our family history is that my great grandfathers & -uncles uniforms were destroyed after the war, to prevent harassment by Yankee occupation troops.


also equipment was tossed into the Uwharrie River and what is now High Rock Lake. 


From the tone of post-war journals, many a southern lake of sufficient depth is filled with accoutrements.


Only up north, do you still find large family museums filled with heirlooms and captured souvenirs.


 

Had a buddy years ago who was married to a cia guys daughter. It was in DC but when it slipped out I was interested in guns, her father brought me downstairs and opened up a trunk. When he was stationed in Europe he was in a small town, and they drained one of the lakes for some reason. Lying there buried in the soft mostly oxygen free mud were a bunch of guns. I don't remember all the story, but apparently they were thrown in there after ww1 or ww2.  he had a bunch of lightly rusted handguns and a nice Colt 1917 .45 revolver that he had had re-blued. Would have thought the story was BS till he showed me the finds!
 

Had a buddy years ago who was married to a cia guys daughter. It was in DC but when it slipped out I was interested in guns, her father brought me downstairs and opened up a trunk. When he was stationed in Europe he was in a small town, and they drained one of the lakes for some reason. Lying there buried in the soft mostly oxygen free mud were a bunch of guns. I don't remember all the story, but apparently they were thrown in there after ww1 or ww2.  he had a bunch of lightly rusted handguns and a nice Colt 1917 .45 revolver that he had had re-blued. Would have thought the story was BS till he showed me the finds!
 

A 1917? Like this one?

I finally got the Robert Faller drilling to Oleg Volk for professional photos.















I have a Valmet M82 inbound, and a new custom built super heavy gun vault.

That was leather dye on my finger, and I'd cleaned them with alcohol.

You didn't like my facts about guns and gun control?

I finally got the Robert Faller drilling to Oleg Volk for professional photos.















I have a Valmet M82 inbound, and a new custom built super heavy gun vault.

If I was a woman, this would have given me panty pudding.

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  I love those drillings.   I'd like a nice combination gun at some point and a drilling for retirement.  Think it would be a nice walkabout gun.

Wife 2.0 got me an early anniversary present.

Beautiful specimen.  Not to be 'that guy,' but is it registered as an SBR, or is it a C&R allowance that allows the stock to be used?  Or just good photography angles?  Not calling you out, rather I am curious how it works.

Brownings and Lugers with original stocks are grandfathered C&R.  Certain models can have a repro stock--ATF letters are not consistent. But original is legal as is.