authentic examples? I have a Colt 1873 clone from Uberti that I love to shoot in 45LC.
HovitosKing said:Very nice indeed, sir. I have a small collection of arms myself, as any native Texan should. They include the aforementioned Colt 1873 clone in 45LC, Smith&Wesson model 36 snubnose in .38sp, Walther P99AS in .40, RIA 1911 in 9mm, Beretta PX4 Storm subcompact 9mm, and a modified Mossberg 500 tactical pump 12-ga shotgun with tri-rail mount and pistol grip. Mostly for range time and home defense, so none of them would be considered especially collectible I guess.
Montana Smith said:You can't have live firing handguns in the UK any more.
Gear said:"FOR YOUR PROTECTION, CITIZEN"
The Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans in Canada is Canada's oldest veterans' association. Although the precise start-date is obscured by time, it is known that a charter was given in 1840 by Queen Victoria to create a unit in Montreal. It is felt that units existed well before that time, perhaps as early as the Conquest of New France in the seventeen hundreds.
The Association derives its name from those remnants of British and French colonial regiments which were left in Canada when their regiments returned to Britain or France following their tours of duty protecting the colonies. These men banded together to exchange information on service benefits available to them and to fraternize. They called themselves "The Army Veterans in Canada" so that when they were in Britain they could denote their location as opposed to the Army Veterans in Australia or South-Africa. The reference to Canada became an integral part of the Association's title, as incorporated by the Government of Canada in 1917.
Following the War of 1812 sailors from the British Navy which patrolled the Great Lakes and the eastern seaboard, who remained in Canada, joined the Army Veterans in Canada and the title was changed to "The Army and Navy Veterans in Canada".
The association was also composed of volunteers who answered the call of the Canadian Government for active service during the Fenian Raids of 1860, 1870 and 1871, the Red River Expedition of 1870, and the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
A cairn was raised in 1902 by the Toronto Army and Navy Veterans Association to commemorate the first Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, John Graves Simcoe, founder of York (now Toronto) and to mark the Military Burying Grounds (now the Victoria Memorial Gardens) situated in a park at the junction of King St. West and Bathurst St. in Toronto.
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During and following the Second World War, members of the Air Force were welcomed as members and the official title the "The Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans in Canada" was enacted, by an amendment to our Act of Incorporation, by Parliament in 1946. The Association uses the short form ANAVETS to identify itself.
Cool! I'm sure one of my mother's cousins has one of these. He was in the Navy during WW2. (A couple of her uncles were in the Army but they are no longer with us.)Montana Smith said:Here's one for Stoo. A little curio picked up today for 20p.
A brass and enamel screw-back button made for "Army & Navy Veterans in Canada".
My interest in these campaigns is quite large. To add to that, I have a pin & ribbon relating to the 2nd Boer War (in which Canadian regiments fought). It reads:The association was also composed of volunteers who answered the call of the Canadian Government for active service during the Fenian Raids of 1860, 1870 and 1871, the Red River Expedition of 1870, and the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
Stoo said:Cool! I'm sure one of my mother's cousins has one of these. He was in the Navy during WW2. (A couple of her uncles were in the Army but they are no longer with us.)
My interest in these campaigns is quite large. To add to that, I have a pin & ribbon relating to the 2nd Boer War (in which Canadian regiments fought). It reads:
South African War
F.C.P. Roberts
60th Anniversary
31st May 1962
After the war the Division continued to serve in Germany, but in January 1948 it was disbanded, being perpetuated by 7th Armoured Brigade. It was reformed in March 1949 and served with the British Army On the Rhine (BAOR) until it was finally disbanded in January 1957. In its entire history it had only been in the United Kingdom for about six months.