Looks to me like you won the Garand super lottery.Originally Posted by Kestrel4k
Nope, just a postwar stock on a Jan 1965 SA rebuild, from SA to the CMP to me via luck-of-the-draw; all I did was take off the excess cosmoline.
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Looks to me like you won the Garand super lottery.Nope, just a postwar stock on a Jan 1965 SA rebuild, from SA to the CMP to me via luck-of-the-draw; all I did was take off the excess cosmoline.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms *shall not be infringed*.
"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson
"While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny."
- Rev. Nicholas Collin, Fayetteville Gazette (N.C.), October 12, 1789
If only my canoe hadn't tipped over...
Slim
JUST GOTTA LOVE THIS JOINT.
Although it hasn't been in military dress since about 1958, here's mine.
One of only a few firearms I've bought in my lifetime.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms *shall not be infringed*.
"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson
"While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny."
- Rev. Nicholas Collin, Fayetteville Gazette (N.C.), October 12, 1789
A battle carbine?
Attachment 179937
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My German Girl GEW 98 that was Turked in Czechoslovakia Thanks to Blammer:
" Associate with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation: for it is better to be alone than in bad company. " George Washington
That is my thinking on it also.
Stay on topic and lets not get too hung up on semantics either.
If you don't want to post photos then don't but allow others to exercise their freedom to do so.
Photographs are the stuff of places like this, if that bothers people then all you have to do is not look.
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Here's some rifles of battles past for Dromia.Attachment 179982
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Attachment 179984Another battle rifle modified for the Deer Wars.
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I do believe this wins
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Sir... I promise this is the only battle rifle I have. I only use it to gather squirrels and such.
Times are hard and we gotta eat. You wouldn't deprive a man the ability to feed his family would you?
yes Sir.. I know I had 5 or 6 AR's and a few carbines and some Ak's. But I no longer have those. I took them all out fishing one day and a big wave came up and they all fell overboard at the deepest part of the lake.
yes Sir I will sign a statement to that effect and please feel free to look for your self.
Thank you Sir...uhhh yea Hiel Hillary!
Seriously though here is beloved VZ24
Last edited by A pause for the COZ; 11-03-2016 at 01:07 PM.
What a joy to shoot, I mean FUN. Properly used in its realm a very effective battle weapon, especially if it is in a M2 configuration. And at close quarters the stock won't break in club mode.
May you hands be warmed on a frosty day.
Dear Sir,
Thank you.
Wt.
"Only when the Muslims (Arabs) begin to love their children as much as they hate us, will there be peace."
Golda Mier
"Fear is a reaction, courage is a decision"
Luca Scato
Say, COZ, what cartridge is that squirrel rifle? Looks like a .32-20? Neat.
As for the VZ-24, I can readily understand the use of the term "beloved", as I dearly love mine. I think that among the Mauser-types they are my very favorite. Great workmanship, and great caliber (mine are 8x57mm--there were others) and very accurate. I have several, left over from my gunsmithing days when they were fairly inexpensive. I refinished one that was externally ghastly but had a good bore, and liked it so much I did another. Other than the cosmetics I only made one alteration to the second one which was to cut/bend/weld the bolt to somewhat approximate a K98k. It worked out really well, and I consider it to be just about the perfect rifle.
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Last edited by Der Gebirgsjager; 11-03-2016 at 02:31 PM.
One of my most favored, battle rifle, poured projectile shooter.
Date stamp on wrist socket indicates 1941 as date of manufacture.
"Only when the Muslims (Arabs) begin to love their children as much as they hate us, will there be peace."
Golda Mier
"Fear is a reaction, courage is a decision"
Luca Scato
Lithgow, Long Branch, NRF, BSA, Ishapore and Enfield. Lots of fun courtesy of the Empire.
Keep your powder dry,
Scharf
Attachment 1800361943 Garand & 1942 91/30
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Last edited by LUCKYDAWG13; 11-03-2016 at 07:27 PM.
kids that hunt and fish dont mug old ladies
Nope it is a 32 colt rim fire. I use Dixie gun works cases that are tapped to allow the use of 22 blanks as the primer.
I shoot 32 cal round balls ahead of a case full of Trail boss.
Get them out there about 920 fps
And is very accurate for squirrel getting. Plus its fun..
As for the VZ 24. I had gotten my hands on some Turkish 8mm ammo.
The cases are in bad shape so i have been dis assembling them and reloading into clean fresh primed cases.
Taking just a little off the load for safety.
Nice shooting stuff. Wish I could find a tin in good shape to save for a rainy day.
Last edited by A pause for the COZ; 11-03-2016 at 10:08 PM.
I'm not computer literate enough to post pics of my ARs and . 30 carbine but if I was I would because I am famous for not giving a damn. Best, Thomas.
Ahhh..well, the calibrated eye said .32, but I was wrong on which .32. Can you take a close up of the priming system?
I hear what you're saying about the Turk ammo. I've mentioned this before in a couple of other threads, but I pretty much did what you are doing, which was to pull the bullets, salvage the powder, and reload a standard 46 gr. into new R-P cases. The reconstituted ammo shoots very well indeed. The Turks really put a serious crimp on the bullets, and mine had a resulting groove around them, so I was careful to crimp back in the same location. I didn't want to use the corrosive primers, and threw away two big coffee cans full of the primed Turk brass. Then, when the last big reloading components shortage came along I got to thinking that I wished I'd saved them. So the last batch I pulled I ran the cases through the tumbler and cleaned them up and stored them away for hard times. I think the Turk ammo I bought "back in the day" came two ways--steel core or lead core, blue and tan cloth bandoleers. I don't recall which was which, but you can always test it with a magnet.
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