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Trainers As War Booty

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mauser22

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This is an older work of mine I would like to share.

It is a bit of history on the rifle that got me started collecting and my perspective on why the .22 trainers were so coveted by the Veterans of WWII.

Essentially a cut and paste of a "work in progress"

Therefore, it is attached as thumb nail jpgs after scanning.

My apologies for the extra effort to view it, and please over look a few included notes, typos and miss spelled words.

Also a bit of humor is required in one particular instance of a typo on the German phrase "no shooting!".

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My apologies

After numerous attempts to get these pages to post in proper sequence, I am whupped.

an inserted number appears on all pages except the last two 7 and 8, you may need to refer to the thumbnail number
 
Awesome! Don't feel bad about the picture order, nobody can figure out why the photos display out of order, I don't think the guy that invented this contraption knows why. :googlie
 
Jim,
Thanks for taking the time to post these pages. Very interesting reading!
May I ask if these pages are part of the work you have done to help Bob Simpson with the completion of his trainer book? The page layout certainly looks familiar.
 
Thanks for posting your article, Jim! I enjoyed reading it, esp., about duffle bags and got motivated to check out the dimensions. The length of my father's is 35" x21" laying flat. The KKW stock he cut measures 33" and I can see when gathered at the grommets, it was a tight fit. In his case, he also paid a Frenchman a few dollars to build a wood shipping box when his regiment returned to France in mid-1945.
 
Geco with capture papers

this rifle was on g.b. and I saved the photo before they dissapear. .22's with capture papers are not common. This one is just noted as "german 22" so technicly it could be put with any .22 rifle. This variation is a scarce 1st variation none dated receiver.
 

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