tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post3291310547325658318..comments2024-03-19T02:19:36.116-07:00Comments on German Bunker in my Garden: Guns! Guns! Guns!CY88http://www.blogger.com/profile/03682490892446986259noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-8285971381959227982012-11-02T03:17:04.888-07:002012-11-02T03:17:04.888-07:00All Guns was badly damaged.All <a href="http://www.gunnation.com" rel="nofollow">Guns</a> was badly damaged.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089779305724155672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-64608284690038443832008-06-29T15:57:00.000-07:002008-06-29T15:57:00.000-07:00This is really very fascinating so far. I can't w...This is really very fascinating so far. I can't wait to get on to the next page!<BR/><BR/>I will definitely pass this story on to friends here in Murkah.ADMINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627412289772361982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-50999961988610409312008-06-25T10:40:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:40:00.000-07:00BTW I also found a 'bunker' in mygarden, that's wh...BTW I also found a 'bunker' in my<BR/>garden, that's why I found your <BR/>blog. I doubt it is military <BR/>though, and definitely not German.<BR/>Maybe an A-bomb shelter (it's from <BR/>'58 I think).<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work! Very exciting.tomas_lundborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982984002417745072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-27865707176747078742008-06-25T10:34:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:34:00.000-07:00The bolts are missing from the guns. Obviously thi...The bolts are missing from the <BR/>guns. Obviously this renders the <BR/>rifles useless - this is what you <BR/>do if you want to put the weapon in <BR/>safe storage (you then put the <BR/>bolts in a safe). Or you can just <BR/>destroy the bolts if you want to <BR/>junk them permanently. Which <BR/>probably is the case here, because <BR/>no military person with self <BR/>respect would put away a rifle to<BR/>rust in such storage, right? My<BR/>vote is the Germans put them there.<BR/><BR/>The nutshells look like the leftovers from a mouse. Quite <BR/>recent, too, so there must have <BR/>been a small opening somewhere <BR/>even before.tomas_lundborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982984002417745072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-23771150147636157622008-06-20T23:36:00.000-07:002008-06-20T23:36:00.000-07:00The rifles look to be No1MkIII Short Magazine Lee ...The rifles look to be No1MkIII Short Magazine Lee Enfields. The magazine cut-offs which are one of the distinguishing features in comparison to the WW I production-expedient No1MkIII* version are visible on both. These are not necessarily pre-war or early WW I vintage; they went back into production in England in the '20s through 1940 or so.<BR/><BR/>One still has the stock bolt in place, which would support a "rotting off" or "burnt" explanation of where the furniture went, but both are messing many metal parts as well.<BR/><BR/>Cannibalized to repair other rifles, possibly?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00048766465754325233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-8629599818089245382008-06-18T20:33:00.000-07:002008-06-18T20:33:00.000-07:00Both those LE's are early WW1 models.Both are miss...Both those LE's are early WW1 models.Both are missing parts,magazines,triggers and floorplates.HTHEasy in Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04744742454927219262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-57705507941692256882008-06-16T01:56:00.000-07:002008-06-16T01:56:00.000-07:00The guns are so badly weathered and corroded - is ...The guns are so badly weathered and corroded - is it possible they could have been burned by German forces?<BR/><BR/>That would explain why there isn't a scrap of wood left on them and also why they were left lying around after the Germans left.Plumshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088675498686230691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-91007116210802509122008-06-15T03:33:00.000-07:002008-06-15T03:33:00.000-07:00Hi there, You know have the readers of ACUK airso...Hi there, You know have the readers of ACUK airsoft forums, gripped with your tale: http://www.airsoftcommunity.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=128372Willoughby Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749685813194943379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-43815391523559396662008-06-12T06:55:00.000-07:002008-06-12T06:55:00.000-07:00There would have been many Lee-Enfield rifles in t...There would have been many Lee-Enfield rifles in the Channel Islands at the time of the German occupation, and those were all supposedly confiscated. Some of them might have been stored in the tunnel among other places, so it's not too surprising that a couple were left to rot when the place was abandoned and covered up. Who knows, maybe the house owner stashed a couple for his own use in case such a thing ever happened again, but I would have expected them to have been wrapped and protected better.Farsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318782380333161505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091406631501080795.post-30257921957160581722008-06-12T01:34:00.000-07:002008-06-12T01:34:00.000-07:00Dave is a legend!Dave is a legend!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764952498449333595noreply@blogger.com