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Doubling up definitely helps with blast. I have done considerable ballistic and blast testing and the concensus among the range personnel seems to be that the in the ear plugs are considered a minimum. Plugs function by preventing (sound) pressure from entering the ear canal. However, an additional ...

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I too wish I had bought a couple extra LED flashlights from restoration hardware; at least I got one.
Here is the incandescent version at the cheapest price I've found:

http://macsautoparts.com/search.asp?sb= ... ht&x=0&y=0

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As far as "The Indy" is concerned, why the heck did they choose to guff it up with that stupid-looking green stripe? Anyway, my MK VII holds a first gen iPad perfectly, when inserted vertically. If anyone is going to do this, I would suggest lining the inside of the satchel with something...

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This looks pretty good as an everyday close enough:

http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=4Y3C

on sale plus extra 20% off through Feb 20

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I confess. I've fired 2 rounds from a 44mag. Peed myself. What you say makes sense. Might give it a try with a short barrel. The "crack" is a little annoying. Even cuts through the ear protection... The Glock is the most pleasant to shoot. I know... Blaspheme! But it's true. It's like a g...

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Well, prepare to be disappointed if you go to a distillery here in the U. S. and expect a sample at the end of the tour. It ain't happening. :lol: Regards! Michaelson It all depends I suppose. Several years ago, I was on a tour of a smaller Kentucky :#: (name left blank to protect the guilty) disti...

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The .22 route would be my choice too if I were looking for one. .30 carbine ammo ain't cheap and only chambers in this particular weapon. Regards! Michaelson I have seen older Ruger Blackhawk revolvers (prob. 60's or 70's vintage) chambered for .30 Carbine. A fellow once brought one for fun to a Co...

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How about these. http://www.redwingshoes.com/red-wing-shoe/4439-red-wing-shoes/4439-red-wing-mens-6-inch-boot-brown They are quite close and have a connection to SA in that I seem to remember something about RedWing boots being the original costume boot idea before HF vetoed it by wearing his own Al...

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I just ordered a pair for my twin girls.
It's going to be a very Indy Christmas.

Thanks Sarge

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The Sean Connery character, Allan Quartermain does use a WG as his sidearm.
The internet movie firearms database is a good reference for these sort of questions:

http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/League_o ... men%2C_The

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I have had a pair of the LL Bean Katadin Iron Works boots for over a year. I bought them at a Bean outlet as Indy close enoughs to actually use as boots. I have used and abused them for slogging through mud (the leather is oiled); up and down ladders; all day on a cement machine shop floor and gener...

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Here's mine as it looked when I got it as NOS in 1971. Still going strong, though there seem to be periods when no-one carries the blades - I stock up whenever I find them. LJ http://i831.photobucket.com/albums/zz240/LongJohnTinfoil/schick_razors7b.jpg Anyone remember the jingle for these Schick ca...

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It's late here and i am too tired and too lazy to look it up. But, a similar story exists with numbered brass serialized plates for the dash of a certain limited edition automobile. Owners many years after the cars were produced tried to figure out how the number corresponded to production dates whe...

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I only have two: US Wings lamb purchased new US Wings blue label from Cairo Bazaar Next purchase will be goat from Wested. Knowing how obsessive I have been with previous hobbies/collections, there will be more. I cannot help it, I have had the Indy bug for many years; I only found this outlet for i...

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acetone is almost like bleach in the way it can remove dye from some leather. The only way I have found to safely use it is to apply a very small amount to a cloth rag and when it evaporates to almost dry, rub the leather carefully. Always test a small, preferably hidden area before trying anything ...

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ITS A SURVEY ENGINEERS BOOK. THE DEVICE HE USES TO FIND THE MAP ROOM IS A TRANSIT. THAT WAS MY OCCUPATION FOR YEARS. I ALWAYS USED MY BOOK FOR WRITING NOTES TOO! TAKE CARE No reason to get upset. To me it doesn't look like that to me. I know that you are talking about the verticle lines but at the ...

