dazza Posted March 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 The pics are from my mates workplace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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the last engineer Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 so after all the sexy pics do you actualy get out to play with these, or is it a big tease, me id want to run mags through most of em . Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wol the hunter Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 il av that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Red Fox Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Looks lik eyou intend to frighten the ****@ out of the pheasants this year again then Daz..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonrms Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 .. I want that scope on that rifle......... what does a man gotta do to get it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Arms-stash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Hmmm only one thing leads me to think they are all deacts.. apart from the fact that you wouldnt be able to show these pictures if it was military.. that is, why has this gun got full or dud rounds in it? surly the police wouldnt keep some fake rounds in a gun like this to look cool in storage.. exactly what is your freinds job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Hmmm only one thing leads me to think they are all deacts.. apart from the fact that you wouldnt be able to show these pictures if it was military.. that is, why has this gun got full or dud rounds in it? surly the police wouldnt keep some fake rounds in a gun like this to look cool in storage.. exactly what is your freinds job? Hi, Yes, please tell! FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whippet.22 Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 The rounds in that HMG appear to have had the primers removed, one assumes that the powder has been removed as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I just dont think an army or police base would keep a set of deact' bullets on the chain feed in the gun just for show.. seems kind of odd.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 As they seem to have "one of each" I would think it could be some form of reference collection. Possibly something like the Royal Armouries at Leeds. Or maybe a supplier of props to the film/ theatrical industry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whippet.22 Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 (edited) just dont think an army or police base would keep a set of deact' bullets on the chain feed in the gun just for show.. seems kind of odd. Why not? Assuming these are seized firearms then they have put a fair ammount of effort into displaying them, why not keep a few duds just to make the HMG look the part? After all it's not the sorta thing they find on a regular basis when patting down crims. Edit to point out something really obvious: The fact is the bullets are there, they're not going to keep live ones in it are they now? Edited March 26, 2006 by whippet.22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 correct whippet, there all siezed terrorist weapons most belonging to the IRA, all the guns are real and in working order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 correct whippet, there all siezed terrorist weapons most belonging to the IRA, all the guns are real and in working order. Thought so. I have seen news footage of this room on the news down here in the south, on RTE 1. It comes on everytime they talk about IRA decommissioning. Ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Thats why the guns are set up like that Frank, news people are taking pics all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 (edited) Makes sense now.. shove a few blanks in the machine gun so it looks better of TV EDIT: The scary bit is a lot of the weapons are militry and special forces spec. How did they get their hands on it? Hmmmmmm :thumbs: corrupt army and special forces departments after a little extra cash.. and to watch more fighting on TV. Probably like a vehicle, they have removed the Serial Number so it cant be traced back. Edited March 26, 2006 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davhope Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Just dont forget that a lot of soldiers and inocent civilians have probably been on the reciving end of those weapons, Seem to remember the barrat team were responsable for 4 or 5 soldiers deaths in the early 90s around crossmaglen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 The scary bit is a lot of the weapons are militry and special forces spec. How did they get their hands on it? Hmmmmmm corrupt army and special forces departments after a little extra cash.. and to watch more fighting on TV. This is the IRA we are talking about not the boy scouts!!! These are the sort of people who steal £25,000,000 from banks. You can buy there guns off the shelt on a lot of countries and it is easy enough to smuggle them in. Do you really think squaddies would sell their guns to the IRA who will in turn use them on them? Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 (edited) Its amazing what people will do for a wad of cash.. even if it will kill the rest of their team, they can run off safe. I have to say, its pretty hard to smuggle in an M60 machine gun, a Barrat, 60 military spec hanguns, a pile of old German Rugers, 20 odd machine guns.. and then supply them with military FMJ ammunition to use them.. Im pretty sure this is internal. But its over now.. where ever they came from, or who ever gave them to the IRA should better be very silent Edited March 26, 2006 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Hunter, most of the IRA's weapons came from Libya....... 1985: In August the 65ft fishing boat, the Casamara, delivered the first of three shipments of weapons from Libya, vessel looking for drug-traffickers in the Bay of Biscay. The largest shipment ever intercepted, it included 1,000 AK47 rifles, 10 DMZK .5 anti-aircraft machineguns, one million rounds of ammunition and one million mortar shells. again a present from Col Gadaffi. This first 10-ton shipment included 50 boxes containing rifles, pistols and rocket-launchers. In October the Casamara, skippered by the former Bray Travel director, Adrian Hopkins, delivered another 10 to 14 tons of weapons, including several 12.70 light machineguns. 1986: In April between 14 and 20 tons of weapons, including Semtex and at least two surface-to-air missiles, arrived. A larger vessel, the Villa, was used to deliver between 80 and 90 tons of weapons, including at least seven RPG rocket launchers, 10 SAM missiles and a large quantity of Semtex. A shipment of 17 rifles, two handguns, grenades, 70,000 rounds of ammunition and four drums of the chemical nitrobenzene (used for manufacturing explosives) was discovered in Amsterdam. 1987: In October some 150 tons of weaponry on board the Eksund was intercepted by a French naval fast-patrol, in the Bay of Biscay. The Eksund contained 150 tons of weapons including 1,000 AK47 rifles, 10 DMZK .5 antiaircraft machine guns, one million rounds of ammunition and one million mortar shells The weapons arrived in four shipments on two ships skippered by the former Bray Travel owner, Adrian Hopkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly87 Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Just reading some of this stuff about the IRA got me abit intrested, i dont suppose any one knows any gd factal books about the IRA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Armed struggle - the history of the IRA by Richard English or Bandit Country by Tony Harnden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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