Even with Covid still being present, events were being planned for the summer and WW2 Commonwealth re-enacting is alive and well in the North East of the US. I support several local regiments and units with Commonwealth interests and food / rations are an essential theme for any army and event weekend. So it was easy to propose and research making realistic Compo(sition) ration crates and create a recipe and process to make a couple of dozen. One of the key things on the m

In the early days of 303 and sub caliber target shooting, the most prolific and expensive items available in the commonwealth were from...

I won this 1943 T "sporter" configuration from an online auction - the 1943 models are a little more tricky to define as "real" and buyers don't often bid like they trust the markings or photographs. An interesting facet of this year of production is that BSA (Shirley - their rifle producing location) started the year using its traditional "B" makers mark, then received the "M47" war effort manufacturer designation and then added the factory designations "A-B-C" (C for Shirl