Donated my Fabrique Nationale M1918 BAR

Armybrat · May 10, 2009, 11:11 AM

...to the Camp Mabry military museum in Austin several years ago. I used to play "army" with it as a kid in St.Louis during the 1950s - Dad brought it back from France in 1945. It looked like this one minus the carry handle on top of the barrel:

MagnumWill · May 10, 2009, 11:02 PM

Different times now. So far, i've never seen a kid playing army with his buddies with their squirt/bb guns and he's wielding a fully automatic B.A.R.! Hah!

bet you were the coolest one of em all

MEATSAW · May 10, 2009, 11:10 PM

Wow, that is awesome. You don't see pics of nice ol' BARs much anymore...

Armybrat · May 11, 2009, 09:24 AM

Quote:

So far, i've never seen a kid playing army with his buddies with their squirt/bb guns and he's wielding a fully automatic B.A.R.!

Actually, I supplied them with two Mauser 98Ks and a Nambu pistol....along with 2 German helmets, 1 WWI "doughboy" helmet, two Japanese hand grenades, web belts, packs etc.

I was the neighborhood armorer.

Gave the grenades to my neighbor several years ago. He's an explosives expert with the BATFE.
Had one of the Mausers sporterized into a sweet .30-06 about 20 years ago.

johnwilliamson062 · May 11, 2009, 09:29 AM

so much jealousy emanating from me.

BobbyT · May 12, 2009, 03:13 AM

Meatsaw--it's easy to find nice BAR pictures. You just have to spell it "FAL" nowadays

Armybrat · May 12, 2009, 07:43 PM

It took me many tries to find a photo of this particular BAR model since I didn't remember who manufactured them in Europe.

Not being very computer savvy early on didn't help with my search.

BobbyT · May 12, 2009, 08:11 PM

images.google.com --> FN BAR

I was joking around though, about these:

Winchester_73 · May 13, 2009, 09:24 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1918_B...utomatic_Rifle

for your reading pleasure

May 10, 2009, 11:11 AM	#1
Armybrat Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2009 Location: Round Rock, Texas Posts: 976	Donated my Fabrique Nationale M1918 BAR ...to the Camp Mabry military museum in Austin several years ago. I used to play "army" with it as a kid in St.Louis during the 1950s - Dad brought it back from France in 1945. It looked like this one minus the carry handle on top of the barrel:

May 10, 2009, 11:02 PM	#2
MagnumWill Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2009 Location: Central Colorado Posts: 1,001	Different times now. So far, i've never seen a kid playing army with his buddies with their squirt/bb guns and he's wielding a fully automatic B.A.R.! Hah! bet you were the coolest one of em all __________________ Those who hammer their swords into plow shares will plow for those who didn't...

May 10, 2009, 11:10 PM	#3
MEATSAW Senior Member Join Date: May 1, 2009 Location: Burnet, TX Posts: 727	Wow, that is awesome. You don't see pics of nice ol' BARs much anymore... __________________ Veteran OEF (2002) and OIF1 (2003) - US Army Member of the Burnet Gun Fighters, Inc. and of course the NRA Oregon State University alum -- Go Beavs!

May 11, 2009, 09:29 AM	#5
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	so much jealousy emanating from me.

May 12, 2009, 03:13 AM	#6
BobbyT Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2009 Posts: 266	Meatsaw--it's easy to find nice BAR pictures. You just have to spell it "FAL" nowadays

May 12, 2009, 07:43 PM	#7
Armybrat Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2009 Location: Round Rock, Texas Posts: 976	It took me many tries to find a photo of this particular BAR model since I didn't remember who manufactured them in Europe. Not being very computer savvy early on didn't help with my search.

May 12, 2009, 08:11 PM	#8
BobbyT Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2009 Posts: 266	images.google.com --> FN BAR I was joking around though, about these:

May 13, 2009, 09:24 AM	#9
Winchester_73 Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 2,863	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1918_B...utomatic_Rifle for your reading pleasure