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Old 03-07-12, 10:42
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I go back a long way..

Tim Vibert did one ( bofors on a CMP ) , would have been early 1980's

At the time, Tim would astound us with a new restoration every few months . God only knows how he did it

hi Mike,
Hopefully one of the many stories that might come out when we have Tim Vibert as Guest Speaker at Corowa next year

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Old 03-07-12, 11:48
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Project "POPGUN"?

Has a nice ring to it.
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Old 03-07-12, 13:39
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Project "BOGUN"!
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Old 03-07-12, 14:22
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David Hayward's "Pearsons of Liverpool" book has some great shots of the Canadian "wide body" Bofors CMP...some of which were posted on the forum before.

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Given the above, why not make it a tribute to our late forum member and great friend, David? Project "David"

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Old 03-07-12, 18:07
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I wonder if it will have to go on the new National Firearms Register that you Australian residents will soon have to contend with...??

Good luck, Bob, you have chosen the harder of the options, but I agree it will look pretty swish compared to the Australian version.

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