Show me your battle rifle

[6bg6ga]

Thought it might be interesting to see some of the fellow members military rifles. Hopefully I can enclose one of mine if the posting process works ok.


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Here is my Heavy Barrel Israeli Fal

[lancem]

My favorite

[Der Gebirgsjager]

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Click to enlarge.

[dtknowles]

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Long and short range!

Tim

[Scharfschuetze]

Springfields. 1903A3, 1903s and a 1922 (.22LR).

[dverna]

Nothing fancy. Three AR's and a .30 Carbine (soon to be sold)

Now the sniper rifle is a M700 HB .308 with McCree chassis, Harris bipod, and Vortex 5-20 Razor HD.

Don Verna

[Point-Man]

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q426/Point-Man/HPIM0726_zpsbomagpzv.jpg (http://s350.photobucket.com/user/Point-Man/media/HPIM0726_zpsbomagpzv.jpg.html)

[Artful]

You mean rifles that may have been in a battle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/FAL/P1020548.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/FAL/P1020548.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/FAL/P1020545.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/FAL/P1020545.jpg.html)
How about a nice bolt gun
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/FAL/P1020527.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/FAL/P1020527.jpg.html)
Or you want guns that could go to battle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/FAL/349.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/FAL/349.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/FAL/364.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/FAL/364.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/FAL/278.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/FAL/278.jpg.html)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/rowdyfisk/FAL/Remington700V243WCFwithCycloneandHarrisBipod.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rowdyfisk/media/FAL/Remington700V243WCFwithCycloneandHarrisBipod.jpg.h tml)

[Outpost75]

Historic battle rifle, West Virginia style

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[HABCAN]

The ENEMY is listening.
HE wants to know what YOU know.
Keep it to yourself.

Good advice.

[leebuilder]

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Here are some of mine.
Be safe

[Smoke4320]

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[dragon813gt]

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/Firearms/84CE2F5E-5B14-4435-A412-097CBD0B3927.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/Firearms/84CE2F5E-5B14-4435-A412-097CBD0B3927.jpg.html)
Only in October though.

[6bg6ga]

Keep the pictures coming

[OS OK]

The ENEMY is listening.
HE wants to know what YOU know.
Keep it to yourself.

Good advice.

Yep...dang good advice! "Ditto!"

Semper Fi...HABCAN

[dtknowles]

Yep...dang good advice! "Ditto!"

Semper Fi...HABCAN

You aren't going to share pictures of your guns on a gun forum?

Tim

[OS OK]

You aren't going to share pictures of your guns on a gun forum?

Tim

Uhhh...NOPE!

[Artful]

Don't kid yourself he already knows everything you ever purchased thru a gunstore/FFL.
and Anything that was ever posted - all the guns I have posted are posted elsewhere
the guns you don't see are the ones that are not registered.

[woodbutcher]

:twisted: Hi Smoke that little jewel will put a grin on yer face that 30 grit on a 4 1/2" grinder wont remove.
Good luck.have fun.Be safe.
Leo

[Butler Ford]

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[smokeywolf]

Don't kid yourself he already knows everything you ever purchased thru a gunstore/FFL.
and Anything that was ever posted - all the guns I have posted are posted elsewhere
the guns you don't see are the ones that are not registered.

What guns?

[OS OK]

When I went deer hunting last year a Bigfoot came into camp and stole all our rifles...I had all of mine there...now they're all gone...'boo hoo'.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[dragon813gt]

Every time I buy a gun I make the mistake of taking them out on a boat. I seem to have the worse luck. The boat always sinks along w/ the gun(s). And I don't know why I take components out w/ me. You'd think after the 135th boat I would stop buying one ;)

[Hogtamer]

Smoke, your pic already gave away that you live just up I-20 from me. Bet I could ask around Madison and find you! Can I come play with your toys? Please?

[GhostHawk]

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Pair of Mosin's and a Yugo SKS! Mosin's are 42 and 43, SKS is 53, just a year younger than I am. Recently had a dust cover for the SKS drilled and tapped for a piece of rail. It is now sporting a 2x Red Dot.

[Stewbaby]

Some neutral military rifles:

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161101/5487bf5f6e0fd90f22cdbb9972adab2f.jpg

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161101/b6ac5e4ed10db6333e1e4d0298ccf6d7.jpg

[dragon813gt]

This is my November rifle
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/Firearms/35E04425-A0B3-4344-8AB1-C3A71CA9CF45.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/Firearms/35E04425-A0B3-4344-8AB1-C3A71CA9CF45.jpg.html)

The SPR barrel is heavy. I really need to build one w/ a government profile instead of HBARs.

[toolness1]

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Here's my unissued Yugo M59/66A1.




.....and a kitty.

[6bg6ga]

One member has already mentioned this.... they know what has been purchased via the forms we fill out everytime we purchase. My point in this thread was simply to see other battle rifles. If you feel paranoid and don't wish to share photos then its your choice. Being one that always travels with all my firearms there is a probability that they could be lost in a boating incident, a car crash, or a simple break in. Until then I will cherish and have guts enough to share my pride and joy to others here. This is why I posted the picture in post number one. I've dreamed of owning a Israeli Heavy Barrel Fal for a long time and finally found what seems to be an expensive kit and put it together. I simply wished to share my obsession with others here. So, I'd like to see the November rifles and your rifles that were once respected battle rifles the defenders of countries and peoples. I shared the Fal which is the "Right Hand Of The Free World". My fault was I wanted to see the rebuilt Garrands and M1A's just to mention a few along.

[Butler Ford]

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bf

[Silfield]

Well seeing that the 'powers that be' know exactly what I have got, here are a few of mine...

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Ignore the 2 on the right.

[Smoke4320]

:twisted: Hi Smoke that little jewel will put a grin on yer face that 30 grit on a 4 1/2" grinder wont remove.
Good luck.have fun.Be safe.
Leo
Yes Sir and with double ear protection the head still swims for hours

[gnoahhh]

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr174/gnoahhh/100_0157_zps8590ab82.jpg (http://s481.photobucket.com/user/gnoahhh/media/100_0157_zps8590ab82.jpg.html)

[Kestrel4k]

Springfield M1 Garand w/ Leupold 2.5x IER
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7496.jpg
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7490.jpg
Clickable 'thumbnails':
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7492.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7492.jpg.html) http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7499.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7499.jpg.html) http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7501.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7501.jpg.html) http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7506.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7506.jpg.html) http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7507.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7507.jpg.html)

[Adam Helmer]

Guys,

The BATFE loves all your photos and your locations. KEEP posting so they know where to go to collect up the guns. DUH! Not all guns are "on paper" YET, but your photos help.

Adam

[dragon813gt]

You guys are acting like pictures of guns are never posted. Better not post pictures of your "ammo manufacturing plants" either. Every gun forum seems to have a "what firearm did you buy today" or "what firearm related item did you buy today" threads. Hiding in plain sight is usually the best option.

BTW, no one knows if you really have the guns you're posting.

[dtknowles]

Give them pictures and when they come for them feed them lead. If it comes to that the pictures will be trivial.

