I know that I am not the only C&R nut on here and its been too quiet lately so lets start a picture thread of some of your last purchases in the past 6 months. 

 

I'll start with a few that came from the same auction house at the same auction and everyone was interested in tactical tupperware.  All of the rifles came home for less than 100 each. 

 

First a 1939 Commercial BSA No1 MkIII Enfield target rifle, non import marked-  Bore is mint, but I bought it knowing headspace was bad.  After swapping the bolt head it is now nice .067

 

British P14 target rifle made by Winchester - beautiful bore, bluing, everything

 

and last but not least a rare bird, a Steyr 95/24 straight pull.  The 95/24's were rebuilt by the Yugo's and are chambered in 8mm mauser.  The bore is just OK, but damn this thing shoots nice!  On Saturday I was hitting my 3" gong at 100 every shot.  For iron sights I consider that to be pretty good. 

Nice Eric. How's things going in the movie consulting biz?

I picked this up locally for a great price. It is an almost brand new all matching unsanded Dot 1944 K98 . It even has a dated wood blank under the buttplate. The stock is dated 5/11/1944.

 

 

 

I've been picking up some cool stuff playing Battlefield 1...

 

BMW, BEAUTIFUL DOT!  Hows it shoot?  know the history?

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing!

BMW, BEAUTIFUL DOT! Hows it shoot? know the history?

The rifle came home with a US army Major after the war along with a few other goodies that are long gone. I acquired it from the family of the veteran. I would not shoot this or any other of my matching German weapons. If you break a numbered part you are going to loose a lot of value. I also just rescued a matching BNZ45 action that I had an original BNZ45 stock for. The stock is from a postwar used rifle so it has a lightly stamped number on the side of it unfortunately. I wish there was a way to safely get rid of this without ruining the stock. It is definitely the correct stock for the rifle though.

 

Here are some pics of the BNZ45 and it's brothers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC45 K43

BYF44 K98

BCD 4 Phosphate/ blued K98

DOT 1944

BNZ 45

No pictures, but I recently picked up a TTC Tokarev. Really nice shooter, tiny size. Would make an excellent CCW with a modern safety and sites.

I've been on a Mauser buying spree. Here are a couple

 

Norwegian K98k 1939 147 Matching

 

 

 

 

 

1922 Brazilian Mostly Matching

 

 

 

 

1908 Uruguayan Matching Re-Arsenaled

 

 

 

A few more Mausers

 

1935 Peruvian Short Matching

 

 

 

 

1935 Brazilian Matching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And Some More Mausers

 

Venezuelan 24/30 Matching

 

 

 

 

 

Czech Made Persian Long Matching

 

 

 

 

 

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I know that I am not the only C&R nut on here and its been too quiet lately so lets start a picture thread of some of your last purchases in the past 6 months.

 

I'll start with a few that came from the same auction house at the same auction and everyone was interested in tactical tupperware. All of the rifles came home for less than 100 each.

 

First a 1939 Commercial BSA No1 MkIII Enfield target rifle, non import marked- Bore is mint, but I bought it knowing headspace was bad. After swapping the bolt head it is now nice .067

 

British P14 target rifle made by Winchester - beautiful bore, bluing, everything

 

and last but not least a rare bird, a Steyr 95/24 straight pull. The 95/24's were rebuilt by the Yugo's and are chambered in 8mm mauser. The bore is just OK, but damn this thing shoots nice! On Saturday I was hitting my 3" gong at 100 every shot. For iron sights I consider that to be pretty good.

Please PM your honey hole. The rear sights alone on the Enfields has to be worth more than $100 each.

 

Are they both still chambered in .303? I remember reading about Winchester Parker Hale P14 Target Rifles made for the ERA which I understand is the English version of the NRA.

 

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Don't have pictures, but my Ishapore 2A1 just gets in under the six month mark. [emoji41] Wanted to get into .308, and it went well with the M1A National Match I grabbed around that time.

 

Other than that, have a Mosin Nagant PU sniper, Nagant 1895, Springfield 1873 Trapdoor Carbine (was refinished by some moron, with a cut-down rifle stock and trigger guard, but is a Custer-era gun), M1903 (rebuilt by DGR, and a Leatherwood scope to make a USMC sniper replica), Yugo M48A, Yugo M59/66A1, and a Yugo M57 Tokarev. The two handguns were picked up right after the Newtown shooting... at pre-panic prices with a spam can of ammo for each. [emoji41] The Nagant is definitely an investment when prices go even more crazy, but like it as a part of my collection... $110, with the hand select option was not in vain.

 

My Garand is kind of in this group, as it is a Lithgow receiver, Danish VAR barrel, and a mix of PB and Springfield parts (Century build). Safe to shoot, and rebuilt by Shuff.

 

Reproduction wise, I got a Century PW87 and an IAC 97 (actually in transit). I also got a Uberti Henry 1860 Steel framed rifle (in .45 Colt to match my New Vaquero), which is on its way. I had a Winchester 1897 made in the 1920s, which I didn't like as it had issues with the takedown system. With a gun as complex as a 97, rather get a new production. The Henry, real ones really can't be shot, and cost more than I can afford... so reproduction is the way to go.

I've been on a Mauser buying spree. Here are a couple

 

Norwegian K98k 1939 147 Matching

 

 

 

 

 

1922 Brazilian Mostly Matching

 

 

 

 

1908 Uruguayan Matching Re-Arsenaled

 

 

 

It's really sucks Norway ruined just as many early rifles as the Russians did. I hope to one day get a nice untouched early rifle but I can only dream. I have only ever had luck with 1944 stuff.

It's really sucks Norway ruined just as many early rifles as the Russians did. I hope to one day get a nice untouched early rifle but I can only dream. I have only ever had luck with 1944 stuff.

I hear you about ruining the originality, but I and many k98k collectors don't mind the Norwegian K98k as much as a RC. Check out the K98kforum.com, which is the premier Mauser forum, and you quickly see what they think of each.

 

I think it is because the Norwegians didn't destroy them like the Russians did. No nasty black paint, no ruined stocks with giant numbers, no X, and they kept almost all markings intact except the bolt handle serial and the line out on the receiver serial and butt plate serial. The Russians made piles of parts and restamped as needed. Also many were peened. Norwegians are also much more rare than an RC, and thus much more valuable.

 

I honestly wouldn't own a RC. I don't collect Russian Rifles except SVTs captured by the Finns and used against Russia. If I did buy a RC Mauser $300 would be the limit.

 

I have a 1940 660 matching except the bolt and sold a 1944 dou all matching. I like the pre 1941 K98k more than the later years because of all the parts being marked. However fakes are becoming more and more prevalent. I would like to add another German K98k all matching and I would especially like to pick up a French Capture K98k, but I have yet to see one for sale. The Contract Mausers I like because the quality is second to none, the crests are awesome, and fakes are encountered much less often.

 

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