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Central Women’s School of Sniper Training, Veshnyaki, Moscow 1943

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Pistol Dueling in the Olympics,

One of the lesser known Olympic events, pistol dueling was a popular sport in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  It was certainly not the deadly past time of generations earlier, where young gentlemen killed each other over matters of honor.  Rather pistol dueling had transformed in a safe sport.  Conventional pistols were used, however they fired cartridges with wax bullets which lacked gunpowder, the wax bullet being propelled by the force of the primer only. Contestant wore a mask to protect the face, and the pistols had special shields to protect the user’s hands.

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.... onlyjump-start a battery. Yemen.

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….. I’m lost for words..

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Russian Tigr sporting rifle in 7.62x54r

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Luger Pistol Toggle-Lock Action 

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Awesome animation!

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Russian m91/30 Sniper rifle fitted with the PU scope in 7.62x54r This rifle was manufactured in 1944 at the izhevsk arsenal and refurbished in the late 1950s in Polish service where the PU scope was replaced with a Polish manufactured one.

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Finnish Civil Guard m91-24 rifle in 7.62x54r

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M1 Carbine trigger group. Last two photos include the trigger groups from a SVT-40 and a Chinese SKK that was modified to take 30-round AK-47 magazines

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Russian WWII DPM light machinegun in 7.62x54r

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Browning HP in 9x19mm

Also known as the P.35(b) in German service. Manufactured under German occupation at the Belgium FN Factory

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NZ Historical Antique Arms Association Canon shoot. Part Four.

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NZ Historical Antique Arms Association Canon shoot. Part Three.

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Russian SVT-40 in 7.62x54r

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NZ Historical Antique Arms Association Canon shoot. Part Two.

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German G.43 in 7.92x57 (8mm Mauser)

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NZ Historical Antique Arms Association Canon shoot. Part one.

Photos from the annual branch canon shoot held in 2007. Many of these working replicas were made in home workshops. The larger canon barrels were made from surplus 40mm bofors barrels cut and turned down.

Despite their small size, the mortars were used to fire concrete filled soda cans well over the trees at the 100m mark. The targets have been set up at 50m.

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Russian Nagant m1895 revolver in 7.62x38R (7.62 nagant gas seal)