The ones who aren't posting pictures are either not computer literate enough to post pictures, don't have battle rifles or are arm chair warriors

Tim

[dragon813gt]

Or they buried their battle rifles so when they need them they first have to remember where they are and then dig them up.

[OS OK]

Give them pictures and when they come for them feed them lead. If it comes to that the pictures will be trivial.

The ones who aren't posting pictures are either not computer literate enough to post pictures, don't have battle rifles or are arm chair warriors

Tim

Every time I give you the benefit of the doubt...you come up with something like this. But...I suppose I should have expected it from a 'pseudo rocket scientist!'

You certainly have it all figured out Tim!

[Lightning22]

Well, this one is mine and seeing as it is on my licence I'm not right fussed about who knows I have it.

Fazakerley No4 Mk1

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[Der Gebirgsjager]

Some of you fellows are downright paranoid! Any of these photos could have been taken years ago. Mine was taken about 2012 to compliment a magazine article I wrote, but I'll happily admit that I still own it. Me owning it and someone taking it are two very different things. Molon Labe. And if the opposition is too heavy, or you decide to tell them the boating accident story, then you'll be under suspicion a being an owner, afraid to take it out of hiding and use it, and no doubt charged as a criminal if found out. It won't do you, your family, or your neighbor any good if it's buried, and you can't take it to the range and enjoy it. The only realistic choices are that when the big ATF or HS dump truck with the goons comes to take your firearms you can (1) resist, or (2) help throw them on the pile in the back of the truck. All I can promise you is that if they come to my house to take my M1 first, there will be a couple less when they come to your house.

There are other ways that the burial idea can go astray also: Back in 1999, when the world was going to end with Y2K on Dec. 31st at midnight, a customer came into my shop and bought a brand new Chinese SKS. Kind of odd, I thought, as he already owned at least three of them. In 2001 he came back in (he was a regular and I saw him a couple of times a month) and bought another SKS. This time I asked him about it, and he said that in preparation for Y2K he had taken the one he purchased in 1999 along with a case of ammo and had buried it on a hillside in the forest on Forest Service land. Two years later since civilization hadn't ended, he decided to go back and dig it up. A couple of very large bulldozers had made a logging road around the hillside right where he had hidden it and pushed all of the dirt removed off the downhill side of the new road. He knew about where he had buried it, but it was now beneath tons of dirt and rocks, so other than a visual search he just gave up on it.

[Kestrel4k]

Jeez people I thought this was a 'battle rifle' thread, not a thread kr@p session.

Had to double check to verify that this thread was still the 'CB Loads / Military Rifles' subforum - I thought that there were other subforums here for b!+ching & complaining.

[Scharfschuetze]

Jeez people I thought this was a 'battle rifle' thread, not a thread kr@p session.

Had to double check to verify that this thread was still the 'CB Loads / Military Rifles' subforum - I thought that there were other subforums here for b!+ching & complaining.

Amen to that.

Here's another Springfield for the non paranoid. The Doughboy's uniform belonged to a Grandfather who served with the AEF in France. The weapons all date to WWI so they may very well have been "over there" and thus qualify as a battle rifle and pistol.

[Scorpion8]

My builds....

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p141/Scorpion008/P2250068.jpg (http://s127.photobucket.com/user/Scorpion008/media/P2250068.jpg.html)

[dtknowles]

Jeez people I thought this was a 'battle rifle' thread, not a thread kr@p session.

Had to double check to verify that this thread was still the 'CB Loads / Military Rifles' subforum - I thought that there were other subforums here for b!+ching & complaining.

Sorry, I apologize. The ones who told us to not post pictures got on my nerves.

Tim

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Very nice, Scharf. True collector (and shooter) items. Very nice examples of both firearms.

[NoAngel]

Coming this winter.
I hope to have it done around Christmas.


http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd371/Reloadingfool/IMG_1180_zps0yiyee9u.jpg

[dragon813gt]

This one's not DI
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/dragon813gt/Firearms/5D2086BC-495B-456F-8770-E84092CBAF40-32908-000016A50C67C5B0_zpsf280b3e4.jpg (http://s198.photobucket.com/user/dragon813gt/media/Firearms/5D2086BC-495B-456F-8770-E84092CBAF40-32908-000016A50C67C5B0_zpsf280b3e4.jpg.html)

[6bg6ga]

Coming this winter.
I hope to have it done around Christmas.


http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd371/Reloadingfool/IMG_1180_zps0yiyee9u.jpg

Looks like a FAL that is waiting for an upper receiver.

[6bg6ga]

Springfield M1 Garand w/ Leupold 2.5x IER
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7496.jpg
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7490.jpg
Clickable 'thumbnails':
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7492.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7492.jpg.html) http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7499.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7499.jpg.html) http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7501.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7501.jpg.html) http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7506.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7506.jpg.html) http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/Kestrel4000/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/th_IMG_7507.jpg (http://s395.photobucket.com/user/Kestrel4000/media/RimfireCentral/M1%20Garand/IMG_7507.jpg.html)

Is that a aftermarket stock or just a original stock that has been redone to perfection?

[6bg6ga]

Looking at these pictures from those that aren't paranoid has me drooling in my coffee. Got to have a Israeli regular barrel rifle to go with my heavy barrel and then its going to be a Garrand and a M1A.

[Ola]

Hmm.. I thought Battle rifle is by definition a gun that uses "full power" caliber. Not .223 or similar "intermediate caliber"..

OK, here it is.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_rifle

[6bg6ga]

What I actually thought people might respond with was their Garrands, M1's, M1A's, SKS, AK, FAl's and yes I consider the 5.56 as a battle rifle because it was used in Vietnam. However, I think any rifle your proud to own and show should be put in this thread. Heck..... post every rifle you are proud to own have owned or wish to own. Also, post pictures of those that have been lost while boating or other activities.

[6bg6ga]

With respect to post 52...... The 5.56 was used in Vietnam and thus would qualify in my mind as being or having been in battle.

[Ola]

Yes, I just wanted to point out, that "battle rifle" as a definition already exists.

http://www.luckygunner.com/lounge/what-is-a-battle-rifle/ (scroll down a bit for "hall of fame of battle rifles").

[B. Lumpkin]

5.56 has been used SINCE Vietnam. That little varmint cartridge has been giving the enemy dirt naps for a long time. The M-16 and AR-15 civilian variants may not fall under the definition assigned by Wikipedia, but the M-16 has most certainly proved herself in battle over, and over, and over again. Same for the AR-10. I will have to post pictures when I get home, but I keep an iron sighted AR-15 and a Colt AR 901-16S in 7.62X51 with a 4-16 scope for turning cover into concealment.

[Smoke4320]

Smoke, your pic already gave away that you live just up I-20 from me. Bet I could ask around Madison and find you! Can I come play with your toys? Please?

Actually live in NC ..
That pic was taken around 2004 when we were doing a Machine gun shoot on (IIRC) the #7 tank range at Fort Gordon GA
it was a limited invite only event and all proceeds went to helping soldiers families
It was a Blast .. had some of the MPs hooting and hollering as I was shooting a Serbu 50 BMG Carbine off hand and landing APITs inside the commanders hatch opening at 600+ yds (tank was sitting on downward incline nose 45degrees toward us )
I could get 3 shots and had to put it down and rest the arms a few minutes then start up again

[condorjohn]

U.S. Magazine Rifle Model of 1898.179917

[Scharfschuetze]

Some "Battle Rifles" from the 19th Century. 50/70s and 45/70s. All are good shooters with good bores and proper sights and cartouhes for their year of issue.

