[ARC5] RU Coil with a Bullet Hole

[don davis]

In the '50s my father frequently bought lots of surplus crap, including
several wwii canteens in scrap condition for a few cents each.  My buddies
and I would play "army" with mostly real equipment and thought it would be
cool to make bullet holes for realism.  We took a .22 pellet gun and made a
couple holes in several, and added blood from a package of liver.  We sold
one to a friend's father for 25 cents.  My father forbade us from going into
business..  We ruined tons of collectible junk...

73 de don ad6pb

-----Original Message-----
From: ARC5 [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard
Knoppow
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 10:11 AM
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] RU Coil with a Bullet Hole

    When I was with -hp- a million years ago, we had a 608D come in from the
Marine Corps with a hole from an artillery shell through it.  They didn't
really expect us to repair it but needed an "official" verdict that it was
un-repairable so they could scrap it.