Blue DUMMY Grenade and Tube
Article about: Hi Folks, I just wanted to share my experience and latest find. Background story: I met an M1 Carbine expert who lives about 15miles from my home. We arranged a meeting at his house, and he
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Blue DUMMY Grenade and Tube
Hi Folks,
I just wanted to share my experience and latest find.
Background story: I met an M1 Carbine expert who lives about 15miles from my home. We arranged a meeting at his house, and he was able to tell me pretty much everything I could ever want to know about my Std. Products carbine... He took the time to completely strip it down and explain all of the maker marks and he also installed a flip sight, barrel band w/o bayonet lug, and push button safety to bring my rifle back to WWII spec for use in reenactments.
He also took the time to repair my M1 Garand bayonet that was damaged!
His work space was amazing... He was like the mad scientist of WWII militaria... He had every tool you could imagine for working on U.S. rifles... specific tools for removing the front sight, removing the read sight, etc. etc. Beyond that, he had thousands of pieces of militaria. Literally hundreds of carbines, Garands and a healthy scattering of Springfields, Carcanos, Arisakas, etc. He took the time to show me rifles that were still in their factory packaging, Garands with super low serial numbers (I think one he showed me was #500) and rare rifles like Irwin Pederson carbines!
I am so glad to have been able to do this bit of networking. It's also great to know that he is available if I have questions/ concerns or need a bit of work done on one of my rifles.
He sent me home with this! (Sorry for the poor quality pics... I'll post better ones ASAP.)
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Re: Blue DUMMY Grenade and Tube
Cool story Joe and what a nice guy
Regards, Lars
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Re: Blue DUMMY Grenade and Tube
Additional comments on my new grenade would be greatly appreciated! I am sorry I have been slow in producing better quality photos!
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Re: Blue DUMMY Grenade and Tube
Joe,
Here is a link to one of my favorites websites on the subject that should help answer your questions.
American Mk.II Hand Grenade - Inert-Ord.Net
American Grenades & Ordnance, WWIand After - Inert-Ord.net
Regards,
John
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Re: Blue DUMMY Grenade and Tube
Thanks for the replies, folks! I will do my best to post better photos as soon as possible!
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Re: Blue DUMMY Grenade and Tube
Can anyone help me figure out when this grenade was made?
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Re: Blue DUMMY Grenade and Tube
Any additional help would be appreciated!
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