[Kestrel4k]

Is that a aftermarket stock or just a original stock that has been redone to perfection?
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. :)

[smokeywolf]

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. :)

Looks to me like you won the Garand super lottery.

[slim1836]

If only my canoe hadn't tipped over...

Slim

[smokeywolf]

Although it hasn't been in military dress since about 1958, here's mine.

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One of only a few firearms I've bought in my lifetime.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

A battle carbine?
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Click to enlarge.

[JWFilips]

My German Girl GEW 98 that was Turked in Czechoslovakia Thanks to Blammer:
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[perotter]

Hmm.. I thought Battle rifle is by definition a gun that uses "full power" caliber. Not .223 or similar "intermediate caliber"..

OK, here it is.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_rifle

That is my thinking on it also.

[dromia]

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.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Here's some rifles of battles past for Dromia.179982
Click to enlarge.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

179984Another battle rifle modified for the Deer Wars.
Click to enlarge.

[DerekP Houston]

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I do believe this wins :D

[A pause for the COZ]

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!

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d66/Kelly2215/100_9932_zpscdrnzgz2.jpg

Seriously though here is beloved VZ24

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d66/Kelly2215/100_8366.jpg

[OnHoPr]

A battle carbine?
179937
Click to enlarge.

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.

[walltube]

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.

Dear Sir,
Thank you.

Wt.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

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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[walltube]

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One of my most favored, battle rifle, poured projectile shooter.

Date stamp on wrist socket indicates 1941 as date of manufacture.

[Scharfschuetze]

Lithgow, Long Branch, NRF, BSA, Ishapore and Enfield. Lots of fun courtesy of the Empire.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

1800361943 Garand & 1942 91/30
180035

[A pause for the COZ]

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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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..


http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d66/Kelly2215/100_9937_zpsptaiscmo.jpg

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.

[Texas by God]

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.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

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.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

My German Girl GEW 98 that was Turked in Czechoslovakia Thanks to Blammer:
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JW--I'd like to hear a bit more about your Mauser. Some of your description lost me...I understand Gew 98, and that many, many were given to the Turks in WW I by the Germans as war aid. I know that many of them were remodeled to the standard rifle they developed in 1935. Your third photo has the telltale front barrel band and cleaning rod. But what do you mean "Turked in Czechoslovakia"? And I'm also curious about what the legend is on your rifle's receiver ring is? Does it still bear the German arsenal's name/marking, or does it have the Turk ASTCFA Ankara marking?
DG

[A pause for the COZ]

Ahhh..well, the calibrated eye said .32, but I was wrong on which .32. Can you take a close up of the priming system?

Here you go!
Real easy to load too. just tap the bullet onto the case. then dipper in your powder from the bottom. seat the blank. Done.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d66/Kelly2215/100_9936_zpslh1f6ejc.jpg

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[Der Gebirgsjager]

COZ--sounds interesting--but all I see are two little back boxes with Xs in them. I guess your photos didn't upload or something.

Ahhh...the photos are visible today! Very interesting, and thank you for posting them. I'd never heard of this system before, although I see where many others have, because there's a very long thread on this system for the .32 Short Rimfire in the Rimfire Area forum. Strange, as I've purchased the Dixie Gunworks catalog for years--I guess my interests never ran in this direction. Never having owned one of these rifles, I'm wondering why this priming system is being used. Is it because the hammer is set up for firing rimfires and not regular primers? Seems a conversion would be an easy thing--but maybe not a desirable thing if one wants to preserve the rifle in the original condition. Is the rifle a Stevens?

[RustyReel]

All of my battle rifles have been civilized, some guy named Bubba did a bunch of them. Still like 'em though.

[kawasakifreak77]

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1954 K31, 16.1" barrel set up for my Sig 7.62 Ti QD. Tritium sights.

[Hick]

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My 1955 H&R Garand. All original except the stock

[Der Gebirgsjager]

All of my battle rifles have been civilized, some guy named Bubba did a bunch of them. Still like 'em though.

That doesn't preclude you from posting a photo or two! The O.P. expanded the thread to include any rifle that you're proud of. I have a few of them myself, but I didn't make them that way. If I acquire a bubba-ized rifle, and can't put it back to original, I happily use it "as is". They have a place in the shooting/hunting world, filling that slot "inexpensive but good". They're usually of high quality, because no nation equips its troops with junk and the issued weapon is usually the best available at the time (taking politics into account!), and are more than adequate for hunting.

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This one wears a Bushnell Banner scope recently purchased from a forum member and an ATI scope mount. I originally fitted it with a B-Square mount, but it was less satisfactory than the ATI. Not knocking B-Square, as I've used their mounts on many rifles in the past and they worked out well. This rifle needs to go to the range again with its new mount/scope combo, but I have a good feeling about it.
DG

[smokeywolf]

I would love to have a extremely well done, sporterized Krag Jorgensen.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Hi, Smokey. Well, if you mean as nicely done as your Dad did the Garand, you'll be looking a long time! I am a lover of Krags and have perhaps two dozen. My belief is that the Krag carbine is just about the perfect as-is sporter, and my tastes have always run in that direction. When I acquired a badly bubba-ized specimen, whether originally a carbine or cut down rifle, my inclination has been to restore it or convert it to carbine configuration in as much as is/was possible, because I find the carbine to be an almost perfect example of "form follows function." Nice looking, but no real frills. However, as time passed I acquired some that were in respectable sporter stocks and left them pretty much as I found them. You are correct, there are some very nicely done sporters out there, but they mostly seem to come from the 1920s-30s eras when they were converted by the old time 'smiths who had a different idea of what looked good than we do today. You'll find many with pieced-in pistol grips, etc.
Here are some examples of those old time sporters, 1st photo, and some of those I turned into projects, 2nd photo. Two more modern conversions, probably from the 1960s are shown in the 3rd photo.

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This one might be my favorite. I purchased it from an on-line auction, as I did most of them, and when I received it I concluded that it had been run over by someone's pickup truck in deer camp. The receiver was somewhat squashed, but with a little heat and urging it returned to it's original configuration. I was happy, and rewarded it with a nice piece of wood and a polish job.
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My last word, I guess, is that considering that they were designed in the late 1800s they were a mechanical marvel. It's a testimony to the design that there are still so many of them being carried around in the forest and shot at the rifle ranges. Even with the advent of CNC machining I doubt if they could be produced at an affordable price today. If they have any limitations it is just the metallurgy of the time in which they were produced and the single locking lug of the bolt. Most of them have or will develop headspace problems, but it can be corrected or compensated for. I'd say if that special rifle you'd like to have comes along, grab it!

[smokeywolf]

Have to admit, I would like to see one fitted with a Mannlicher type stock, like the Garand.

Wouldn't be the slightest bit ashamed to show up at the range with any of your Krags; all good stuff. I'm envious of your Krag collection. Was just out in the shop trying to do some cleaning and came across a spare Krag bolt that I bought nearly a year ago.

