Subj : Re: .22 SAA
To   : Gamgee
From : ryan
Date : Fri May 29 2020 02:01 am

 Ga> In this particular case, I am indeed "real choosy".  To me such 
 Ga> things are not authentic M1s (or carbines).  You said it yourself 
 Ga> right there - "mostly" new old stock parts.  "Mostly" is not good 
 Ga> enough here (for me at least).  :-)

In spite of any differences you and I have had in the past...I guess we have
one thing in common. I want an M1 badly. I served in the 82nd Airborne
Division and really engrossed myself with the unit's history, and even walked
some of the 82nd's WW2 battlefields in Europe.

Here's a kind of bizarre story, not really related, but I suspect folks here
may appreciate it. We did a raid in east Baghdad in 2007 and recovered a 1911
with a colt stamp in the side and a serial number. We traced the serial
number back to a lieutenant who was killed in action I think in Italy or
North Africa or something in WW2. It's now in the 82nd's museum.

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