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    Guns and shooting advice?

    I started with a bb gun / pellet gun pellet guns make good trainers for beginner shooters so you learn the fundamental before moving up to firearms pellet pistols / rifles are good for practising proper safe handling, sight alignment, shooting positions, trigger pull, etc lots of...
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    Your Favorite Sandwiches?

    roast beef sandwiches bbq tri tip sandwiches hamburgers
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    USN style N1 deck jacket from FOLSOM PRISON?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twxR8L-rw3Y&feature=related I found this old USN style N1 deck jacket at the swap meet, it says FOLSOM STATE PRISON on the front and back with the Folsom prison embem on the front left breast was this used by prisoners as a work coat? or is this a prison...
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    G1 or A2

    I like the G1 best the G1 is much more fuctional, you have much better freedom of movement, has a nice inside snap pocket, the mouton collar is nice to have when it gets chilly, I like the bi-swing back, heavy duty brass zipper, if I could only have one, I would get the G1 ;) the A2 is...
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    G-1 Fit

    I would go with a size 46 if you plan on wearing a sweater under it military G-1's usually fit smaller than commercial sizes, they have a leaner cut bigger is always better than too small, you need room to move
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    My Custom Black A2 Style Jacket

    nice looking custom A2, I like the sterling wings too
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    US Navy flight jacket

    the collar looks like genuine mouton as used during the 50's vietnam era use a synthetic immitation mouton
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    Halloween Costumes

    USMC grunt TET 1968 US MARINE during the battle of HUE city Vietnam Feb 1968
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    Uniforms in casual wear

    M65 FIELD COAT I like to wear a olive green M65 field coat like this for casual wear with jeans
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    Reference book for vintage leather jackets

    HELL BENT for LEATHER the SAGA of the AR & G-1 leather flight jackets is an excellent coffee table / reference book to have , lots of nice photos to use for reference. http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Bent-Leather-2-Flight-Jackets/dp/0879384387/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225304162&sr=1-9...
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    GOLDEN BEAR SPORTSWEAR mfg A2 jackets during WWII

    I have a book called HELL BENT for LEATHER by Derek Nelson & Dave Parsons they say the AVG [Flying Tigers] Navy G-1s were bought from WILLIS & GEIGER as part of the initial outfitting of the AVG. and a leather jacket on the black market went for as much as $300 I agree they would have...
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    GOLDEN BEAR SPORTSWEAR mfg A2 jackets during WWII

    I emailed Customerservice@Goldenbearsportswear.com and asked if they can provide any evidence of A2 jacket production during WWII :)
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    GOLDEN BEAR SPORTSWEAR mfg A2 jackets during WWII

    Golden Bear Sportswear in San Francisco once made leather flight jackets for the military during WWII and they are still in business for over 86 years. Started in 1922 on the waterfronts of San Francisco, Golden Bear create tough, durable leather jackets for longshoremen, who carried cargo...
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    average men's chest size during WWII was only 33 1/4"

    Data compiled for millions of inductees shows the following to be the actual measurements of the "average" newcomer to the Army as he appears at the clothing counter of a reception center: 5' 8" tall; 144 pounds in weight; 33 ¼" chest measurement; 31" waist measurement. From the tariff tables...
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    B2 might be the next...

    John Lever nice jacket, how tall are you John? :)
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    N-1 Deck Jacket (repros)

    I also have a VN era foul weather jacket, they are nice for casual wear on a cold day
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    G-1 question..

    ANJ-3 Feraud I use to have a Brill Brothers G-1 without a fur collar , back in the 80's a surplus store called CHARLIES MILITARIA in TX sold these for around $150 it's a high quality leather jacket with wool cuffs & waistband. I think it was made for the civillian market, the wind...

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