Comments for Too Much Politics!

Too Much Politics!

2004-09-02T15:23:01Z

Need gun fix?

Here ya go.

Click the pic for hi-res.

Some STENs and a PPSh 41.

Comment from Heartless Libertarian on 2004-09-03

2004-09-03T18:45:47Z

John, are those yours? Whomever they belong to, I am jealous. So jealous that I might have to go confess to a priest, even though I am not, in fact, Catholic.

Comment from John on 2004-09-02

2004-09-02T22:40:56Z

You are correct, the PPSh was originally issued with a 71 round drum magazine directly copied from the Suomi. That magazine, like the Thompson drum, while providing a lot of firepower, proved slow and cumbersome to load and prone to spring failure after a fairly short time. So the 35 round stick magazine was developed in 1942. The drums continued to be made and issued, even by the chinese, but overall, experienced troops preferred the sticks.

Comment from MunDane on 2004-09-02

2004-09-02T22:12:29Z

John, I thought the PPsh came with a drum magazine of 70-something rounds...when was the banana clip for it used/invented?

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2004-09-02

2004-09-02T19:54:35Z

I'll handle that for you. It is, if it hits butt-first.

Comment from Nicholas on 2004-09-02

2004-09-02T19:37:32Z

Ah, yes, the Sten. Best room-clearing device since the Mills bomb. Just put in a fresh magazine, cock the bolt and throw it into the room. Oh, and make sure you're behind something bullet-resistant. Fortunately, by the time I was issued a sub-machine gun, they'd upgraded to the Stirling SMG instead, so I never had the opportunity to find out if this was actually true from first-hand experience.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2004-09-02

2004-09-02T18:56:21Z

If we make the not-unreasonable assumption that the case to the left is the same length of the case that fills the photo, we are drawn to the conclusion that the possible #4 is pretty short. So, perhaps a #5? We would still be wrong - it's the butt to a Lanchester. But, gee, John, you left out the sectioned M95 Mauser action and the French training light. There there's those butts there above the Lanchester butt... Like here.

Comment from J.M. Heinrichs on 2004-09-02

2004-09-02T16:38:57Z

And the spike bayonet for an Enfield No. 4, presumably receding out of picture to the left; and one of the Stens has mounted the knife bayonet for the No. 4 ... Cheers JMH

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2004-09-02

2004-09-02T15:31:59Z

Oh, yeah - and a MAT 49, too.