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105kw · December 26, 2019, 05:35 PM

It was a lot less regulated about carrying personal side arms in WW2.
Charles Askins took a 44-40 to Europe when he served.
In Donald Burgett's book he tells that his father shipped him a WW1 vintage 1911.
Different era, possibly more common sense.

December 26, 2019, 05:35 PM	#2
105kw Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2017 Location: Columbia Basin Washington Posts: 415	It was a lot less regulated about carrying personal side arms in WW2. Charles Askins took a 44-40 to Europe when he served. In Donald Burgett's book he tells that his father shipped him a WW1 vintage 1911. Different era, possibly more common sense.