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A monthly publication of the New Zealand Antique and Historic Arms Association (Wellington Branch) Incorporated
Website: http://www.WellingtonAntiqueArms.org.nz September 2020 Coming Events:
Following Meeting is: 4th Oct The theme is G, H
Next Range day: 20 Sept
Contacts:
Branch President: Alwyn
Telephone: 04-526-6391 [email protected]
Branch Vice President: Vic Telephone: 04-566-9739 Email: [email protected]
Branch Secretary and Treasurer: Margaret Telephone 04-237-5471 [email protected]
Membership Officer: Maxine
Telephone 04-567 7671
Email: [email protected]
Flint & Cap Editor: Tony
Telephone: 021-289-8831
Branch Auction Convenor: Steve
Telephone: (04) 934 2756
Email: [email protected]
Branch Committee: Glenn Telephone: 04-586-9454
Email: [email protected]
Bruce B
Telephone: 0274 525 352
Email: [email protected]
Pat
Telephone 021 048 5214
Email: [email protected]
Mike S Telephone 022 076 3564
Email: [email protected]
Eddie K Telephone 027 435 4765 Email [email protected]
NZAHAA National Office: President: Andrew Telephone: 027 338 0840
Email: [email protected]
National Secretary: Katrina
Address: P O Box 694, Rangiora 7440 Telephone: 021 443 509 (after6) Email: [email protected]
From the Branch President:
Once again, the quality of the items that have been brought out in recent times
has been very impressive. The array of rare and unusual items include many
that are possibly up to and beyond museum standards, and a credit must go to
those that make the effort to bring their treasures along.
At this stage, we are looking at getting .22 ammo from our Wellington sup-
plier. The contact in Auckland has not had any shipments since lock down,
and has no stock. Both H.V. and Sub sonic will be avail at our Sept meeting.
At this stage, we are looking at having Andy Foster along to talk about some
of the historic street names around the Wellington area. Andy is a very knowl-
edgeable gent, and certainly will give a very interesting talk.
Subs 2021 As you may remember, it was agreed to have an annual subs in-
crease for the year 2021. Due to the Covert issues, the committee has dis-
cussed the possibility of having the subs remain at the current rate. This was
debated at the AGM, and a $5 fee raise was agreed to. However we will ask
for your thoughts at the September meeting.
Newsletter editor: Due to personal reasons, Tony is reluctantly stepping
down from the newsletter editor job. We need a new person to take over this
role. Tony will help you
where he can to get the job
done, however we do need a
person that has the skills and
time to do this task. If you
can help, please contact,
Margaret ,Alwyn, or Tony.
Alwyn
What’s happening in the Branch?:
Our Next Meeting: 6th September 2020
Petone Working Mens Club
From 1 pm
Themes: E and F
eg: E: English, Electric, Eley, Ersatz, etc
F: French, Foil, FAL, Fiochi, Foil, etc
2020 Events:
5 Sept Ruahine Branch Auction Palmerston North
3 Oct NZAHAA 1/2 Year Meeting and Auction Napier
5 Nov Auckland Gun Show Auckland
7-8 Nov Taranaki Gun Show New Plymouth
21-22 Nov Wellington Branch Auction Porirua
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If you change physical address, phone number or your email address. PLEASE LET THE BRANCH KNOW! Please contact our Membership Officer (Maxine) at: [email protected]
Change of Address and Email
Advance Notice—Christmas Dinner
As a bit of advance notice for you.
There will be no meeting on the 1st November!
Our Christmas Dinner is planned to be held at the Pines
on the following Sunday (the 8th November).
So you have lots of time to get those displays ready.
Wellington Annual Auction
The auction preparation has gone well and Steve and his team worked really hard to get it all together. We are full for 2020, and hope to have the catalogue out by early October. If you have to contact Steve to discus any issues: [email protected] Or (04) 934 2756
Range Calendar Date Start Time
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September 20 10:00am
October 25 12:30pm
November 22 CANCELLED
December 20 9:00am
2021 Dates
Date Start Time
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February 21 9:00am Picnic Shoot
March 21 9:00am
Flint and Cap Editor Needed
We need someone to step up and take on the Editorship
of the Flint and Cap newsletter.
I have done it for a few years now, and it’s time to let
someone else have a go.
You will need to have a PC and be able to use Publisher.
Note that the job could be shared amongst a couple of
you. Please contact Alwyn or Margaret if you are able to
help in any way.
A thought for the day on Reloading
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The August meeting was well attended with a great range of really unusual displays being brought out. It was great to see some new members coming along and enjoying the meeting.
