Research re: Belfast, N. Ireland Guarda

[Mud_Dog]

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f? ... f661db9be2
What is that gizmo that looks vaguely like a bolt handle where a bolt handle would be if the image were reversed (which it does in the thumbnail, btw).

That's the safety.

[Rusty Ray]

They once ´had a lot of post-war Enfeild and webley revolvers.....

...and this is what they looked like. More here.

Rusty, you in those photos?

Ha! Bit before my time mate. When I was there, Thatcher was in power and the Soviet Onion was on its last legs. I carried (depending upon era and job) either an SLR, a Gimpy, a BHP, or an LSW. Maybe a sex pistol here and there (Plastic bullet gun made out of a flaregun).

Cheers - Rusty

[Denis]

When I was there, Thatcher was in power and the Soviet Onion was on its last legs.

Those must have been... interesting times. My memory is that those were the dark days before the provos started to see the writing on the wall.