Argghhh!

Even if you were in the Adjutant General or Finance Corps, chances are you have a memory of watching a sunset, weapon in hand. U.S. Army Spc. Kimberly Nicholls mans her M240 Bravo machine gun during sunset while flying over Logar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 8, 2011. Nicholls is a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crew chief assigned to Company B, 2-82 Task Force Corsair, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. Nicholls helps escort passengers from Forward Operating Base Salerno to Kabul International Airport. U...

When I was still in "The Bidnez" ( see below ), I used to come across many new boom-boom toys before they were adopted by our customers...

Into the dark void, four trusty steeds go...

The Castle's No4Mk1(T). Just so Sean (a Facebook bud, not the syrup-swilling Canuckistani military historian) doesn't feel too bad - this is a non-matching gun. All original parts, but the No 32 Scope doesn't match the rings, nor do either match the receiver. It *is* a proper No4Mk1(T) marked receiver that got FTR'd in the 50's.Nice clear optics, though my neighbor might be a trifle annoyed to know I use him for boresighting scopes. I really do, as his building reflects the in...

[This pic embiggens] As several of you got to with fair ease, yesterday's quickie whatziss was indeed an Austrian 1867 Werndl rifle. The Castle's Austrian M1867 Werndl rifle is a "turning block"conversion of the standard Austrian muzzle-loader, made as armies struggled to keep up with each other in a time of rapidly acclerating technological change and restricted budgets. Not to be confused with the Remington "rolling block" rifles or the Springfield Arsenal "Trapdoor"...

It's got me stumped at the moment. WTH are these guys doing? Anyone speak/read Chinese? H/t Kevin for the challenge!

What a difference a day makes... [As usual, this pic enlargifys]