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[herd118]

Found one me running the line at Webells in 88, around the time that Hildegard was letting us use the facility for Sionics school after Mitch’s death. Still looking around for some other stuff like it somewhere around here.

 

[herd118]

We used a local indoor range in Marietta as well. I’m the OD shirt with Peltor ear pros.

 

[herd118]

Combat 1986 issue 12

 

[MitchWerbellsGhost87]

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We used a local indoor range in Marietta as well. I’m the OD shirt with Peltor ear pros.

This is awesome!!!


Is that hunter S Thompson??? 🤣

 

[herd118]

This is awesome!!!


Is that hunter S Thompson??? 🤣

Lol that dude was a student that that didn’t mind being photographed by the press, most attendees were camera shy for obvious reasons.

On the lighter side, I’m probably the only forum member “On the cover of Machine Gun News”, I think it’s cooler than “On the cover of the Rolling Stone”…

 

[herd118]

Still have my old Cobray - Sionics range bag too.

 

[MitchWerbellsGhost87]

Lol that dude was a student that that didn’t mind being photographed by the press, most attendees were camera shy for obvious reasons.

On the lighter side, I’m probably the only forum member “On the cover of Machine Gun News”, I think it’s cooler than “On the cover of the Rolling Stone”…View attachment 40970

I have that plaque as well! Very cool!











That SWD field case with the SIONICS patch is too cool. I would love to find one of those patches.

Speaking of patches from the training center, did you have one of those berets with the Cobray logo on it? Or the sionics eagle? Still got it? The one with the Cobray on it is very cool, it’s a unique patch that isn’t in a circle like the typical Cobray patches, it’s just the snake with a thin yellow outline.

were you working there when they filmed that British documentary film about survivalists and did a whole piece on werbells training center? Or the brigade quartermasters documentary about Mitch Werbell? There is some great footage in both of those.

 

[herd118]

I never did berets, I think Hildegard still had the one Mitch wore in the glass display cabinet in her living room with his Afghan General tunic last time I was there. Yeah I was around for several film crews, and did work with BQM for a while in 86. Helped clean all Mitch’s guns displayed in the office at BQM once too. First time I had to play with a dealer sample Stechkin, they were hard to find in the 80’s.

 

[Slowmo]

I never did berets, I think Hildegard still had the one Mitch wore in the glass display cabinet in her living room with his Afghan General tunic last time I was there. Yeah I was around for several film crews, and did work with BQM for a while in 86. Helped clean all Mitch’s guns displayed in the office at BQM once too. First time I had to play with a dealer sample Stechkin, they were hard to find in the 80’s.

I didn’t realize BQM was related to Mitch. I grew up in Marietta and Kennesaw in the 80s and 90s and used to love to go to that store.

 

[Slowmo]

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We used a local indoor range in Marietta as well. I’m the OD shirt with Peltor ear pros.

Do you recall the name of the Marietta range by chance?

 

[MitchWerbellsGhost87]

I didn’t realize BQM was related to Mitch. I grew up in Marietta and Kennesaw in the 80s and 90s and used to love to go to that store.

Mitch’s son (or sons, not sure if Geoff was involved) owned BQM. They are in a lot of the catalogs, modeling some of the camo clothing. I collect vintage BQM stuff, the catalogs as well.

 

[MitchWerbellsGhost87]

I never did berets, I think Hildegard still had the one Mitch wore in the glass display cabinet in her living room with his Afghan General tunic last time I was there. Yeah I was around for several film crews, and did work with BQM for a while in 86. Helped clean all Mitch’s guns displayed in the office at BQM once too. First time I had to play with a dealer sample Stechkin, they were hard to find in the 80’s.

It looks like EAGLE magazine took a lot of their photos at the Cobray/SIONICS center. Here’s the cool berets..

 

[herd118]

Do you recall the name of the Marietta range by chance?

It was the Bulletstop, on Sandtown rd. Marietta. That’s where we did some classroom stuff, just took over a side of the indoor range.

 

[herd118]

Mitch’s son (or sons, not sure if Geoff was involved) owned BQM. They are in a lot of the catalogs, modeling some of the camo clothing. I collect vintage BQM stuff, the catalogs as well.

Mitchel IV and Geoffrey were the owners of BQM, it was originally on Roswell st. Marietta, moved around 1985 to a huge building on hwy 41n. They sold these cool boxes around 1983 when they were on Roswell st., in an old bank building I think.

 

[herd118]

It looks like EAGLE magazine took a lot of their photos at the Cobray/SIONICS center. Here’s the cool berets..

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Best I remember that different beret patch was just a regular Cobray patch that Carlotta cut down and sewed to that beret. She did the web sewing stuff in the old boathouse.
I didn’t do any of that dress-up stuff, that was for the public relations pictures. We all wore normal street type range wear while doing the particular contract, the place was closed to the public and they didn’t want extra attention during classes.

 

[Slowmo]

Mitchel IV and Geoffrey were the owners of BQM, it was originally on Roswell st. Marietta, moved around 1985 to a huge building on hwy 41n. They sold these cool boxes around 1983 when they were on Roswell st., in an old bank building I think.
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The big location on Highway 41 was the one I used to go to. Kind of across from the Sparkles roller rink.

 

[Gaujo]

This is some cool stuff! We have some real legends on this board.

 

[herd118]

The big location on Highway 41 was the one I used to go to. Kind of across from the Sparkles roller rink.

Yep, it’s a business warehouse for a Citrus Magic company now.

 

[MitchWerbellsGhost87]

Mitchel IV and Geoffrey were the owners of BQM, it was originally on Roswell st. Marietta, moved around 1985 to a huge building on hwy 41n. They sold these cool boxes around 1983 when they were on Roswell st., in an old bank building I think.
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I won one of these on eBay a few months ago, the seller had misquoted the shipping then tried to tell me it was gonna cost over 100 bucks to ship so I passed on it… wish he could have figured out a cheaper way to ship. I’ve got a mint BQ zippo in my collection as well as cufflinks and various other items. I always loved their logo.

Carlotta apparently sewed up a bunch of suppressor covers in that boathouse that BQ was going to sell and never did, I have one of them for the M11 .380, it came from a friend who got it from Geoff, it’s a tougher nylon canvas type of material than the RPB covers, with nomex lining of course.

 

[herd118]

I won one of these on eBay a few months ago, the seller had misquoted the shipping then tried to tell me it was gonna cost over 100 bucks to ship so I passed on it… wish he could have figured out a cheaper way to ship. I’ve got a mint BQ zippo in my collection as well as cufflinks and various other items. I always loved their logo.

Carlotta apparently sewed up a bunch of suppressor covers in that boathouse that BQ was going to sell and never did, I have one of them for the M11 .380, it came from a friend who got it from Geoff, it’s a tougher nylon canvas type of material than the RPB covers, with nomex lining of course.

Should have seen BQM back in the day, it had an awesome showroom loaded with militaria from all over, and in the back they had a sale section of one-off samples of just about everything but actual guns. Including some MAC stuff. The 80’s in Atlanta rocked. Btw, Found one of the Sionics patches.