New toys: 1944 IBM !!! Warning OT

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Mon Aug 30 14:26:53 2004

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Joe R. wrote:
> eye on for quite a while. A 1944 made IBM (wait for it!) Carbine!
> Yeap, a gun! A US model M1 .30 caliber carbine. This was made at IBM's #4
> plant in Poughkeepsie, New York. According to the SN it was made between
> January and March of 1944 and this one appears to be 99% original. The only
> thing that appears to be non-original is the butt plate. All the other
> parts are the right style and markings for the period/manufacturer. This
> one even has orignal IBM manufacturered barrel and reciever (many were made
> under sub-contract by Auto Ordanance and are of inferior quality). The
> stock and handguard are interesting, they're marked BR-B (made for IBM by
> Milton Bradley!!!).

Whether computer hardware or guns, if you ever want to shoot yourself in
the foot, IBM is there for you.

"Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM"
Received on Mon Aug 30 2004 - 14:26:53 BST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:36:36 BST