Hello fellas,

One of the comments mentioned a Thompson being heavy, not at all as far as I was concerned. In '42 I carried a BAR over the Owen Stanley mountain range to Buna from Port Morsby, 19 lbs. plus web gear and magazines, when the shooting starts it didn't seem heavy enough.

One thing to note, over in the Islands the bipod was one of the first things to get rid of, as well as that hinged butt plate that was designed to rest on the top of your shoulder when firing from the prone position, both were items that rattled and caught in the brush and vegetation. I wore my magazine belt up side down with one magazine in each of the front pouches so they would drop into my free hand standing, kneeling, or laying down, I could drop and swap one very quickly.

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All the Best
Jack