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Trapdoors were issued to troops guarding some domestic facilities into the 1940s.
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There are times when having a rifle, ANY rifle (that still works) is better than not having one...
I look at the pictures of the British Home Guard, waiting for the Nazi invasion, drilling with broomsticks and pitchforks, because that's ALL THEY HAD....
They would have been very pleased to have had Trapdoors and some ammo at that time, I'm thinking...Something that would give them at least ONE shot, anyway...