I'm no giant, and I know people were a little shorter back in the day, but are jump trousers supposed to be *that* short? I don't have any slack to ...

A set of M1938 suspenders turned up out of the blue. I assume it's the set Hikishop didn't send in my last order - some 4 months ago.

The tripod will bump up the price: They are currently pre-ordering a tripod on Evike for 200usd, the T&E for 110 and the Pintle for 50, plus the M...

Isn't the first problem actually finding spare mags for it?

I've been comparing the Bren and the ZB and come to the conclusion there'd be so little of the ZB left (pistol grip, mag well/release, rear sight) I'd...

The method of loading of bb's into those Mosins is rather stupid. If you don't mind the bolt being too far back, or even the wrong shape, you can whac...

The only thing that could stop the germans: smooth concrete surfaces If you rate traction above farb you can get rubber put on, or have the soles comp...

Broke my number 2 rule of WW2 airsoft and went airborne. 502nd Able Co.

First step would be remove the base plates and trim the magazines so the actually fit in the cartridge belt. Second would be diddling with the "...

Hold your horses. It's not the airfield, it's a single control tower. Plus 9.5 acres of land and disused outbuildings. And it's right there in the f...

Hold your horses. It's not the airfield, it's a single control tower.

Today I started trying to put big wire in the small spaces of the MG42 pistol grip.

Champion!

Started molesting ICS Garand mags so they actually fit cartridge belts. Whoever designed these mags really didn't care about wasted space

...I replaced the shredded MG42 piston. Trialing the FE "high speed" piston head with an all metal tooth piston. Despite being heavier, it ...

Part 2 now posted

They ("AGM") appear to build them (STEN, MP40, MP44,etc) in large batches rather than continuous production runs. Leading to periodic (6-18 ...

Found out how long the MG42 piston lasts at 28rps