BARUNG BATTLE DAMAGED

kai · 18th November 2022, 05:26 PM

Hello Ariel,

Quote:

0.45 was a powerful bugger.

During the early years of the US involvement, the .45 was not standard issue and would need to have been private purchase.

Damage more likely to be from a rifle. Even more so since this blade got hit when still sheathed...

Regards,
Kai

ariel · 18th November 2022, 06:28 PM

Do we know when was this barung taken as a trophy? Smith-Wesson 0.45 was issued in 1911, but private purchase was sufficiently popular well before that.

No matter what, even if we are talking about the earliest 3-4 years of shooting war, using standard government issue 0.45-70 Gov’t Springfield "Trapdoor" rifle, this damaged barung is interesting not as a weapon per se, but as a part of history.

Don't fix it.

Kmaddock · 18th November 2022, 08:26 PM

To fix this would be a travesty.

It would be like re casting the liberty bell because it has a crack

If only it could talk!

Regards

Ken

18th November 2022, 06:28 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Do we know when was this barung taken as a trophy? Smith-Wesson 0.45 was issued in 1911, but private purchase was sufficiently popular well before that. No matter what, even if we are talking about the earliest 3-4 years of shooting war, using standard government issue 0.45-70 Gov’t Springfield "Trapdoor" rifle, this damaged barung is interesting not as a weapon per se, but as a part of history. Don't fix it.

18th November 2022, 08:26 PM	#3
Kmaddock Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Ireland Posts: 543	To fix this would be a travesty. It would be like re casting the liberty bell because it has a crack If only it could talk! Regards Ken