lsudave
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We've got threads discussing the effects of losing access to cheap Russian ammo. That isn't the purpose of this thread, but rather, another possible effect of this.
This condition:
My question- Mausers, Walthers, Star Model B's, and any other weapons employed by the Axis during WW2, and which were seized by the Russians.
Many folks are familiar with this, but many are not; so I will post the briefest explanation I can to make it relevant....
The Soviets had manpower, but were drastically short on arms. They were forced to fight with whatever they could get their hands on. In large part because of this, they didn't destroy a lot of seized firearms, instead they would take things, do a quick teardown and refurb, and then dip in cosmoline and crate things up, filling warehouses.
This is the main source of Star Model B's that we saw not that long ago. That's why they had that distinctive cheap dark blue, and why a lot had issues with function- they stripped a bunch, sorted them into piles of parts, reblued, and rebuilt randomly... a frame, barrel, slide, parts etc. Not necessarily from the same original gun, but instead "all the parts" for a gun.
Given their nature and the way the war ended, there are still lots of warehouses full of such firearms. They aren't Russian "manufacture", but they definitely fit the "STORED in Russia" clause.
Are these gone, too? Thoughts?
This condition:
My emphasis with the bold text.
My question- Mausers, Walthers, Star Model B's, and any other weapons employed by the Axis during WW2, and which were seized by the Russians.
Many folks are familiar with this, but many are not; so I will post the briefest explanation I can to make it relevant....
The Soviets had manpower, but were drastically short on arms. They were forced to fight with whatever they could get their hands on. In large part because of this, they didn't destroy a lot of seized firearms, instead they would take things, do a quick teardown and refurb, and then dip in cosmoline and crate things up, filling warehouses.
This is the main source of Star Model B's that we saw not that long ago. That's why they had that distinctive cheap dark blue, and why a lot had issues with function- they stripped a bunch, sorted them into piles of parts, reblued, and rebuilt randomly... a frame, barrel, slide, parts etc. Not necessarily from the same original gun, but instead "all the parts" for a gun.
Given their nature and the way the war ended, there are still lots of warehouses full of such firearms. They aren't Russian "manufacture", but they definitely fit the "STORED in Russia" clause.
Are these gone, too? Thoughts?
