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  1. Enfield1940
    Anyone got a 1985 trials PLCE yoke for sale? Strictly speaking, I also need an un-messed with right-hand trials utility pouch as the one here is a left-hand one that some wretch has partially mutilated. Possibly the same chump has removed the bayonet fitting from the right-hand ammo pouch.
  2. Enfield1940
    I'm slightly puzzled about the stitched on cloth strips with 'C' hooks on the back of the above. In the Howlett book on modern webbing, it states that they connect to the e-tool case and allow more space for pouches on the belt. How does that work exactly? I have a trials e-tool case pouch, but that just loops over the belt. Thanks, Mark
  3. Enfield1940
    Interesting recent item on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110894005644?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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    This was on eBay recently: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221023036937?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Although I assumed it was a plain vanilla OG P52 hood with a DPM cover added.
  5. Enfield1940
    An example of demand creating a supply: http://troopersofcolchester.co.uk/shop/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=1019 Idle curiosity: are members of the Parachute Regiment permitted to wear these on duty?
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    Reminds me of a chap I briefly met in central London some years back when we were completing an eBay deal in person. We were shooting the breeze about militaria and out of the blue he mentioned that he had a live MG34 in his loft that he'd smuggled back from France. As to whether he really did have a live MG in his loft, or was merely a sad fantasist I don't know. Either way, telling someone you've never met before something like that strikes me as a pretty stupid thing to do.
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    That only applies to LMG's that share parts with assault rifles, such as the RPK. Prior to the 2010 specs, it was possible to get them certified when deactivated to the LMG spec rather than the assault rifle spec. The 2010 specs close that off: the spec for any AK47 type weapon (including the RPK) is on page 37 = welded up. The list of MGs and LMGs that don't have to be welded up is on page 36.
  8. Enfield1940
    I believe the original finish was Suncorite paint on top of a Phosphate coating on the metal. Any hard wearing satin black paint - such as stove paint - would probably make a reasonable substitute. A gunsmith may be able to procure some actual Suncorite, although apparently it's not nice stuff by modern H&S standards.
  9. Enfield1940
    Most types of LMG - including the RPD - don't need to be welded solid. See pages 35 and 36 of the 2010 deact specs document.
  10. Enfield1940
    Well it is a 1977 type with the Newey hardware, but sadly it's well hammered and it has a less desirable metric label. (Extremely faded) I think - compared to the circa 1977-81 and circa 1984-87 Para Smocks I own - it may be made of cotton-modal rather than cotton-sateen fabric. Interestingly though, a couple of the pockets are made of the 'dotty' DPM.
  11. Enfield1940
    Hi, I've acquired a P68 smock hood with a slider attached to the drawstrings - something I've not seen before. Is this likely to be factory fitted, or personal customisation? The slider is made by 'STOCKO', who I believe are German. Cheers, Mark
  12. Enfield1940
    Thanks. I'll report back when I get it. :-)
  13. Enfield1940
    I was quite surprised as well. I paid £32 for a fairly tidy size 2 earlier in the year and I thought that wasn't a bad price, but not a bargain. I dread to think what a mint size 6+ would fetch...
  14. Enfield1940
    Hi, I decided to have a gamble on this indifferently photographed and well used Para smock on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160781963962?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 Is it a 1977 type? It has a green backed zip and the press studs look decidedly Newey-ish to me. It also appears to have had the epaulettes removed - any idea why? Cheers, Mark
  15. Enfield1940
    Update: I've now found a source for the elusive first issue OG rifle grenade pouch: http://www.fu-kit.com/product.php/432/b ... -web-pouch I've ordered some and they are near mint.:-)
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    Not in the same league of value, but this looks like a nice example of an early 1984 type: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/British-Armed-Forces-Smock-Parachutists-180-x-96-/140736901978?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item20c492b35a The maker name dates it to no later than 1987. I have a near identical one and it has nice German Prym snaps.
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    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130675201822?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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    I'm 99% sure this is a stupid question (so please be gentle with me) but is there a way of working out what unit someone was in from their zap number? I have a CS95 desert DPM jacket with a 4th Mechanized Brigade badge on one arm and an ISAF one on the other. However, there's a gap above the ISAF badge where I assume there was a unit badge or TRF and being a sad g!t it's bugging me what it was. The jacket has a zap number penned inside: 'EV1623'. Cheers, Mark
  19. Enfield1940
    I was keeping an eye on that one. A nice example, but I was genuinely surprised it went for comfortably over £100. Ah well. I'm still very pleased with the TA Pet Op modified size 3 I got for £40ish last year.
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    A pair of trials PLCE 'upside down' bergen side pouches: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PLCE-Bergan-Side-Pouches-Upside-Down-Zip-Version-/270942422843?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item3f156d473b Price is a bit steep though. Perhaps he's hoping a trials PLCE collector will decide they *must* have them? My trials PLCE collection has yet to progress beyond an e-tool carrier, but we live in hope.:-)
  21. Enfield1940
    A nostalgic sight: I had a pair of those back in my student days in the early 1990's. If memory serves I got them at an 'aerojumble' at North Weald airfield. I'm afraid they eventually got replaced with a pair of the (then) rather more trendy German 'para' boots. They in turn got replaced with a pair of German army mountain boots which fitted my narrow feet better. (Thanks be to the army surplus stall in Huddersfield market) For old times sake I now own a pair of similar German Lowa boots, although they only tend to get used when it snows.
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    Maybe... It seems to be a grey area: there was a chap on the wwiireenacting forum who wrote to the Home Office last year for clarification and very interestingly they stopped short of giving him a straight yes or no answer. However, I for one wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of a test case to decide whether or not you were guilty of attempting to import an unlicensed / prohibited firearm... BTW. A little note on terminology: whilst deactivation markings are added by a Proof House, they are not 'proof' markings. By definition a deact cannot be proofed.
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    I spotted this oddity on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMBAT-SMOCK-JACKET-BLACK-Large-/320854148637?pt=UK_Men_s_Coats_Jackets&hash=item4ab465c61d No NSN or contract code, but the label looks like it has 'CCL' on it. Cookson & Clegg Ltd?
  24. Enfield1940
    I'm not sure about the pins, but if you're looking for one DugUp do good repros: http://www.dugup.co.uk/ware13/wh13_page_2.htm AFAIK a repro cup discharger would be legal if it is built from new and non-functional.
  25. Enfield1940
    A follow up as I've just acquired what appears to be a DPM version of the olive pouch off of eBay. Note that it has the same NSN, but a different designation. I had no idea these even existed. Does anyone else own one / has seen one? Cheers, Mark
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