A question for gun experts. (Page 20 of 20)

I get the impression the SOE is seen by many as an espionage unit and not a special operations unit. I suspect the reason is that the SOE often did work in espionage roles in some countries such as France, where a typical role for the SOE was setting up a radio station. A very dangerous and important job, and often carried out by women. Norway was at the time a very rural country were walking or skiing around the countryside to blow something up or training gurerillas was a more typical role for the SOE. They even took part in a couple of commando raids early in the war. Is this your impression too?

It must be interesting having a piece of SOE history in your neighbourhood. I know SOE often used manor houses as Special Training Schools. By the way: Two famous SOE agents, Max Manus and Gregers Gram, were hiking in Scotland a short time after they were instructed in lock-picking. They came upon a large manor house where no-one was alone. They let themselves in and enjoyed the food, wine cellar and luxurious living conditions for a few days. Later they read in the newspaper that the royal hunting "cabin" had been broken into 

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I'm reading "Doctor No" and Fleming mentions one of the henchmen is carrying Remington .3000 carabine. What gun is that?

Oh, simply a M! carabine. Thanks.

Right TP. First look at this picture for half an hour and memorise it. Cos there’s anything more annoying than a magazine being called a clip.  And yeah, I know, all the movies and books do it,  but that just means it suspends disbelief and makes anyone that’s handled these things for real rant about it to themselves for an hour. 

And here’s another. Just in case you’ve forgotten already.

But apart from that, you’re right.  Removing a fully loaded pistols MAGAZINE doesn’t mean it’s safe.  Although some manufacturers did add magazine safety’s to their weapons so that they couldn’t fire without a mag inserted.  The Browning Hi Power being one. Anyway, people realised this was dumb, and it isn’t widely used anymore.

Back to the point.  If the pistol had a round in the breech, then it was still live as removing the MAGAZINE has no affect on that, and it can still shoot as usual. 

Now go back and look at those pictures, I won’t hear of such things again   

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The English term is “put a cap in your bottom”.  They just stole it from us and made it sound more crude.

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This is self evident, because the "Real Gun People" always go "commando"!!
If for no other reason, that to be able to say that they can't rip their........ "undergarments...."? What? You wear a petticoat???

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I would have to say; for literary Bond: maybe. For a moment, imagine the Silver Screen Bond firing Semmerling: DC in his too-tight-for-comfort suit jacket trying to work the action....