I have a model '76 Winchester that looks like it may have rattled around on the floor of a buckboard for years. It's one of my favorite rifles. They don't have to be pretty to be a joy to hold and shoot.

[marty.toms.3]

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[Kevinakaq]

Some of my battle rifles I have collected.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cfoci4fe516chlw/Photo%20Nov%2006%2C%202%2012%2034%20PM.jpg?dl=0

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[JWFilips]

JW--I'd like to hear a bit more about your Mauser. Some of your description lost me...I understand Gew 98, and that many, many were given to the Turks in WW I by the Germans as war aid. I know that many of them were remodeled to the standard rifle they developed in 1935. Your third photo has the telltale front barrel band and cleaning rod. But what do you mean "Turked in Czechoslovakia"? And I'm also curious about what the legend is on your rifle's receiver ring is? Does it still bear the German arsenal's name/marking, or does it have the Turk ASTCFA Ankara marking?
DG

DG,
I know that my rifle was changed to Clip feed:
The only information I can go By is from our Member Buckshot
Let me Quote Him since I can not find the Original Thread:
"The Turkish M98 clones produced in Turkey are externally essentially of model 1898 dimensions, EXCEPT they are threaded for the small shank (1894, 95, and 96 threads. They're stamped on the receiver ring in four lines: T-C, ASFA, ANKARA, K.KALE . GENERALLY, almost always :-) large shank actions do not have the K.Kale stamped on the ring."
Mine is large ring has the Crest but is not stamped K.Kale and Still retains a number of the German markings Also it is stamped in a few places "CZ"
Strangely enough I guess I never photo documented these areas but I will get some pics to post
For all purposed my rifle looks like a GEW98 except for Remarked crest and Clip Load Mod It does retain the old and New SN#s
I'm not an expert on this but when I saw it for sale it was about the time I had read Buckshots threads so I knew it wasn't a just the normal Turk..
But even if it was it still shoots like a dream with that 29" barrel ( it just asked for a receiver sight and an aperture front!:))
Wish I could tell you more history
Jim

[marty.toms.3]

The Turks converted many gew98 rifles to the m38 standard. They will likely be marked ASFA or Ankara - often dated 1937 in my observation but some even in the 40s.


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[Der Gebirgsjager]

Well, JW, I'll be looking forward to any photos you can take and post. I am not exactly a Turk collector, but have handled many of them, and am always interested in learning more. In general, I would confirm Buckshot's observations on the ring size (large) and the thread shank (small) and the stampings one normally finds on these receivers. I can not confirm or deny the part about those which were originally large ring with large shank not being stamped with the K.Kale markings, as I've never seen one. I do have in my collected assortment an original Gew 98 sent to Turkey as war aid and which was not altered at all except for the addition of crescent moon markings. I would be very interested in seeing the alteration that you believe changed your specimen to a clip loader, since Gew 98s were originally manufactured as clip loaders and no alteration should have been necessary for it to use standard stripper clips. On the other hand, the Gew 88 (which I know yours is not one of, and which we aren't discussing) was made for an en-bloc Mannlicher clip and originally required no charger guides, but when later modified to the 88/05 model which saw extensive use during WW I clip guides were welded onto the receiver. The CZ markings on your rifle would definitely have it passing through Czechoslovokia , something for which I presently have no explanation, unless perhaps Turkey sold off rifles that did not conform to the new pattern and the Czechs bought some of them. I certainly agree with you that they shoot well.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Some of my battle rifles I have collected.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cfoci4fe516chlw/Photo%20Nov%2006%2C%202%2012%2034%20PM.jpg?dl=0

180213

Very nice collection, and they all appear to be in exceptionally nice condition. Butts to left, third from left, is that one Japanese? Otherwise, I can readily identify all of them. I'd know that one also, if I could see the bolt's cocking piece.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

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Here are a pair of German Gew 88 rifles. Good boolit shooters.

[Kevinakaq]

Very nice collection, and they all appear to be in exceptionally nice condition. Butts to left, third from left, is that one Japanese? Otherwise, I can readily identify all of them. I'd know that one also, if I could see the bolt's cocking piece.

Japanese Type 38 - nice call. And thanks for the comments my friend.

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[35 Whelen]

Hmm...I took this to mean "Show me the rifle that you would take into battle.", but posts seem to indicate otherwise.

35W

[Buckshot]

http://www.fototime.com/7CD7CAD02940F78/standard.jpg

M1884 Trapdoor, M1871 Mauser, MkIV Martini-Henry, M1879 Argentine contract Rem RB. All of these were basically contemporaneous. The bayonet for the Rem RB is just above it.

http://www.fototime.com/01E1D745F87943A/standard.jpg

M38 Carcano Fucile Corto, 7.35x52mm 'SA' marked so like a lot of'em it'd been to Finland.

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EM Nagant made Comblain 11x42R Brazilian Engineer's Carbine. Probably delivered in 1892.

http://www.fototime.com/CDBFBF007F1D86B/standard.jpg

Turked M1888 German GEW 88/05/14. Action Turk dated 1935.

http://www.fototime.com/2E27B7325B26422/standard.jpg

Swedish Ag42B 6.5x55.

http://www.fototime.com/790EB4307EA8216/standard.jpg

1894 Swede Carbine

http://www.fototime.com/9219C0657AB10FC/standard.jpg

1896 Swede Mauser

[Buckshot]

http://www.fototime.com/D1C0D4FE8A65D60/standard.jpg


M1891 Argentine. Brass disc on the butt is stamped "R. Robertson" ?


http://www.fototime.com/E024462DE300D0F/standard.jpg


M1909 Argentine Cavalry Carbine


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M1891 Argentine Engineers carbine


http://www.fototime.com/00C73BAA827D746/standard.jpg


M1895 Austrian Steyr 8x56 Carbine


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Remington M1917 & bayonet

[Buckshot]

http://www.fototime.com/35572699B1D8361/standard.jpg


.577 Snider Carbine (cutdown rifle)


http://www.fototime.com/7505257ECA355E4/standard.jpg


Turkish M38/46


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Brazilian M1908


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Swiss K31


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M1938 Swede Mauser


http://www.fototime.com/363939D04031671/standard.jpg


Egyptian Hakim

[Buckshot]

http://www.fototime.com/566180B726E79D1/standard.jpg


VZ 24


http://www.fototime.com/79DAE87BBF8BE29/standard.jpg


VZ 24/47


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M1 Garand. Serial number on it dates it to Nov 1942. The stock is a much more recent Springfield pedigree :-)


.............Buckshot

[jmort]

That .577 Snider is my favorite of a fantastic collection.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

The M1908 Brazilian Mauser stock is beautiful!

[smokeywolf]

The M1908 Brazilian Mauser stock is beautiful!

Was thinking the same thing.

WOW Buckshot! A most impressive collection.

[6bg6ga]

I'm just speechless looking at all these fine rifles.

