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 Topic: Lances reference books on the LEsPosted: September 02 2025 at 5:02pm |
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i ordered the two currently available and received them today , they are excellent hard bound copies with great photos and data i shall be spending some time in these , i will probably order his new ones that are coming out layer ,
"...Currently the SMLE and .22 Enfield books are available , My Rifle No. 4 books along with the No. 4 T book should be available before the holidays..."
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Posted: September 03 2025 at 6:17am |
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A square, pour yourself a glass of Whisky, set yourself down in a comfortable chair in front of a fire and while away the Winter immersed in Lance's excellent books! That's what I did. Lance is going to take a break after the No4 book but has suggested after a rest he might do a book on MLEs. Can't wait!
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Posted: September 03 2025 at 6:52am |
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I'm holding out for his No. 4 and No. 4 T books.
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Posted: September 03 2025 at 7:15am |
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Yep, I'm waiting for the No 4 book as well. I should pick up the SMLE book too.
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Posted: September 03 2025 at 5:18pm |
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i guarantee you it will be worth it as SAPPER said i intend to while away some hours with a nice whiskey and if weather holds maybe a ceegar , these are great additions to the bible and every bit as informative as well as the same type format and presentation , very valuable reference for those involved with enfield collecting ,
they look great next to my LEE ENFILD bibble STORY , British and commonwealth bayonets' , Spirit of the Pike , and Inglis Diamonds books , all of which are mandatory in a commonwealth library , there are others as well but these are the fundamental basis of a great reference shelf im not dissing strattons collector series - those are very valuable as well they have data you cant find elsewhere , as well as a couple others when you get into the P13/14 rifles and the M17 american enfields
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Posted: September 04 2025 at 4:00am |
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I'm willing to bet our libraries look very similar.
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Posted: September 04 2025 at 8:15pm |
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i suspect you are correct - except most of my stratton books are gone i might have one left maybe , i do have a nice hard cover on the colt 45acp ,1911s , and couple on kentucky rifles as well as US military weapomns left too ,
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Posted: September 05 2025 at 6:33am |
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If there's any aspect of military history where my library is lacking it's in the areas of the Revolutionary War and Civil War, a paucity I intend to rectify. I do have several books on Canadian and Israeli military history which I find fascinating and of course, approximately 100 books on WWII. Military engineering manuals and history books hold a special interest for me and I have several from WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War.
I discovered a passion for reading at a very young age partially fueled by a need for an escape from toxic parenting so by the age of 12 I had read the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe, Ayn Rand, The Illiad and the Odyssey by Homer, just about every science fiction book by Heinlein, Bradbury, Asimov, Burroughs, Clarke, Huxley, et al, and of course comic books! My love of reading has never left me.
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Posted: September 05 2025 at 4:45pm |
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i have quite a lot on the civil war - that was something my grandfather and i shared interesyt it when i was young , but im also lacking on the revolution ,
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I should develop a greater interest in the Civil War as I've been told that I had two relatives who served in the 25th Regiment Indiana Volunteers. Frederick Augustus Heuring was their chaplain and his brother George Gottlieb Heuring was a farrier. I'm not sure of the familial connection but was told by my father that any Heuring coming out of Indiana is a relative one way or another. Frederick Augustus Heuring was known throughout the regiment as "Gus, the Fightin' Chaplain" for his threat to run any secessionist through with his sword and that he could always be found in the heat of the battle tending to wounded and dying. Apparently General Grant had him arrested once as he would criticize the General for being drunk, especially on the sabbath. There is a good read about he and his brother here: |
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Posted: September 07 2025 at 5:21pm |
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yes , i think part of my grandfathers focus in encouraging my interest was because we fought for the south in arkansas , he never really made a big deal of it tho , he encouraged me to look at both sides as americans fighting for what they believed in , both bold and resolute in their endeavor , he believed all of the civil wAr dead deserved the maximum respect for both sides and all equally , ive lived my entire life thinking that way - its why im offended by those that denegrated any statue , of any civil war hero of either side ,
my attitude toward all that would be to shoot the protestors first and ask questions later - you dont disrespect american dead of any era or any cause - soldiers were always respected in my home period as you can see i have some very strong feelings that the confederate statues were desecrated in recent times , ill shut up now before i sugest lynching those that perpetrated these blasphemous offences in our lifetime
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