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"Effective" or not-I would hate to get shot with it! Getting shot would be a major setback for most people, no matter what they are shot with, especially if hit in the torso. I know other guns/rounds are much more effective, such as the .45 ACP. However, I have shot the 32-20 and would no...

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I agree, Rambler, that blanket is much closer to the one in KOTCS. I have the Civil War blankets myself. Are you a reenactor? I am, and I'm just curious. Cool find, though. I guess now the big thing is going to have the most SA closet! :P Yes, I am or actually was a reenactor. I was in the 2nd Md I...

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For those willing to lie with or swap out modern buckle and straps, here is a source of German rucksacks for $10 in the US:
http://www.majorsurplus.com/German-Rang ... C1940.aspx

Regards,
Rambler

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If anybody is interested in the wool blanket Indy's hat and whip is sitting on, I found some close enoughs: http://blockaderunner.com/Catalog/catpg28.htm http://www.fcsutler.com/fcblankhavers.asp Respectfully disagreeing. I have one each all of the Civil War reproduction blankets from Woolrich and ...

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I have a very similar pair from Orvis. I believe they call them unlined shooting gloves. I like them so well I just bought a second pair to not distress and keep for driving etc.

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I agree that measuring the feet correctly is important. But, that still does not tell you the fit. Each manufacturer sizes each model of shoe (or any other garment for that matter) to fit a given size a certain way. If Alden intends the 405 model to be worn with heavy socks, and you wear then with m...

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Disregarding what it might have been to be period correct, has anyone determined which HiPower varient was actually used? From the screen caps on the Indy Gear site it definitely has the ring type hammer (not spur type), the rearward hook-like front sight. Also, there seems to be the provision for t...

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I will post pics as soon as i can. Due to the laws here in Maryland. I cannot pick it up until next Saturday. I have not been to the museum myself; but, a friend did go there while in Utah on business. It resulted in him ordering a new Hi Power, so beware. Truly though, it sounds incredible. They ha...

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I new there was a reason i did not go to work today. I found not, one, not two ,but three High Powers in my local gun shop. One was immediately out being a very modern looking stainless version made by Browning in utah. That left a made in Belgium by FN with modern adjustable sights and a "made...

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I have used Lexol for many years on leather automobile upholstery. Car seats, particularly those in convertibles, are tanned and treated in order to be more resistant to moisture than are most interior home upholstery skins. As Michaelson pointed out above, it works well on lambskin which is "t...

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Michaelson, as usual, is correct. Unlike many of these items we want to distress which have low everyday utility, work gloves "work" exactly as advertised. Get a pair and wear them. Gardening, lawn mowing etc are great. Do not use a briquette for "distressing"! Rather, put on you...

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Hoo boy, no kidding! I just received my XXL today too, and yes, these DO run pretty small. In my case the XXL fits like a very small XL, and the length in the body isn't very proportional to the length of the sleeves. There's plenty of sleeve length, but the body barely makes it to my waist. It'll ...

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OK enough joking about socks. I seldom wax poetic about something as mundane as socks. But, I found a brand available as seconds at the LL Bean outlet near my home. It is SmartWool. If you are going to wear boots all day, these are the socks to wear. They come in everything from thin dress versions ...

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I ordered a xxl plus several other items at the beginning of June. I hope the shipping notice appears Monday.

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I ordered a 2XL and some other items and nothing yet.

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The straw will come apart on you if you simply cut it and then try to make a new edge to the brim. Instead, try this: Trace out the "new" brim location by making pencil tick marks around the brim at the appropriate "radii" from the crown. Be sure to add appropriately for seam all...

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Indiana G (I am an engineer too btw) is right, that does not conform to any standard US method of writing inches in either decimal or fractional form. I hope this is not for something critical (like a Mars lander) or it could produce a costly error. The substitution of a period for a slash (which w...

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I am somewhat surprised by the photos that have surfaced on this forum of the original props being stored on industrial shelving right out in the open. It seems sort of contradictory to keep them locked up like they are valuable artifacts yet to not use some basic museum conservation products and pr...