[roysha]

The worlds greatest design.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

180260I don't know why this one wants to lay on its side--I tried uploading it three times with the same results. It's upright in my file. Anyway, the point is to show the length of the rifle in comparison to an M1--I'm unable to take a nicely detailed close up photo of the entire rifle at once. It is a WW I French Mannlicher Berthier made by Delaunay Bellerville, and it looks like it's "been there and done that", but is really still in pretty good condition and I have fired it. Some close ups with more detail below:
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There don't seem to be too many of these rifles around in my part of the country, but for some reason there seem to be more "back East." Although I spent a long time gunsmithing this was the first (and only) one I'd ever disassembled/reassembled, and it is quite different from a Mauser. It is an interesting and sturdy design, and despite the fact that it is so long it balances very well, points easily, and doesn't feel heavy. Taking the bolt out isn't very easy or convenient, so it's probably best to clean it from the muzzle end. Remington made some for the French and not all were shipped due to the end of the war, and once in awhile it is possible to find one in very nice condition.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

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Here's a very short Carcano carbine that was converted by persons unknown to 8mm Mauser. Stories vary on who did these conversions, from the Germans or Italians to have ammunition commonality during WW II, or by the Israelis after WW II so as to be able to use Italian weapons left in N. Africa after the War, as they had adopted the K98k in 8mm as their official rifle at the time. It was in very poor condition externally, so I refinished it, but it has nice bore. I have shot it using .30-30 level loads (chicken!) and it shoots quite well, but is a single shot because no Carcano Mannlicher clips successfully modified to handle the 8mm size case are available. Some folks have modified them on an individual basis, but the results seem to usually be less than satisfactory. I've never gotten around to trying my hand at it.

[Buckshot]

..............I've heard of some of the Carcanos having been converted to 8x57. Ditto the Steyr Straight pull 8x56 rifles/carbines. In both instances due to the original 'Packet Clip' loading design, the later alterations caused difficulties. Also in the 8x56/8x57 conversions there were attendant extractor problems. I was much intrigued by the 1895 straight pulls (and especially their low prices). Propelling a 205gr slug at 2400 from their abbreviated barrels caused the short Stutzen and carbine versions to back off the bullet smartly. Their crazy bore and groove combinations made them somewhat of a headache for accurate shooting of cast boolits . I found that the 30-40 Krag round would work very well via a couple minor modifications to the clip. So I created one :-) Hoping not to give anyone gas for going off topic, here it is:

http://www.fototime.com/3F99F55C9811736/standard.jpghttp://www.fototime.com/F2618D4764522E3/standard.jpg

The pink lines on the clip in the right photo show where they need to be 'pinched in' a bit to have the boolit present correctly to the breech.

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The right photo shows where a slight tweeking of the clip's bottom forward edge needs attention. Basically to take up some of the room in the clip caused by the 30-40 Krag case being smaller in OD.

The trigger is still poor, but the rifle itself is superbly accurate. Proves to me that with realistic barrel bore dimensions the accuracy is there.

.............Buckshot

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Buckshot--I've seen and envied that M-95 .30-40 on other occasions and admired it greatly. It seems like the perfect solution to the 8x56Rmm's usual scarcity and wide range of bore diameters. Nice rifle! There are some U-tube videos on converting Carcano clips to 8mm, but as I said before the results vary.

[Texas by God]

I'll second Buckshots recoil analysis of the Stutzen! I've wondered about a 7.62 Russian conversion on these. But that .30-40 is real & beautiful and pure shooting pleasure I bet. Best, Thomas.

[flyin brian]

Here are a few of mine :D

Rem 1903-A3:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/Flyin_Brian/Remington/REM03A3-631/014_zps67c32405.jpg

Rem 03-A4 with M73B1 scope and another military marked Weaver 330 on the table:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/Flyin_Brian/1903-A4/M73B1/20150830_183437_zps5t6cwzvu.jpg

M1D Sniper Garand from the CMP:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/Flyin_Brian/Garand/M1D/20150716_192925_zpsv1dmpplo.jpg

Gew 88 Commission Rifle made in 1891 at Danzig:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/Flyin_Brian/GEW88/GEW88027_zps9afb532d.jpg

No4 Mk1 Canadian Enfield Made at Long Branch in 1942:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/Flyin_Brian/Long%20Branch/LongBranch013.jpg

A couple of RC Mausers:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/Flyin_Brian/Mausers/K98RC/3604ac8a-e416-4195-b8a4-927896de0ab0_zps6567a3c0.jpg

Winchester Model of 1917:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/Flyin_Brian/Model%20of%201917/Modelof1917001.jpg

Finnish M28 & M24 Lotta rifle:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/Flyin_Brian/MosinNagant/M24%20NSD/2011-11-19029.jpg

Finnish M27RV cavalry rifle:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q295/Flyin_Brian/MosinNagant/M27RV/Finn%20Luger%20016_zpsh0srcizo.jpg

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Very nice collection! Thanks for showing them to us.

[tdoyka]

30-40 krag bubbasized

barrel has been cut down to 21 5/8"
lower band is a s&s firearms
orignal stock has been put on, it was black from age, it took a weeks worth of fine steel wool and johnson's paste wax.
i took off the rear sight and i put on a redfield peep sight.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/IMG_20161122_143508_zpssin5w6au.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/IMG_20161122_143508_zpssin5w6au.jpg.html)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/IMG_20161122_143219_zpstkc1azis.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/IMG_20161122_143219_zpstkc1azis.jpg.html)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/IMG_20161122_143327_zpsrwileije.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/IMG_20161122_143327_zpsrwileije.jpg.html)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h273/tdoyka/IMG_20160120_160945_zpshwvza2gy.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/user/tdoyka/media/IMG_20160120_160945_zpshwvza2gy.jpg.html)

[smokeywolf]

Even though Bubba got hold of it, you have to love the Krag.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Your Krag has a nice look of competence, like "Bambi beware"! :-D

[tdoyka]

thanks guys!

i think it has become my favorite cast boolit launcher. my tc encore with a 23" MGM barrel in 444 marlin used to be, but the 30-40 krag with 165gr(173gr actully) ranch dog and 25.5gr of h4198 is the one.

its been my great-pap, my paps, my old man and my late uncle's, now it belongs to me. the bishop? stock had to be replaced, i swear it took 5lbs off the rifle!!![smilie=1: i was about to send a check to s&s firearms when my friend noticed the original stock in my late pap's house. some light steel wool(about a week, 8+ hours/day) and some johnson's paste wax sorta cleaned it up. the redfield peep sight(no-drill) could now be replaced, well it took a bit of kroil(3 - 4 days) to take out the original screws from the rear sight. a warning that must be imposed is the krag cut off/detente while handi-capable(its just plain hard to do with only one hand!!!). its much easier to use your youngest son to take it off.

last year i killed a doe with it(pre-bishop), but it is now my favoritist gun in the world!!!![smilie=l:

[shdwlkr]

Battle rifles to me are M1 carbine, M14, M16, AK47, Quad Ma Deuce, sorry no pictures as I don't have any of them now, long gone. DOD knows where I am even today 40 years after leaving the Army must have done something interesting or they just need a reason to see if they can find some of us.

[frankenfab]

Oh lord,



I think I am about to faint.....

