Does anyone own a WW2 weapon?

[Stormanne]

My grandfather's .45 sidearm and he brought back a couple of 9mm Lugers. There were several bayonets in his garage as well, but not sure of their age or service.

 

[Cody211282]

My family owns 2 M1's and 2 colt .45's, they are way to fun to go out to the range with

 

[cthulhu257]

I started to read these comments, then stopped, before my nose bled from sheer envy.

 

[laststandman]

While i do not actually own a WW2 weapon, i do own: An authentic WWII combat helmet, 9 unfired .30 cal rounds attached to their belt that were brought in on D-Day, and one WWI shell casing, probably french, all of which i picked up in Normandy

How old are you?

16

That sounds like a flat out lie. Unless I see you face to face I doubt you are as young as you claim to be.

Well its not as if i served. i went on vacation to france for a few days and i bought the items while i was there.
Edit: OSHI-

 

[Ocelot GT]

Spoiler

 

[Aesir23]

Nothing from WWII, but I do have a grenade from the Vietnam war (my Great uncle fought there, I have his helmet as well), it's not active obviously. The pin has been bent so it can't be removed and the explosives have been removed from the shell somehow.

 

[Zenode]

Not World War 2 but i do own a pistol that was used in World War 1, no idea what it is called, but it is one of those super slow loading ones i.e.

Insert gunpowder from satchel
Insert Bullet
Push bullet down
Insert cloth
Fire

reload

 

[spacepope22]

i have a .22 rifle for pilots who have been shot down. It's neat in the fact that it has a hollow stock so you can break down and store all the components in it. It was my grandfathers before he passed away.

 

[Scrat01]

M1 Carbine!

 

[Zenode]

Not World War 2 but i do own a pistol that was used in World War 1, no idea what it is called, but it is one of those super slow loading ones i.e.

Insert gunpowder from satchel
Insert Bullet
Push bullet down
Insert cloth
Fire

reload

That must have been a British officer's pistol then, all of the other nations were using newer technology for their weaponry.

Just did a quick search, it looks similar to the British Flintlock

 

[Gralian]

I own a mint condition SA Dagger taken from Nazi Germany. It was owned by the brownshirts (sturmabteilung)before they were eliminated in the Night of Long Knives and has the enscription "Alles Für Deutschland" engraved into the side of the blade. It still has the original SA badge and the Nazi swastika being clutched by the eagle of the Reich on the hilt of the blade. It was made by Carl Eickhorn of Solingen in 1933 and was valued last year at £600.

 

[Indecizion]

Meh i dont atm, but my mate has a bayonet knife for some french rifle which goes with a uniform he has complete with WW2 gas mask.

 

[AWC Viper]

AUSTEN - basically a Locally made STEN gun and some Gasmask's and Helmets and alot of bayonets (by alot i mean more than 5). i did have a Lee Enfield No.4 Rifle.

i have many casings and Rounds from WW2 era weapons. (live near a Rifle range and get paid to clean the firing booths)

 

[AWC Viper]

I got a friend who we call crazy larry. he has more guns than anyone should really own. he literally has a drawer full of 1911's. If zombie's show up, i'm heading to his house.

dont live in Australia by any chance? i know a bloke like that, he lives near me.

On a side note, my visiting concentration camps in Germany were the most haunting moments of my life, the most memorable moments were when I walked under the gate stating "ARBEIT MACHT FREI" or through the door to the "brausebad". I take genocide very seriously because of these experiences.

Translation please?

 

[BonsaiK]

A friend of mine bought an MP-40 submachine gun from a British antique store. He then moved to Australia and tried to take the gun with him. Australian customs wouldn't let the gun in, because even though it was deactivated by the British authorities, the British way of deactivating a weapon is designed to be "reversible in times of civil emergency" so what he actually had was a fully functional firearm. And if you know gun laws in Australia, you know that you need one hell of a permit to own a fully automatic weapon. He ended up selling it back to the same antique store that he bought it from. He still has his SS knife though, that was legal to bring in.

I don't have any WWII weapons. Or any weapons at all actually, unless you count kitchen knives. I do however have Nazi-era coins and stuff passed to me through my family, who lived in Berlin through the entirety of the war before coming to Australia.

 

[CouchCommando]

Had two lee enfeild short pattern .303 bolt actions, one with the pig sticker bayonet and the other with the better made double edged blade bayonet.
I kinda cooled in my collecting when a now ex-mate came round when I was cleaning one of the rifles and before I knew what he was doing he had snatched it off the table pointed it at my head, pulled the trigger and yelled BANG!
Serious this actually happened to me. Just yeah if you're going to keep firearms and stuff keep them at the range or gun club at least where you're surrounded by people who have a concept of what gun safety is. Before that I thought I was safe, locked all the guns in a steel gun locker, in a closet, with the bolt removed and stored in the ammunition safe etc. Seriously all it takes is one dickhead and .....

 

[WolfThomas]

My dad has a Mosin Nagant bolt action rifle.

 

[Bob_Marley42]

Nah, not with the gun laws as they are in the UK at the moment. You have to jump through a hell of alot of hoops to get anything like that (and by "anything like that" I mean a bolt action rifle, practically everything else on the list is virtually impossible to get a certificate for here in the UK).

I do collect Rhodesian and South African combat gear though, but its all of a rather later period than WWII.