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Appreciate you posting all these nice photos.
Yes, thanks for those pics. I didn't know about the deep freeze!
So, in the picture of the guys walking out of the freezer, what is the guy on the right carrying? It doesn't look like an M1 Garand. Is it a bolt action/Mauser?
Thanks a lot. So wonderful to see these.
Art
Art
Great photo's! Thanks for sharing a bit of history.
Wonder what it would have been like to work at SA back in the day...
S/F,
Wes
Wonder what it would have been like to work at SA back in the day...
S/F,
Wes
The guy on the right in the cold room pictures is holding an M-14.
The box magazine in his right hand is a giveaway. Distinct flash hider too.The guy on the right in the cold room pictures is holding an M-14.
Be nice if we could know the date the ice box picture was taken. Maybe start a conspiracy on when the M14 was born. The pic right above it on the receiver crack was dated 1955.
Very cool pictures, thanks for sharing!
I'm wondering about the series of photos with the prominently displayed clock. Clearly the series is illustrating how the rifles were dipped in cosmoline and boxed for shipping, but the final photo with the disassembled rifle and the clock at 10:20 is a bit puzzling. I wonder if it is intended to illustrate how the cosmoline seeps into every nook and crevice, or is it intended to illustrate the cleaning of the cosmoline by the soldier to whom it is issued? It appears the cosmoline is partially cleaned from the stock so it's not clear to me what this particular photo is intended to show.
Looking at the later photos from the 1963 rebuild program makes one appreciate the advances in chemicals technology and their application to protective packaging which eliminated the use of cosmoline and resulted in a rifle that can be removed from protective packaging and virtually immediately put to use.
Looking at the later photos from the 1963 rebuild program makes one appreciate the advances in chemicals technology and their application to protective packaging which eliminated the use of cosmoline and resulted in a rifle that can be removed from protective packaging and virtually immediately put to use.
There are more photos of this , this was a long term storage packaging. There are also packaged in drums for extreme testing. I'll get more later.I'm wondering about the series of photos with the prominently displayed clock. Clearly the series is illustrating how the rifles were dipped in cosmoline and boxed for shipping, but the final photo with the disassembled rifle and the clock at 10:20 is a bit puzzling. I wonder if it is intended to illustrate how the cosmoline seeps into every nook and crevice, or is it intended to illustrate the cleaning of the cosmoline by the soldier to whom it is issued? It appears the cosmoline is partially cleaned from the stock so it's not clear to me what this particular photo is intended to show.
Looking at the later photos from the 1963 rebuild program makes one appreciate the advances in chemicals technology and their application to protective packaging which eliminated the use of cosmoline and resulted in a rifle that can be removed from protective packaging and virtually immediately put to use.
I suspect the cosmoline dipped rifles shipped in wood crates was the standard WWII packaging. That was all that was necessary because the rifles would quickly be shipped and issued. The metal cans/drums were used in the immediate postwar small arms rebuild programs and were used to pack a variety of firearms. Since these cans/drums were fully sealed against the elements it is my understanding that a light oil film was used to protect the weapons instead of cosmoline and provided protection for long-term storage. When the 1960's rebuild programs were conducted the advent of chemically protective papers shifted the long-term storage to a dry packaging thereby enabling the weapon to be removed from the packaging and used virtually immediately.
I just looked more closely at the cosmoline dipping line and I now see that the entire stock was not immersed, only the buttplate and likely the ferrule. That is why in the 10:20 photo the stock appears to have been partially cleaned. It's now clear that the 10:20 photo is intended to illustrate the full protective coating of the cosmoline.
I pity the poor guy who has to handle the rifles. I'll bet that by 4:30 he didn't look nearly so clean!
I just looked more closely at the cosmoline dipping line and I now see that the entire stock was not immersed, only the buttplate and likely the ferrule. That is why in the 10:20 photo the stock appears to have been partially cleaned. It's now clear that the 10:20 photo is intended to illustrate the full protective coating of the cosmoline.
I pity the poor guy who has to handle the rifles. I'll bet that by 4:30 he didn't look nearly so clean!
He's also smaller than the guy carrying the M1. RNGR1The box magazine in his right hand is a giveaway. Distinct flash hider too.
I love the Aunt Bee picture, she looks like a happy person doing her job.
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