[JeffinNZ]

1917 SMLE.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Roo%20trip%2010/IMG_0009.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Roo%20trip%2010/IMG_0009.jpg.html)

[Der Gebirgsjager]

That's a nice L.E. Appears to be straight No.1 Mk. III (before *)? What's the maker and date? Any close ups?

[marty.toms.3]

That's one big rat!


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[Powder Burn]

181871

Type 38 and 99 and a Series 1 type 99 100% original with bolt cover, monopod, airplane sights, ect..

[Ithaca Gunner]

1917 SMLE.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Roo%20trip%2010/IMG_0009.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Roo%20trip%2010/IMG_0009.jpg.html)

My SMLE is an Enfield with a 1916 date and it's a No.1 MkIII * I imagine some manufacturers were slower updating?

[Scharfschuetze]

That's one big rat!


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I believe that's a Wallabie, a smaller species of Kangaroo. Saw a bunch of 'em while hunting in Western New South Wales. Didn't shoot one though. I'll bet those "drumsticks" would be pretty tasty over a camp fire.

At the time (R&R from VN) the Diggers (Ausie soldiers) could shoot 'em with their issue SLRs and get a bounty from 'em.

[JeffinNZ]

That's a nice L.E. Appears to be straight No.1 Mk. III (before *)? What's the maker and date? Any close ups?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Shooting%20stuff/IMG_1728_zpsyukvkz0l.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Shooting%20stuff/IMG_1728_zpsyukvkz0l.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/JeffinNZ/Shooting%20stuff/IMG_1729_zpsrbybvjzs.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JeffinNZ/media/Shooting%20stuff/IMG_1729_zpsrbybvjzs.jpg.html)

FTRd in 1953. The barrel is like new. As the second photo shows it has the magazine cut off still. Horrible wood but I guess by 1917 the good walnut was gone and haste was the word of the day. It also has the windage adjustable rear sight.

Yes, that is a wallaby or should I say an ex wallaby.

[marty.toms.3]

Here is a BSA 1916 no 1 mk3* I restored from a sportered barreled action. I bet Wallaby ain't as tasty as whitetail! But must admit I have not tried Wallaby.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161203/de98b8658800b66af038286f68a3d792.jpg


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[skeet1]

Here are four of my favorite.
181904

Ken

[Der Gebirgsjager]

JeffinNZ and marty.toms.3 -- both very nice rifles. L.E.s are a great favorite of mine, having been my first high power rifle, a 1916 Enfield No.1 Mk III*. I have several, including 3 or 4 from India. Jeff, in looking at yours there appears to be "strike out" marks where the * would be located, but looks like maybe a "V"? Certainly interesting, and must have meaning. I have rebuilt a couple from barreled actions that were sporterized but the barrel's length unaltered, and I can testify that here an original replacement forestock for a No.1 is a pretty rare item.

[Scharfschuetze]

L.E.s are a great favorite of mine, having been my first high power rifle, a 1916 Enfield No.1 Mk III*.

My very first high power rifle too. Worked at the stock yard for the cash and then my Dad and I ordered it from an add in the back the American Rifleman in days before the Gun Control act of 1968.

That one No1 Mk III* has procreated into all of these 303, 308 and .22 LR versions. The .22 LRs are the No 2 and the No 7 and both are favorites of the Boy Scouts when I teach them marksmanship.

[marty.toms.3]

JeffinNZ and marty.toms.3 -- both very nice rifles. L.E.s are a great favorite of mine, having been my first high power rifle, a 1916 Enfield No.1 Mk III*. I have several, including 3 or 4 from India. Jeff, in looking at yours there appears to be "strike out" marks where the * would be located, but looks like maybe a "V"? Certainly interesting, and must have meaning. I have rebuilt a couple from barreled actions that were sporterized but the barrel's length unaltered, and I can testify that here an original replacement forestock for a No.1 is a pretty rare item.

If I had not picked up the barreled action on gunboards trader for $100 my restoration would not have made sense. The stock is an Ishy walnut dp that Springfield Sporters sells - along with the hardware- $150. Biggest challenge was installing a replacement clip charger bridge - again from Springfield Sporters still attached to the rear half of a 1933 Ishy receiver. Takes five hands, a torch, and the vocabulary of s sailor to install those new rivets!
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[Der Gebirgsjager]

marty.toms.3 -- Impressve! Although I gunsmithed a number of L.E.s over the years I never replaced a charger bridge. Nice job. I guess I just got lucky, as all of mine but one sporter have the bridge, and that one was too highly sporterized when I got it to go back the other way.

Scharf -- Looks like you may have me beat on quality, although not quantity. I used to have one of the No. 2 rifles, but sold it, and have never owned a sniper version or an Indian .308. I've got plenty of No.1s, No.4s, and a No.5, plus 5 sporters. Can a man really have enough Enfields?
My first one came from Golden State Arms in around 1957 and my dad let me earn it by putting in fence posts for $0.25 an hour! It was shipped via Railway Express Co. along with 10 "free" rounds of corrosive ammo. For only one additional dollar they included a full length Mosin-Nagant, charged about $3.50 for 20 rounds of ammo for that. All in all the bill came to right around $40, and I found out that there are a lot of quarters in $40. I still have both rifles, and got my first deer, a nice 4-point buck, with the Enfield. Of course they're all Enfields by design, right--but mine was/is a B.S.A. Co. 1916 like marty.toms.3's shown above, marked exactly the same.

[marty.toms.3]

I'm blessed to have a neighbor - now 80 - who spent 50 years turning military surplus rifles into nice sporters. He no longer Sporters intact vintage rifles. During that time he amassed a nice collection of his own and he now helps me reverse some of the damage he did over the years. He helped me install the charger bridge as well as restore over a dozen other rifles.

He picked this sportered Eddystone p14 up at a gun show for $100 for me. The real challenge was restoring 3" of muzzle Bubba whacked off. My buddy fashioned a false muzzle from a shot out m1917 barrel and threaded it onto the p14 barrel. In effect it now has a 3" counterbore. Amazingly it shoots great even though the bore is pretty worn with rounded lands.
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[Scharfschuetze]

It was shipped via Railway Express Co. along with 10 "free" rounds of corrosive ammo. For only one additional dollar they included a full length Mosin-Nagant, charged about $3.50 for 20 rounds of ammo for that.

When you're making $.25 an hour you really value what you buy! My first No 1 Mk III* cost me $19.99 in 1965 or so. If you added a penny to the order, they sent you the matching bayonet. Of course even then, a penny was pretty easy to come up with. I have no idea what happened to that bayonet. It was, like the rifle, in great shape and practically unissued.

Marty.toms.3,

Great restoration on that P14. I have a P14 made by Eddystone and it is a great shooter. Mine still had the volley sights on the left side of the stock. In reality, they are probably the best of the 303s, but WWI ended their ascent to a full issue with the Common Wealth armies.

[leebuilder]

Some sweet old girls, thanks for sharing. Love to see those old battle rifles. Love to restore them and love shoot even more. You can still find near pristine models, but they want alot for them. I wish i knew then what i know now i would of bought more when i had a chance. You would be suprized what peaple have stashed away, and forgotten about.
Be well
181977
an old pic of no4mk1* long branch target, 1950 date, 95L series
And a 1918 BSA no1mk3* target.

