To be fair to Col Fairbairn, he was a practical man, dealing with equipment of the day, and modifying as needed
to make fast, reliable, combat-ready gear that was used daily in "black back alley" and "slum corridor" fights to the death with
the various Shanghai streethoods, the Axe Gangs,the Tongs and the Triads.
among other things, he had magazines drilled with cartridge witness holes, because "someone" would steal all but one or two
cartridges to sell on the streets ( almost certainly the street cops) . And he had to establish magazine and weapons inspections
at random multiple times per day. Sad that Even his own line cops could not be trusted 100%.
It's amazing the man lived through that .
yhs
prof marvel