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Jim asked me about a naval gun with a shoulder pref buffer & trigger guard & I could not give hime a full answer, I notice the Howitzers on board here have a kind of a buffer, it is used by the gun layer he rests his shoulder against it & leans forward to see through the sights which are on the side of the gun, another man works the breach block which has a rifle bolt at the end & is fired by a trigger – that is what Jim saw in the pictures probably.

We started a pea guessing competition this afternoon that is so many peas in a bottle & we give 3 guesses for 3d – I bet some will be considerably out as

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