[6bg6ga]

Keep those old girls coming so we can keep this thread going. A big thank you to those willing to share pictures of your old girls or young girls. Rebuilding and bringing these fine examples of workmanship back again is like restoring a fine automobile. Keep them working so they can be passed down to our sons and daughters.

[dromia]

All original 1913 No1 MK111 Enfield in .303" British.

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[Der Gebirgsjager]

So much to see and admire in this thread!

Dromia has lavished much care and affection to that very nice looking rifle of his. I think he and I share similar personal tastes in how we like our rifles to look. Although I will not cut one down, toss handguards, etc., I am not at all above refinishing the stock, and his is a very nice example.
Beautiful rifle, dromia.

Marty.toms.3 -- your neighbor is indeed skilled to have added 3" to the barrel. The joint is not visible, so I assume that it falls under the front band which is another well thought out idea. Also, he showed skill in getting the front sight to thread to top dead center. As for what great rifles the P-14s are, you won't get any argument from me. A bit heavy perhaps, but so is my favorite M1. (In fact, at my age the Win. 94 feels about right!)

Leebuilder -- what can I say? All of your rifles look so good! I'll bet the target sights on those rifles are worth more than the rifles themselves.

[marty.toms.3]

So much to see and admire in this thread!

Dromia has lavished much care and affection to that very nice looking rifle of his. I think he and I share similar personal tastes in how we like our rifles to look. Although I will not cut one down, toss handguards, etc., I am not at all above refinishing the stock, and his is a very nice example.
Beautiful rifle, dromia.

Marty.toms.3 -- your neighbor is indeed skilled to have added 3" to the barrel. The joint is not visible, so I assume that it falls under the front band which is another well thought out idea. Also, he showed skill in getting the front sight to thread to top dead center. As for what great rifles the P-14s are, you won't get any argument from me. A bit heavy perhaps, but so is my favorite M1. (In fact, at my age the Win. 94 feels about right!)

Leebuilder -- what can I say? All of your rifles look so good! I'll bet the target sights on those rifles are worth more than the rifles themselves.

The joint was not under the front band and it indexed perfectly first try. He is a retired history professor and self taught gunsmith.


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[leebuilder]

Yes when I bought the rifles them sights were worth more than the rifles, now the rifles are worth much more.
l182406
Hard to believe the prices
Be well

[Scharfschuetze]

Or how about my favorite Mauser, the 1891.

[wonderwolf]

The worlds greatest design.

Something is wrong with your photo, You say worlds greatest design but I see a FAL and not a HK-91...I'm confused

[Powder Burn]

182483Russian Finn Captured SVT-40, M48 and one of my 91/30s.

[7br]

182532 Well, the deer isn't much to talk about, so let me tell you about my dad's 1891 Argentine Mauser. One of my first memories was sneaking into Mom and Dad's bedroom and fondling the "Deer and Coyote" rifle. It didn't take me long to figure out that when you rotated the lever on the back of the bolt, it unlocked the bolt. What really surprised me was that a cock on close mauser will rip the bolt handle from a six year old's hands when they rotate the bolt to 90 degrees. Staring at the four shiny brass cartridges in the magazine gave me the strength to close the bolt on an empty chamber and to return the rifle to it's rightful spot. Dad never found out until I ratted myself out 40 years later. When I was a kid, the deer herd in Kansas was small enough that tags were by draw only. Every year, Dad would scrape together $10 and send in his application. Every year, wildlife and parks sent his application and $10 back. By the time I finished college, the deer herd increased to the point where tags were over the counter. Dad got a tag and went hunting up on the meadow of the family farm. Right at the end of shooting time, a nice doe came out of the hedgerow and Dad lifted the rifle. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the sights and let her walk on by. The next year, we bought him a scoped Remington 788 in .308, but I don't recall him deer hunting again. Dad passed away a few years ago. When we scattered his ashes on the farm, Mom let each of us kids and the grandchildren choose one of his firearms. I chose the Mauser. With the help of the folks here, I came up with a good cast boolit load and a good jacketed hunting load. I loaned it to my niece for the last two seasons hoping she would get her first deer with it, but it didn't work out. She moved to Scott City this fall and the drive back to the farm was too much for her to hunt, so I decided I would use it. This weekend is the close of the Kansas rifle season and family commitments kept me from hunting until Saturday which would have been Mom and Dad's wedding anniversary. Evidently, dad thought he had better places to be than in a deer blind because I didn't see a blessed deer all day long. This morning as Mom was handing me my thermos of coffee, she asked if I would be back in time for church. I said I didn't think so. Mom furrowed up her brow and told me good luck. I didn't see anything this morning until I was pushing a draw on my nephew's place. About the time Mom would have been getting out of church, this buck got out of the draw and stopped about 50 yards away in the corn stubble. I guess Dad figured he could go hunting after church. Anyway, not much of a trophy, but then Dad always said you couldn't eat the antlers anyway.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Great story. I have two in unissued condition, and 3 sporters, plus one I purchased as an action and barreled up to 7x57mm. The original 7.65x53mm chambering is pretty close to a .308 Win., and a great hunting cartridge in its own right.

As for your deer--looks just fine to me. Bet it will taste good this winter. Thanks for sharing your story and photo.

DG

[NoAngel]

Coming this winter.
I hope to have it done around Christmas.


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Thought I might update the status of this particular battle rifle.

Finished today. Still have to find a spring for the front sight, it was missing. Then I have to get it to the range and get the gas system dialed in. I have high hopes. Didn't use the grenade launcher muzzle device. I stuck an old bird cage on for the time being...eventually it will get a can. I am digging the grenade launcher gas plug though. Means I can run it as a straight pull bolt action and not mangle/lose my GOOD brass.

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[Hamish]

Mark,

Lovely story and a lovely rifle, thanks for sharing with us.

NoA,

You still suck.

:drinks:

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Very nice results--from a pile of parts to a good looking rifle. I hope it shoots as good as it looks.

[6bg6ga]

Very very very nice! GOOD JOB!!!!!

[Oklahoma Rebel]

mo angel beautiful rifle, and same to roysha's a few pages back I love the heavy fal's

[skeet1]

Another old battle rifle I thought you might like to see.

[Scharfschuetze]

Nice Schneider! That's a lot of lead going down range when you touch one of those off. I've always thought they would be a hoot to shoot with black powder loads.

[destrux]

My first full power cartridge battle rifle I recently completed...

7.62x51 CETME
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It was a challenging build. Much more welding and critical alignment of components than any other rifle I've previously built.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Looks good. Was that from a demil kit or from parts acquired here and there, and where did you get your receiver?

[NoAngel]

Destrux, nice work. Bending that receiver flat and keeping it aligned is a S.O.B.! Makes folding an AK flat look like folding up a paper airplane. Those have to be pretty darn close or they will bind. Good work buddy.

[JimP.]

here's one...184809

[destrux]

Thanks. It was a demil parts kit from Apex. I also bought one of the original armorers kits with a ton of brand new spares, although I didn't need many. I did replace a few worn parts since I had them though. The receiver flat was one from RTG; he sells a CETME specific flat that has the correct magazine well appearance compared to the HK.

