Shanghai McCoy
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You never cease to amaze Gunny... 
Never know what you’re going to find
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bbqreloader
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OMG, just when you thought the man couldn't have anymore...he comes up with another treasure. Dare I ask about the rifles that I saw in the last picture?
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GunnyUSMC
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There’s a bunch up there. I put up there during the flood of 2016 and just haven’t taken them down yet.
CapnMac
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And, sadly, an all-too-typical Sou'Louisiana roofing job by the looks of those protruding nails. Sigh.
FROGO207
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Until you opened THAT door I felt that I had a chance of catching up with you. Now I am doomed to be always following.
Thanks again for taking us along on this (temporary) spiff up in your cave.
Thanks again for taking us along on this (temporary) spiff up in your cave.
Hokie_PhD
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I’ve stopped being surprised.
When Gunny finds a tank or a F4U Corsair I’ll then return to being surprised.
When Gunny finds a tank or a F4U Corsair I’ll then return to being surprised.
ontarget
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I thought I saw the muzzle of an Abrams sticking out of the Mosin closet......
WestKentucky
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I think it will more likely be a bofors. If it’s a mountain howitzer then even better, but gunny is a cartridge guy, not a front-stuffer kinda guy.
Hokie_PhD
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As I said nothing surprises me with Gunny
So I wouldn’t be surprised if he has air cover squirreled away somewhere.
Officers'Wife
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I don't know, Gunny seems more like an A-10 sort of guy to me. Or maybe one of those airplanes that dad told me about from Vietnam with all kinds of firepower on each side and they would circle an area leaving nothing but destruction on the ground. I think he called it a Puff
Hokie_PhD
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Probably
Many don’t know the Corsair was the first real attack aircraft. It was so effective that it was used into the 1960s. Lessons learned from them were used in the development of the A10.
That said, I don’t think the Marines ever used A10s. I may be mistaken as I haven’t done much research on them as the Corsair is my favorite plane.
Now with the insane firepower of the A10 it wouldn’t surprise me if Gunny somehow got hold of one somehow. Hell come to think of it, I wouldn’t be surprised if he somehow has a WWII vintage aircraft carrier.
bbqreloader
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That's in the out building crawl space..
Officers'Wife
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IIRC and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but the A-10 Warthog is an Air Force craft and not allowed in Marine hands. But I have it on good authority any of the pilots of those craft are considered honorary infantry whenever they take part in a "social gathering" in a war zone.
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GunnyUSMC
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The F4U Corsair is my favorite WWII plane, but I just don't have the room to keep one.
But I do have room for one of these. Too bad I can't buy one with the guns.
I think I will go to Home Depot and pick up another shelf unit this week. That way I can pull out some more stuff and have a place to put it.
NIGHTLORD40K
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The F4U Corsair is my favorite WWII plane, but I just don't have the room to keep one.
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But I do have room for one of these. Too bad I can't buy one with the guns.
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I think I will go to Home Depot and pick up another shelf unit this week. That way I can pull out some more stuff and have a place to put it.
21st Century toys used to make an awesome 1/18 scale AH1S toy/model- I had to sell mine, but they still pop up on Ebay from time to time. They are about 3 feet long and run $100-150.
They made a very nice 1/18 F4U Corsair too with folding wings and retractable gear- these can be found for $80 to $120 in nice shape.
NIGHTLORD40K
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Typically a converted DC3 transport plane: "Puff the Magic Dragon" as anything it touched disappeared....
MidRoad
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No it's gunny's final surprise. His house is actually sitting on the deck of the carrier, he's been fooling us all along!
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GunnyUSMC
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I guess with all this hype about what I have stashed away, I'll have to dig out something cool.
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Hokie_PhD
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Nope! You've had cool covered in this thread for quite some time.
Nah, I was going to say, Gunny has a way of finding more cool stuff. So yea he’s had it covered, but part of the fun of the thread is he keeps finding More cool stuff!
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GunnyUSMC
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Here are three of the guns I took out of the attic yesterday.
A Mle-M-16 Turkish Forestry carbine
A Savage No4 MkI DP and New Zealand marked
1941Ishapore No1 MkIII converted to 410 in 1948.
A Mle-M-16 Turkish Forestry carbine
A Savage No4 MkI DP and New Zealand marked
1941Ishapore No1 MkIII converted to 410 in 1948.
mstreddy
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The A10 would have been awesome in Marine Close Air Support. It took the Air Force Pointy Nosed guys a while to figure out that low and slow isn't bad in CAS. The Corsair was awesome, but one from WWII era that didn't make it to service in time really shined in CAS in Vietnam - the A1 Skyraider. Both the Navy and Air Force flew them at various times in the war. There are a lot of similarities in the concept and design from the Skyraider to the Warthog. Lots of stations under the wings for ordnance, lots of armor around the cockpit area, long loiter times on target.
mstreddy
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Oh, Gunny we love the rifles you keep pulling out of the nooks and crannies in your house.
bbqreloader
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I like the wood on that Turkish model.
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GunnyUSMC
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It’s a French Berthier rifle that the Turks cut down to a carbine. They were used by Turkish forestry agents . It is estimated that there were less then 5000 imported into the US.
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