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Re: spitfire found after 70 years in a bog. .303s still work!
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 06:37:08 AM »
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Re: spitfire found after 70 years in a bog. .303s still work!
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2011, 06:40:21 AM »
Nice find, and Browning knew guns.
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Re: spitfire found after 70 years in a bog. .303s still work!
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2011, 06:59:00 AM »
Mark II, very nice. Almost ideal conditions for preserving the wreckage. Could you make a sound effect file from this firing video?
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Re: spitfire found after 70 years in a bog. .303s still work!
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2011, 07:12:13 AM »
Awesome! Just plain awesome!  :aok :salute

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Re: spitfire found after 70 years in a bog. .303s still work!
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2011, 07:52:10 AM »
neat!

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Re: spitfire found after 70 years in a bog. .303s still work!
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2011, 08:02:34 AM »
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Re: spitfire found after 70 years in a bog. .303s still work!
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2011, 08:28:51 AM »
very cool  :aok
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Re: spitfire found after 70 years in a bog. .303s still work!
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2011, 12:01:37 PM »
Good read, thanks.  :aok
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