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    Semi-Complete 1985 Trials PLCE Set

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    Anyone got a 1985 trials PLCE yoke for sale? :)

    Trials PLCE set 2.jpg

    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. >:(

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    1985 Trials PLCE Belt Question

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    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

    How does a new spec deactivation in the uk affect a RPD?

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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.

    How does a new spec deactivation in the uk affect a RPD?

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    I have been told that due to people exloiting bipod loop holes, all Machine guns from now on have to be welded up with No moving parts.

    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.

    Doing up a tired looking SLR

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    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.

    1977 Type Para Smock?

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    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.

    ID from Zap Number?

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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

    Trials(85 Pattern???) PLCE Bergen+Side Pockets.

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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.:-)

    NI Patrol Boots & Gloves

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    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. :)

    Getting a deactivated firearm proofed

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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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