Vickers gun on Century this afternoon

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Re: Vickers gun on Century this afternoon

#21 Post by rox »

JS569 wrote:So I saw this on Forgotten Weapons yesterday. I wondered how/ who was the owner and shooter of the gun and the legal status of that - obviously S5 but still intrigued. And secondly, it must have cost a fortune in ammunition as they rattled through it.
Owned by Fultons.
Fired by Colin Shorthouse.
Ammo was part donated by NRA, part by Fultons, part other?
Ammo was a mixture of PPU, HXP & S&B, hence the variation in rate of fire.
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Re: Vickers gun on Century this afternoon

#22 Post by Strangely Brown »

rox wrote:Owned by
Fired by
Ammo was part donated by NRA, part by Fultons, part other?
Ammo was a mixture of PPU, HXP & S&B, hence the variation in rate of fire.
Do you not think this post of yours breeches rather a lot of security?
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#23 Post by GeeRam »

rox wrote: Ammo was a mixture of PPU, HXP & S&B, hence the variation in rate of fire.
Who grabbed the spent HXP brass then lol
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Re: Vickers gun on Century this afternoon

#24 Post by Maggot »

David TS wrote:
Maggot wrote:
NOT the 100 or so period rifles that were part of the day

99 period rifles, lol wtf

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He knows who he is..... I would not mind betting many were made after 1918 but you have to draw the line somewhere
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