Yeah the flats are not easy and this one twisted on me during bending because the locator tab cracked off just before the bend was completed. I ended up using a home made mandrel to true it up. The most difficult part by far though was welding the barrel trunnion in straight and welding the sights on straight. The facbrication for the magazine well and the ATF required receiver modifications to block full auto conversion were also very time consuming.

[6bg6ga]

I wish there was someway to have a poll on the thread.

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Well--not too difficult to start one (if Wilco gives his permission), but you'd need a lot of multiple choices unless you were just interested in only the top 10.

[6bg6ga]

I have sent a PM to Wilco and we will see what follows. What would good choices be? M1A, FAL, M16, M14, AR-15, AR10, ?

[Fernando]

03A3 1898 SMLE Ariska

[Der Gebirgsjager]

I have sent a PM to Wilco and we will see what follows. What would good choices be? M1A, FAL, M16, M14, AR-15, AR10, ?

Don't forget the M1 rifle and the M1 carbine. M14 is the full auto (select fire) version--it would be unusual for anyone to own one. Same with the M16. Include H&K G3 and CETME. Maybe a catch-all of Bolt Action Rifle, or if you wanted to break that down to Springfield M1903, 1903-A3, Mauser, Lee Enfield. You could also have "Other--please explain in a post." I'm sure if you think about it awhile you'll come up with some others.

[6bg6ga]

189038

Picture for Wilco

I like this girl :D

[Geezer in NH]

Thought it might be interesting to see some of the fellow members military rifles. Hopefully I can enclose one of mine if the posting process works ok.


179762

Here is my Heavy Barrel Israeli FalSorry NO

[madsenshooter]

My DCM Garand. Rebuilt in the 60s then stored away at Anniston for me until 91. It came in a stock so worn, the receiver hung over at the rear. Why they put freshly rebuilt metal in such a worn stock is beyond me. Had to do something about that. Fajen was going out of business and had this laminated stock on sale.

[Stewbaby]

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[leebuilder]

Nice mauser porn Stewbaby.

[Fly]

Here is one of them, & NO it is not a AK!

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Fly

[Stewbaby]

I like!

[Stewbaby]

Nice mauser porn Stewbaby.

Thanks much. I'm a sucker for a Swede.

[Texas by God]

Here is one of them, & NO it is not a AK!

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Fly
I had one of those PSL's. Ran like a tractor and shot great for cheap ammo. It was too weird for me so I sold it for a good profit. I'm more of an AR, Garand, M1A/mini14, Hakim, M1Carbine guy. Best, Thomas.

[Josh Smith]

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What boolits are these?

Thank you,

Josh

[Josh Smith]

Hello,

Here's a short movie of my favorite. I'm more proud of its function than of its looks; just looks like an old 91/30.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_u_u4d8UYA

Please forgive the video quality.

I'll have to dig up pictures; haven't had time to transfer them all to this computer.

Regards,

Josh

[edwin41]

196975

although I like my Husqvarna m38 more then my enfield fal , I think this would be the best battlerifle ever..

[texasnative46]

1943 era SA Garand that was completely rebuilt in 1956 in Copenhagen.

Shoots better than I can hold it at 70YY.

yours, tex

[armoredman]

Good grief there is some beautiful steel and wood here! I'm sorry I can't reciprocate very well - my only battle rifle isn't a real one, but a semi-auto clone of a foreign rifle, my BREN 805. I had a Mauser k98 years ago, and a Springfield 1903A3 as well as several Mosins and even a MAS 36 that I could never find a single round of ammo for...but this is what I have now.

Shooting 55gr Lee cast boolits on the firing line on Tuesday

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Shown launching j-word projos before I really started with cast in this caliber.

https://youtu.be/s2q16GyBOuI

The closest I have to the big bore battle rifles here is a Spanish 1916 Mauser LAGS rechambered in 8x57JS, and made to shoot cast loads exclusively. It's a great deal of fun, but I consider her retired, not still a service rifle, so she takes it easy, coming out occasionally to show off on the line a bit.

[Texas by God]

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[Texas by God]

My 5.56 on the left; .300 BO on the right

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[TexasGrunt]

Which one?

I have a couple of ARs. An HK-91, Garand, .30-40 Krag, 1903-A3, a couple of SKSs, AK, M91/38, a couple of M95s, M44, and that's off the top of my head.

[Sur-shot]

This is the 308x39 with a Trijicon no battery red dot. Very handy, just flip the cover off an instant auto adjust to ambient light dot. I built the rifle from SOTA parts, .308 barrel with 1-10 twist, and it shoots pretty good with 150gr Remingtons.
Ed

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[HollowPoint]

Now it's more of a convenient bubbafied truck gun.

HollowPoint

[NoAngel]

Already posted a pic of the STG-58 I built from parts. Today I picked up ANOTHER STG-58 this one has a REAL Steyr receiver. WOOT!!!


202931

[armoredman]

Sweet! Every time I have the money for an FAL, I can't find one I like. When I'm broke, they're everywhere.

[NoAngel]

The worst part about WTSHTF is deciding what to take. LOL!!

It'll probably be the suppressed Wilson Combat AR9 though.


202944


Believe it or not, the 9mm Wilson is more accurate [inside 100 yards] than all the others combined, and that FN FNAR Competition ain't no slouch.
Handloads, 124g Hornady XTP and I can get .700 for ten rounds at 50. YES, 10 rounds. 3 and 5 round groups tell lies.

202945


I haven't chronographed the AA #7 loads yet but AA#5 shows real promise too. I am almost in the single digits for standard deviation and WELL under an inch for 10 rounds at 50 yards. 1375 FPS for a 124g JHP ain't nothing to sneeze at. I could go further but I am hesitant to push past listed max even though Wilson says this thing will eat +P all day long. I paid too much for this thing to play dumb games. Instead I am starting to work with slower powders to capitalize on the 16 inch barrel.


202949

Some may scoff at the humble 9mm but minute of angle at 50 yards is .525 and my best so far is .700 I'm almost minute of angle and I WILL be with more load development. Best groups at 100 yards has been 1.25 inches for 10 rounds.

202952

[Hogtamer]

That's pretty sporty!

[Stewbaby]

New to me mixmaster Swedish M41b sniper

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[skeet1]

Here is another of my favorite battle rifles. An 1898 Krag made in 1901.

Ken

[armoredman]

Civilize 'em with a Krag!

[smokeywolf]

Beautiful Krag, skeet1. I'm a bit green.

[Cheeto303]

My Battle Rifle.

[dtknowles]

I recently replace the SKS in post #4 of this thread with an AR in .223

Tim

[Catch22]

My Battle Rifle.

I'm jealous! That's a beauty!

[WinchesterM1]

I’ve got too many to choose from!! VEPRs in 308,7.62x39,7.62x54r Saigas in 7.62x39, Yugo and Romanian RPKs Polish under folders, Wasr 10-63s out to Wazoo... FALS and HK91s ARs and such but!! If I had to take one rifle it would be my Ruger ranch in 7.62x39 I have 3 of them and they all shoot sub MOA with Wolf

[Cheeto303]

Thanks, She's my pride and joy.