New house - New room for my collection

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RRPG

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Hi All

Thought I'd share this with you as I'm sure you'll be interested! I have been digging and preserving WW2 relics for more than 20 years now, and have amassed quite collection of stuff.

Three weeks ago we moved house. Our new house has a double garage and my wife kindly agreed to letting me have one half for a new War Room to house my collection. She was pleased it wasn't going to be in the house any more me thinks!

Anyway, 2 weeks after the move, work started on dry lining and kitting out the garage half. Managed to get it all done, with help from friends and family, over one weekend, then all I had to do was move the collection in!

I am very pleased to say I am nearly finished.

Still got to label everything, but with this room being at least twice as big as my old War Room, I’ve been able to spread things out a lot more.

It was a hell of a lot of hard work but I am so pleased I’ve done it as my new War Room is BLOODY AWESOME!!!

Hope you like it.

Everything in cabinets has been recovered by my own fair hand, and quite a bit of what is out of cupboards as well!!! Still amazes me the amount of WW2 relics out there, waiting to be found.

Everything you see is completely inert and abides by all current firearms legislation. There is not one ounce of explosive/propellent in the room and not one single item could be made ‘live’ ever again.

Before and after shots below......







The door now reveals......





 


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What do you reckon? I think it's better than before. Been able to spread stuff out so you can actually see it!

:) :)

RRPG
 
Impressive !!!

Impressive and way beyond your standard Man-Cave. More like a section, in a museum. Thank you for preserving "our" history. ...... :)

My man-cave is not as organized as yours and I'm always surprised to find something, I forgot, I had. ...... :confused:

Be Safe !!!
 
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Very impressive ! You've got a virtual museum there. It's strange how us guys manage to start collecting and it ends up as a lifelong obsession.
 
Nice collection. Those may be magazines for a Solothurn S-18/1000.

Tangent: Did you ever find out more information about Major Green of the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Imperial Yeomanry?
 
Mike - Emcon5 got the ID spot on :)

Emcon5 - I found his nephew, arranged to send it back to him, spoke twice on the phone, then sent 4 emails over 4 weeks but got no reply, rang again and he said he'd send me his address etc..... that was the last I heard. Shame really, but I will look after it until he remembers, if he ever does.
 
Local guy has a Solothurn, drags it out to some desert shoots from time to time:

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There are also a couple of Lahti L-39's in the area. They are pretty ridiculous.
 
Trader's GunShop in San Leandro also had a dewatted Lahti.

RRPG - you should join The Company of Military Historians. Composed of curators, conservators, researchers, writers, authors, museum directors and collectors like yourself, it is dedicated to the study of military history and the material culture. Let me know if you want a sample magazine and I'll contact the administrator on your behalf.
 
Absolute beautiful collection. Keep an eye out for rust developing or getting worse. Garage floors usually do not have a vapor barrier put down before the concrete is poured.
 
I'm into ww2 stuff and this is amazing. Have you guys seen that guy in like Colorado/Utah/Arizona (somewhere around there) with like 30 warehouses of everything you could imagine. Tanks, etc. your on your way. Congrats!
 
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