armoredman
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Years ago, I was at the East Texas Oil Museum, which was set in the period of the Daisy Bradford #3 well striking it rich...1930. The incredible indoor museum had a bunch of neat stuff;
Yes, that's a Mosin
And then THIS little gem in the barber shop display which instantly caught my eye.
That little Reising submachinegun came out in 1940, wee bit later, AND I doubt they had a CLUE...so I let them know. Maybe they fixed it, maybe it's a completely demilled stunt double, don't know, just didn't want them to get in trouble from some over eager fed on vacay.
So, how does this pertain? Well, I was in another museum yesterday, and found something else funny. See, the wife and I haven't been to Tombstone in a LONG time, so we took a couple of days to run down and check it out again. Long story short, go for a day, watch the live gunfight, don't stay longer than that, and the food damn near killed me, however, it IS fun, and they had black powder percussion caps on hand, though very expensive. Yes, several gun shops right on Allen Street, and all the OTHER buildings are posted NO Firearms. Egads - I guess they don't want visitors getting into gunfights with the actors.
BUT, I digress - while pocking through the Birdcage Saloon self-guided tour I found this display.
Well, that certainly looks like guns I'd find in the Old West...what the heck is that one at the top? The one with NO TAG?
I honestly didn't know, but I knew it was wrong - I discovered it's a Type 99 Japanese Arisaka rifle, late war production. But how does it end up in the 1880s, is Doc Brown and a certain DeLorean involved? No clue, except I'll bet they had one more rack to fill, didn't have anything else "period", and someone said, "Here, toss this in, Granddad had it, so it's old."
Not NFA, so I didn't bother saying anything to management - it's just funny.
Yes, that's a Mosin
And then THIS little gem in the barber shop display which instantly caught my eye.
That little Reising submachinegun came out in 1940, wee bit later, AND I doubt they had a CLUE...so I let them know. Maybe they fixed it, maybe it's a completely demilled stunt double, don't know, just didn't want them to get in trouble from some over eager fed on vacay.
So, how does this pertain? Well, I was in another museum yesterday, and found something else funny. See, the wife and I haven't been to Tombstone in a LONG time, so we took a couple of days to run down and check it out again. Long story short, go for a day, watch the live gunfight, don't stay longer than that, and the food damn near killed me, however, it IS fun, and they had black powder percussion caps on hand, though very expensive. Yes, several gun shops right on Allen Street, and all the OTHER buildings are posted NO Firearms. Egads - I guess they don't want visitors getting into gunfights with the actors.
BUT, I digress - while pocking through the Birdcage Saloon self-guided tour I found this display.
Well, that certainly looks like guns I'd find in the Old West...what the heck is that one at the top? The one with NO TAG?
I honestly didn't know, but I knew it was wrong - I discovered it's a Type 99 Japanese Arisaka rifle, late war production. But how does it end up in the 1880s, is Doc Brown and a certain DeLorean involved? No clue, except I'll bet they had one more rack to fill, didn't have anything else "period", and someone said, "Here, toss this in, Granddad had it, so it's old."
Not NFA, so I didn't bother saying anything to management - it's just funny.
