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21 Nov 16, 10:02
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Originally Posted by Drusus Nero
Colt "Peacemaker"
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No, It's a Colt Army Model 1860 still cap and ball, the "Peacemaker" was a Model 1873 and fired a metallic cartridge.
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21 Nov 16, 10:07
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You buggers have got it all over me with small arms...
there are some real experts on this site. Boy, if I only had the money for all the books, and for a new computer....good guess Trung
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28 Nov 16, 02:37
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Trung has the floor if that was correct
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12 Nov 17, 15:15
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Looks like it has been a year since anybody has posted here, so I was just wondering what SMG this is -- it is a screen shot from the move Wild Geese:
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12 Nov 17, 18:16
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Originally Posted by Blair Maynard
Looks like it has been a year since anybody has posted here, so I was just wondering what SMG this is -- it is a screen shot from the move Wild Geese:
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A variant of the Sa 25 SMG...
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Wild_Geese,_The
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17 Nov 17, 02:23
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Ha, that's it. It would have taken me awhile to find that SMG, never heard of it before. Thanks.
I didnt even know there was a site out there listing all the weapons use in Wild Geese. Quite an assortment of weapons were used in that movie.
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05 Jan 18, 00:11
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So, what's this one?

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05 Jan 18, 03:32
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M50 Reising
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05 Jan 18, 13:18
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Yep, and it seems that the US Coast Guard got a pretty good supply of them along with the USMC. I've seen quite a few photos now of the USCG using them along with some other oddities in weapons.
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05 Jan 18, 13:28
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No reverse image search allowed.
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05 Jan 18, 14:04
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NEMO 120mm smoothbore mortar.
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05 Jan 18, 14:58
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Correct, the container being an interesting concept.
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