Information W.H Hall and the Nemisis 1839
August Meeting—C and D
Calisher & Terry Carbine NZ 378,
Colt Derringers No.1, No.2, No.3, Colt Thuer No.3 Lon-
don, Colt Navys 2nd model square back and London Colt
A Cap Pistol by J&E Stevens
Cadet – Practice Cadet Type 1 air rifle marked E/|\D
plus Junior Cadets sword
Drums of the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. Both military
marked and circa 1946
Chinese Type 56 rifle, S/N 12104422 captured by 3 Pla-
toon Victor Company at Phuoc Tuy Province in Viet Nam
in 1968. Plus a copy of the ‘After Action Report’.
Civil War Revolvers. Remington, Star single, Star dou-
ble, Whitney 2nd Mod, Plant front loading,
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BSA LE1 sporterised carbine in 303
Revolvers: Uberti Colt 3rd Model 1851 Dragoon.
Colt Lightening 1872 and a Colt Thunderer 1877.
August Meeting—C and D—Cont
Carbine – Jap type 99 with all accessories plus bayonet.
Export mod 38 exported to Tawane plus Japanese beer
bottle and uniform.
Chassepot 1866 Yataghan Bayonet, Snider Cavalry Carbine with
saw back bayonet, plus Warner Carbine. Daimler armoured car , 2 pounder BESA trigger mount.
Colt Pocket 1849 in .31 cal. A London assembled re-
volver with all its paper work.
Cox cattle stunning device with instructions, and pack-
ets of blanks. Plus Collings & Bradey Ltd 1981 calendar
and CAC packets.
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Cap and Ball 1858 Remington .44 cal New Model Army
revolver
On the left is the percussion cap cylinder, powder, ball and
caps.
On the right is an early type .45 Long Colt Conversion Cyl-
inder to go with it. The removable plate has 6 x firing pins.
The cartridge cylinder has to be removed from the frame
to load it.
August Meeting—C and D—Cont
Chinese M G-K helmet,
Czech VZ24 bayonet and VZ 53 helmet.
Danish M39 helmet plus Canadian Court Mounted
WWII medals.
Coppers Patrol Jacket and a helmet circa 1874 –
1897. Plus a Police helmet circa 1940 – 56.
Colt Clone 1873 in .357 magnum, Coonan 1911 in .3657
mag and a Desert Eagle .50 AE
Custom made figure of a NZ Forest Ranger from
the Maori Wars era.
Made of clay and fabric it stands about 200mm tall
CAC Shot Shells. Various from .410 to 12 gauge.
These are mounted in an ELEY display cabinet
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There was also a Martini Henry Carbine 577/450 dated 1885. The carbine load with a 410gr bullet was 70gr BP. Sorry—I didn’t get a picture of it.
Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak (1915-1926): The Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak was the version advertised in the U.S.A. as the "Soldier's camera" during World War I. It was very successful, selling 1,750,000 units. It was of the compact strut folding type and had the meniscus lens or a U.S.-speed 8 Rapid Recti-linear lens.
The camera back had an area through which notes could be written onto the paper backing of the 127 film, the "autographic" feature - invented by Henry J. Gaisman.
August Meeting—C and D—Cont
Along with a Kodak VPCK camera from WW1 vintage was
several scrapbooks of photographs and pictures from the
time.
The Vest Pocket Kodak cameras were a best-selling
folding camera series made by Eastman Kodak
(Rochester), from 1912 to 1935. They were the first
cameras to use the smaller 127 film reels.
"Hawk-Eye" versions of the Vest Pocket Kodaks were
premium models, and the "Special" models had
more sophisticated lens/shutter combinations.
A special Vest Pocket wooden development tank for
the typIe 127 rollfilm was available from Kodak, as
well as a special Vest Pocket enlarging camera.
6 different Crossman CO2 powered air guns of different
models.
Kodak VPK Camera
Seen at the last meeting was this Kodak VPK camera.
VPK = Vest Pocket Camera
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For those of you who have not been up to the Kaitoke
Range for a while, there have been some major earth-
works and changes undertaken.
Henry has sent through these pictures from a shoot he
was at recently.
This has been a massive job and it has dramatically
improved the usability of the range long term.
Changes at the Kaitoke Range
The gully to the left of the firing point has been opened
up and become a 25m pistol range.
Extended hard standing for parking. And the wet land
become a containment trap area (or drainage pond)
Fill from the sides and pistol range has been laid on the
range floor. Until it settles it is quite soft and muddy.
A path of plastic pallets has been laid to the targets
The access to the new pistol range
Contaminant settling trap, for drainage.
We must commend the Hutt Valley Deerstalkers for investing in and improving this facility. This work will make the range safer and available for more shooters in the future.
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You're a 19 year old kid. You are critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam . Its November 14, 1965 . LZ (landing zone) X-ray. Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in. You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter. You look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it. Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you. He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the ra-dio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway. Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board. Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety. And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times! Until all the wounded were out. No-one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm. He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey. Medal of Honour Recipi-ent, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Army, died at the age of 81, in Boise, Idaho. I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing,
Captain Ed Freeman Poachers
Packing for a Road Trip
WW2 US Recruiting Poster