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I recall an earlier post regarding the washed goat that he was also waiting for hides. Perhaps the made to order jackets are made in his UK shop?

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You can actually do it either way. Sew first or dye first. In, fact more often with wools the dying is done to the yarns/threads prior to weaving (tweeds for example) For an example in cotton, blue jeans are white threads one way and blue the other. Overdying or garment dying produces that all over ...

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This sounds quite intriguing but too rich for my blood right now. If I read it all correctly, the cost is just for the tailoring and does not include the cost of the custom fabric. The yard goods alone could easily add considerably to the cost of the pants due to the cost to weave and dye the fabric...

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If you want the smaller K frame S&W just start looking in gun stores. You can generally find some former police duty guns for under $200 virtually anywhere in the US. Most of them are .38 special but the occational .357 magnum Model 19 or 66 (stainless steel) shows up for a little more. If you a...

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Indiana G (I am an engineer too btw) is right, that does not conform to any standard US method of writing inches in either decimal or fractional form. I hope this is not for something critical (like a Mars lander) or it could produce a costly error. The substitution of a period for a slash (which wo...

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Rook wrote:How do they attach the ramped style front sight? Weld it on?

Russ

Silver solder or brazing would work.
Well, these days even an epoxy adhesive for that matter.
How was the original done?

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Yep definitely the M1 .30 carbine. My dad gave me one for my 13 birthday a few years back. He qualified with one along with the garand while serving in the army, appropriatley in 1957. He also had a tool still that was used to strip down the garand. He taught me how to shoot, strip and clean firear...

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I just saw a Dorfman Pacific straw on the US Wings website and it is currently on sale.
http://www.uswings.com/aviatn.asp#IJ203

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It is a beautiful piece of art. Truly in the old-world craftsman style of functional and aesthetically pleasing. However, I have a question regarding the use of such a tool. Since the Indy-style fedora geets a dimensional cut, and this seems to be basically a very fancy way of spacing the cut at a g...

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My US WIngs lambskin Indy came with a very nice hanger. It is the first one I have ever had that was actually wide enough across the "shoulders" to fully support a 2XL jacket without leaving bumps in the top seams. It is also "thicker" so the radius of the top surface is lager an...

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The novelization implies that it is the same whip through all of his adventures. The way he abuses it, I can suspend disbelief more on the fedora being the same one rather than the whip.

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I peeled the glued-in liner out of my Akubra adventurer as an experiment. I wore the linerless hat around town in mid to upper 80's humid weather yesterday and it was much more comfortable.
Thanks to all who suggested this. A tip of the linerless hat to you!

Regards,
Rambler

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The markings refer to a company, now defunct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell-Mex_and_BP_Ltd

Since the company existed from 1931 to 1971, that brackets the age of your find.

Nice one.

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I think it definitely once had straps. You can see the attachment points on both the flap and the body of the case. The latch is really only there to lock it. The straps are meant to transfer the load of the body into the flap and handle. Look at how it gaps and pulls without the straps. I cannot re...

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I think by looking at puppetboy's photos in his ogininal post in this thread that the best way to judge is by a sort of parallel comparison. e.g. How do the screen cap shirts look in comparison to not only the white objects, but also to the pants and jacket. Then, look at the three shirts in his las...

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Just a few points of clarification here regarding fabrics: cotton, silk, polyester and rayon are all types of fibers used to make fabric Satin, sateen, plain weave, and twill (several sub types of twill weave)) are types of weaves of fabric Satin is a soft smooth fabric generally made from silk, pol...

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acetone no way

Guns and wound ballistics.

Another source for $10

I think this is closer to SA

similar pair from Orvis

correct measured foot size still does not tell you the "

regarding Indy's Browing Hi Power, which model

finally got a High Power

Listen to the man.

I have to agree

Something useful about socks.

still waiting

Sew it first

archival storage

dying

no small feat

US Wings

The whip

I am on the bandwagon now.

relative hues

Do not confuse fiber with fabric weave