This is a vintage pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 rifle chambered for .270 Winchester. The .270 cartridge is a necked down .30-06 which gives it a better ballistic coefficient and higher velocity, making it a flat-shooting round suitable for hunting game that won’t let you get too close. The rifle has had a vintage Griffin & Howe quick detach mount installed holding an equally vintage Weaver scope.
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German Maxim Machine Gun
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Three Double-Barreled Shotguns
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The Price of Valour 1964
Not mentined that Smyth VC panicked at Burma and blew up a bridge which left almost half his troops to the “gentle” hospitiality of the Japanese. Needless to say he was sacked and he spent the rest of his life trying to live this down. A very sad ending to a brave man. Grumpy
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Gun Busters: RPD
This is alarming, quite alarming. [H/T Collin Rugg] In a recent J6 case it has been revealed that Liberty Safe Co. gave the FBI background access codes to the safe and vault owned by the investigative target of the FBI, Nathan Hughes.
As the story is told, the FBI (federal govt) contacted the safe manufacturer and asked for a secret code that would open the safe. The FBI had a search warrant for the premises. Liberty Safe Co. gave the FBI the access code that would allow them to open the safe, without relying on (or asking) the owner to open it.
This is alarming on a few levels. First, why does Liberty even hold an override code for their safes. Second, why didn’t Liberty just tell the FBI they do not own the safe, therefore the issue of compliance is between the owner and the FBI?
Liberty Safe Co. responded:
This is a ridiculous position easily avoided by saying, “we don’t own the safe.” The bottom line is to avoid all the Liberty Safe products that allow them to access your private holdings, including gun safes and personal papers. If you own a Liberty Safe, just get rid of it. It’s compromised. Write it off to a lesson learned and forget about it.