You can chuck your Spit into an Irish bog at speed and then 70 years later you can dig it up and still use the guns (the Merlin isn't looking quite so well)...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15652440
So hooray for a great gun

All I can say is "WOW"!
Oh, and isn't this a 'Real Aviation' topic?

Oh how I love Browning!!  They make my favorite weapon of all time.  Ma Deuce.     I am sure you can attest Mark.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning

The M2 has been referred to as "Ma Deuce",[5] or "the fifty" in reference to its caliber. The design has had many specific designations; the official designation for the current infantry type is Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Flexible. It is effective against infantry, unarmored or lightly armored vehicles and boats, light fortifications and low-flying aircraft.


The M2 machine gun has also been used as a long-range sniper rifle, when equipped with a telescopic sight. Soldiers during the Korean War used scoped M2s in the role of a sniper rifle, but the practice was most notably used by US Marine Corps sniper Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War. Using an Unertl telescopic sight and a mounting bracket of his own design, Hathcock could quickly convert the M2 into a sniper rifle, using the traversing-and-elevating (T&E) mechanism attached to the tripod to assist in aiming at stationary targets. When firing semi-automatically, Hathcock hit man-size targets beyond 2000 yards—twice the range of a standard-caliber sniper rifle of the time (a .30-06 Winchester Model 70). In fact, Hathcock set the record for the longest confirmed kill at 2,460 yards or 1.3 miles (2,250 m), a record which stood until 2002.[43][44]

YEAH! 

I posted it about the gun so no it isn't really aviation is it? It is a great gun that happened to be bolted to the finest aircraft ever made
It was also attached to a number of inferior aircraft and used on jeeps, trucks and tanks in various theatres

I'm half-Irish, half-Scottish, born in London.
And that Spit is special, the photo was taken by Doug (Hagar), then sent to me by my best friend who'd found it on another site (weird or what?)
It was the first Spit I ever sat in, she was doing engine testing post-rebuild from a tragically fatal crash and a few days after I had had my bum in the "office" she was in the skies once more She'll always have a special place in my affections

ozzy72 wrote on Nov 11^th, 2011 at 7:41am:

Just kidding around.
Ozzy, I know you are are a motorcycle fanatic but you should check this link out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NLxZvdwBXs
Triumph Spitfire vs. Supermarine Spitfire.  My cousin owned a Triumph Spitfire like the one in this ad.  His tag...'MYSPIT'