Contray to what folks see on the movies, the German Mauser does NOT make
the same sound as either the modern clickers or the ones from the movie
"The Longest Day".  I have a 1939 model and have handled and shot dozens of
the variations from before WWI to late WWII production.

Smoke.


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In a message dated 6/25/2003 10:55:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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 by  just being hung on a line, indicating a "safehouse".


But how many slavers simply hung quilts out to dry? Reminds me of the use
of toy cricket clickers during the D-day invasion to signal between fellow
GIs, but the sound of a German Mauser rifle chambering a bullet had the
same click sound. How did you decode the message?

Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc