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I would have to say my M1c Garand Sniper. They are RARE and honestly if you told me 5 years ago that I'd own one I would have told you that you should also buy the lucky lottery ticket. Considering it was used in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam and even later I almost gurantee that it saw its share of use. If the guns could only talk................

SWEEEEEEET!!!!

I keep ammo on hand for every gun and caliber, even the way obscure stuff. I keep it on hand so I can show what the gun fired to friends, or if I ever have a weird desire to shoot it i have the ability to. I have a 577 snider and sure enough I have ammo on hand for it althoug I have never shot it, dont aske me why but I have the ability to shoot it although I haven't shot it.

Here is a new pickup that I got for a steal with a ton of cool history. Its a 1931 Polish Mauser made by Radom. Good Polish Mausers are hard to find because most were sent to Spain during the Spanish Civil War and the remaining ones were destroyed when Germany invaded Poland. It shows strong evidence of German usage because it has a German k98 bolt and a German sling, and other than the bolt its 100% matching. So more than likely this was captured when Germany invaded and used by rear line troops. Here she is Polish Mauser

Fixed that for ya.

I never use the slotted patch holders. The jags do a lot better job

Definitely decrease value. Steyrs are a great example, most were converted from 8x50r to 8x56r. When you find one that is in the original 8x50r you found a gem although ammo is almost impossible to find. Just because ammo is easier to find doesn't mean you make the gun any more valuable, it just means you bubba'd your otherwise original gun

OK, I will give my input. A MG-42 is not a user friendly off the shelf semi auto. A kit build I would only do once I had a semi for a while and had something to reference off of. I got my semi from Henderson Defense and they modified it to be NJ compliant. It took years to get the gun to run the way it was supposed to. I would always be playing with recoil springs, bolt heads, bolt wedges ect.... every range trip it was something else I tried to get it running. I finally got it running like a top, and now consider myself very well versed in the world of the MG-42. Even now, with all that I have learned, I would not want to do a kit build from a 100% receiver.

I am envious of the mosin bayonet and binoculars that is awesome! Here is my contribution. First is a trench knife that was made from a German bayonet and the plexiglass from a Spitfire fighterplane. The gentleman that gave it to me said that he made it to take up some spare time and take his mind off things. Although it is clunky it has a cool story behind it. The second doesn't look like much but has a story that belongs in books. It is a holster for a 1911 that was made by cutting apart a Luger holster, the retaining strap is a chinstrap from a German helmet. I am going to try and write this as close as it was told to me, but here is the story behind this holster. It is the end of WWII, in Berlin the fighting is street to street, hand to hand, blood and guts type stuff. There are droves of German's rushing to surrender to Americans to avoid being captured by the Russians. Every day on patrol, countless prisoners were taken. The die hard Nazis were fighting to the end, but there were many Germans that did not believe what Hitler stood for. One day, a windy day with dust and debris flying through the streets, a young private is leading point(my friend)and a German comes up to surrender. Pinned to his chest is a note that says in English, "My name is Fritz, I do not speak English. I am a good man, and a medic please help me." Fritz was carrying this holster with a 1911 in it when he was captured. Before Fritz could be brought to the rear for processing, the American patrol was hit in an ambush. The medic was one of the first killed. Fritz jumped into action and started treating the wounded American troops, second nature, didn't even hesitate. He put his life on the line to help save our boys. Everyone was at first doubting Fritz, didn't want a German working on our guys, but he proved himself as a good man that day. Anyhow here is the holster that was on Fritz the day he was captured.

Tactical plastic is injection molded for profit...... has no soul.

A friend gave me this today and figured I would post it up. It is so caked in dried out cosmo that it is a chore to even pull the bolt. The mag is sitting in a bath of mineral spirits now but everything matches 100%. I cant imagine how long it has been just sitting for the cosmo to dry out this much.

Well if you ask Dan, his theory is years ago I found on the internet plans for the "Pink Elephant Time Machine" and have been using it extensively for the past few years... :-)

Here is a cherry Lithgow Australian Enfield.

So, lets see some unissued Milsurps. Not talking refurbs but never fired since left the factory. I think this will work out as a good thread as a reference of what a rifle looked like original/unmessed with. So if you have a true unfired milsurp lets see it... POST IT UP. So I will start this off, first here are a couple of my gems. Here is a unissued No4 Mk1 British Enfield that was made by Savage the American gun company and hasn't had a round through it. Peter Laidler the Enfield guru himself urged me not to even wipe it down, leave the factory cosmo on it. It seems that the cosmo used on Savage Enfields is pitch black almost like tar. Note the "king screw" has been peened Next is a unissued Type II National Match M1 Garand still has the ink stamp on the gas cylinder Next is a Finnish M27 made by Tikka I've got a couple more but have to dig out some pics. So anyone else whant to post?

OK first hand experience with a low # 1903. I have been working as an apprentice under a very well known and respected gunsmith for the past few years. I had a sporterized low # 1903 that a guy used as a deer gun for years and years come in for a rebarrel job. Rebarreling a 1903 is pretty much a joke, especially since it was a sporter and did not have the rear sight to deal with. So anyway, I put the barrel in the vise and the wrench on the receiver. Soon as I put any torque on it, the receiver shattered like a piece of glass.... into a couple of pieces. The guy hunted with it for years and shot the heck out of it, enough to warrant a rebarrel. But soon as those threads let go it just shattered. After seeing this I can say there is no chance in hell I would ever shoot a low #, even if you swear you shoot it all the time.

I keep up with crotch rockets on just so i can witness street pizza. You act like a dick on the road and bad things happen, car or bike. Bikes shouldn't get any special privelages because they are on 2 weels. Lanes are lanes for a reason, not because you make them out to what you want them to be.

I have friends that were at the meeting. They are calling me tonight with the true story of what happened and then I'll post here.

Well if the .223 is not adequate enough for 4 legged game, what makes the military think it is adequate for 2 legged. OOOH OOH I know, the same old excuse that it's the bullet, there is new technology and better performance coming out. Isn't that what they have been saying for the past 3 decades.

Ah man it's a toughie, I am corrupted/spoiled considering I lived in Italy for several years.....................

Yesterday I was downtown and got lost. I parked in an area along Main St. and figured I would walk around to find the store I was looking for. I saw a police officer and went to ask him if he knew of the place I was looking for. As I approached, head on so I know he saw me from a distance and could figure if I was a threat or not, I asked politely "excuse me sir" as I closed the distance between us. Immediately as soon as I got somewhat near, he unsnapped his holster and put his hand on his gun. The entire time I was talking to him he had his holster unsnapped and his hand on his weapon. Now I was dressed business casual with khaki pants and a button down shirt, not a wife beater and cutoff jeans. This kinda irked me, the entire time we were conversing he was at the ready. Really WTF, was that nessecary. Was someone asking for directions in a populated and fairly busy downtown area, that appeared to be a cleancut individual, that held a conversation the whole time resectfully using the words "yes sir" frequently considered a threat. No

First off I am going to say that I have several family members that are state troopers, and I am going to try to not be a cop basher. I do find it disturbing tha the police forces have become militarized, and thus the growing distancing of the local community and police officers. Here are some T-shirts that were sold and worn by police, the first is one that was worn by the NYPD's Street Crimes Unit, the quote alone is disturbing..... Then this one was printed and sold for a fundraiser in California As a citizen i see this as a disturbing trend, and showing the decreasing mentality of serve and protect and migrating towards a controlling mentallity when it comes to the public. Now I fully understand it comes down to budgeting and how fugged up the govt works. Police forces get money budgeted yearly for SWAT and other special groups. If the SWAT isn't used enough to justify the money in the budget, next year they dont get it or the money is decreased. So, SWAT is utilized more often than needed so they can show that it was utilized and is a "nessecity for the community", and they get their money next year. Just like in the military, go into "country" for a day or so to get your hazardous duty pay for the month, I dont blame them but I dont see the need. I believe that local swat forces should be disbanded and it should be on a state level. Anywhere in the state there is a State Police Barracks withing an accecptable response time. Local PD's are stressing their budgets having these SWAT teams, the ammo cost for training alone has to be a huge economic burden. And dont even get me started in cops calling the local populace "civilians" that is a joke, friggin big joke. If you want to call someone a civilian go join the military, then you will really know what it is like to put your life on the line, not be able to see your family for months at a time and not just miss Christmas. And then I keep hearing from my family and friends that are LEO's that all this SWAT and "militarization" is being done for officer safety, my response is "I've got one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, you dont see me bitchin'?" and on a final note, a good song that talks about this subject.

Same here

we received weapons familiarization prior to shipping out, it's normal

Well a bore snake is nothing new, the old name was a pullthrough used on many military rifles since they became breach loaders. A prime example is the one used on the British Lee Enfield, the British used extensively the pullthrough and not cleaning rods. Now what is the first thing we do when we go milsurp shopping? We check the crown. The wear on the crown is from the string of the pullthrough(boresnake) picking up contaminants and being drug against the side of the muzzle. Even when using cleaning rods today, this is why we use a bore guide, to center the rod in the bore and protect the crown. So considering almost nobody uses the old steel rods people still care for their muzzles by using a bore guide. So pull the snake all you want, say the string isn't going to hurt the metal, its just string it cant hurt metal..... then go look at some older rifles and see what you find............ Then get a borescope and clean your barrel all you think nessecary with your snake, yank the snake until your heart is content, then run the bore scope..... AMAZING how much crud is in there isn't it. Now run a rod and a brush and tell me what you see...... WOW a rifle that is really clean....