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That's the last time I ever ask that question...

ah classic song that perfectly sums up this thread

Bow down to your god

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Frizzle,

Turns out I had got the gist, but I just didn't understand what the question marks and "profits" was about. Cheers then

wtf?

I do as it happens. I love the M1 Carbine, for it's day it was a brilliant design. The best way round that one would be to wear the correct beret with denison smock, webbing and battledress: Instant WW2 SAS loadout SAS can get away with any weapon as long as the time period is right Oh and the name is Russell, it's just that someone had already been naughty with that name so I couldn't use it so I replaced the L's with 1's

Yup the Hwa San is better looking but the Goblin is smaller, lighter uses 6mm ammo, shoots 12 bb's per shell rather than 7 and is cheaper, plus it comes with a holster. Soldiers would get shotguns from just about anywhere, farms in france, farms back home, dead resistance fighters, bought from Ian during his black marketeering days... Pump action ones would not have been common, a sawn off double barrelled shotgun would have been easy to get hold of and easy to carry.

Q. Why would you want to lug around a shotgun? A. A classic bank robbing shotgun doesn't take much lugging. I'd want one for close quarters, where the length of a Lee Enfield No.4 could be a significant disadvantage. Also for situations where a position I was detailed to defend was in danger of being rushed - take it out and place it handy so that when I've fired my 11 shots, if I'm about to be bayoneted before I can reload, I have 2 persuasive arguments. Plus, loaded with rock salt & rice, it would be very good for prisoner taking raids. Q. Where would you get it? A. Wearing a uniform does not make soldiers law abiding citizens. In fact, back in the days when a Magistrate's Court was called a "Police Court" and the only chance of a "not guilty" verdict was if a copper had recently offended the magistrate, it was common for the 'defendant' to be offered the army as an alternative to jail. It was also much more common for townies to go poaching than it is now - Tis my delight on a Friday night... to get the hacksaw out of the shed. Q. Where would you get the ammo? A. I refer you to the above answer, but also consider that those at home are generally well disposed towards serving soldiers, but back in WW2 far more so, because, for most people, the conflict was morally & politically unambiguous, since the threat was of occupation by a foreign power. What's a box 12g 00 buckshot for Mrs. Jones' eldest about to be shipped off who knows where? Q. Why would you want to lug around all that extra weight and use up space in your pack? For the same reasons our modern soldiers dump plenty of their issue kit so they can carry more 5.56mm ammo now - you can survive being hungry, dirty, and cold a lot better than you can survive taking a knife to a gunfight.

One British youtube channel that does get a lot of views is BohemianEagle AKA the mighty Jingles. He does mainly video game videos (world of Tanks and War Thunder) but mentioned airsoft and his subscribers persuaded him to get back into airsoft and make videos last year. Very different style of video to anything else I have seen because he usually does videos of computer games. He has had to start by going through the basics for his subscriber base. It's all his fault I got into this, I ran out of War thunder videos one day.

^^Nice wedding