Cool article from the Beeb--a Spitfire that crashed in Ireland during WWII is found, its Browning .303 machine guns in remarkably good shape after 70 years. One gun is restored to working condition, and is test fired:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15652440
Vid at the link. It's a BBC vid, so no separate link.
Spitfire's Browning Machine Gun Reborn
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Spitfire's Browning Machine Gun Reborn
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Re: Spitfire's Browning Machine Gun Reborn
It was test fired, at which point Labour had a massive simultaneous protest march, screaming shitfit, and candlelight vigil because scary guns.
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Re: Spitfire's Browning Machine Gun Reborn
And then they were "made safe". 
I'm not old--It's too early to be this late.
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Re: Spitfire's Browning Machine Gun Reborn
The full on EOD suit along with the trench seems a bit much...
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