cruising Simpson site. found reference "Chamber has been dewatted via a weld", does that mean it is nothing more than a wall hanger ?
https://simpsonltd.com/schultz-larsen/
cruising Simpson site. found reference "Chamber has been dewatted via a weld", does that mean it is nothing more than a wall hanger ?
https://simpsonltd.com/schultz-larsen/
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"“DEWAT” is an acronym for “deactivated war trophy” and generally refers to firearms that WWII-era servicemen bring back to the United States as war trophies or souvenirs."
Yes, wallhanger.
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I’m not 100% positive but I think they dewatted Vietnam bring homes. Maybe only for officers, I saw AKs on plaques that had been welded. If not full auto we could get paper from Provost to carry home.
If it's just the chamber, a new barrel would put the rifle back in action. Have had a few come in with weld in the chamber. One was an 1884 Springfield, was able to sleeve the chamber and make a shooter.
I had a VN win M2 30 carbine with 1968 amnesty registration from VN. Brought home by an enlisted man. Things changed in the 1968 gun control act.
That begs the question, why has a S&L SPORTING Rifle been chamber welded? Technically not a war trophy but I guess the lingo crosses over.
In Denmark, dewatted means the barrel and chamber must be sliced in two - lengthwise!
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Just a guess, but I expect that America believes that it has a brand to protect, it includes that we may kill you but we won’t rape and pillage because we’re the good guys. Allowing the collection of loot might eventually result in significant looting which is good for neither the brand nor the military mission.
deactivated over here
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