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Spitfire's Browning Machine Gun Reborn

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:54 am
by Darrell
Cool article from the Beeb--a Spitfire that crashed in Ireland during WWII is found, its Browning .303 machine guns in remarkably good shape after 70 years. One gun is restored to working condition, and is test fired:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15652440

Vid at the link. It's a BBC vid, so no separate link.

Re: Spitfire's Browning Machine Gun Reborn

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 6:28 pm
by SoupOrMan
It was test fired, at which point Labour had a massive simultaneous protest march, screaming shitfit, and candlelight vigil because scary guns.

Re: Spitfire's Browning Machine Gun Reborn

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 6:45 pm
by Old Grafton
And then they were "made safe". :roll:

Re: Spitfire's Browning Machine Gun Reborn

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 6:51 pm
by mekender
The full on EOD suit along with the trench seems a bit much...