De Lisle silenced .45ACP carbine..........
on the range this morning - Don't bother turning the sound up, there isn't much to hear. tac
View ArticleEnfields and a long ago true story
Gents, I'm being allowed to post this with the understanding that I not participate in the discussion. I was very young and actually don't remember any part of it other than being in the hospital...
View ArticleRosalie, 22nd battalion French Canadian
Henri Lecorre a French immigrant joined the 22nd Bn on April 14th 1915 with the service number 61835. When he received his service weapon he christened it Rosalie. Rosalie was a popular song that was...
View ArticleIndian Enfield 2A1
Picked this 1966 Enfield 2A1 at a local pawnshop. Its chambered in 7.62x51, all matching, the bolt was ep'd Really has nice wood and the "black paint" finish isn't flaking off. Really a nice rifle for...
View ArticleSWEDISH MODEL 96 CARL GUSTAFS MAUSER, 6.5X55 SWISS, 1917 DATE
Little help please. I am relatively new to collecting C&R's. I am in the process of purchasing a Swedish Model 1896 Mauser dated 1917. The gun is listed as all matching numbers and in excellent...
View ArticleNo.2 for Koninklijke Marechaussee carbine with a folding bayonet
From the museum at the Citadel in Quebec city.Seems only 1800 were so...
View ArticleRare one, assumed to be private entry for possible military contract.
From the Citadel Museum in Quebec
View ArticleMy 1939 Ishapore SMLE No.1 MK 3*, wire wrapped.
This is my SMLE. these pictures aren't that great and I apologize, I should take better in daylight to do it some justice, but this gets the idea out there. It began a case of enfield fever that ended...
View ArticleAn example of a Charger Loading Long Lee Enfield.
As the band will show, thanks to an unofficial looking crown as well as pathetic excuses for stamping, this is most likely a Kyber Pass gun as I doubt even Ishapore would have been allowed to produce...
View ArticleDoes my P38 have a Swiss Proof on the sight blade?
I was looking on my old safe queen P38 today and noticed a cross very similar to those found on my K31 bolts and elsewhere on the rifle. The importer, PW, states "Waffenfabrik, Germany" as the...
View Article6.5x55 Swiss: CARL GUSTAFS STAFS GENARFAKTORI 1916
Hello All, New to this forum but cast and load for a host of century-old Leverguns and several single-shots. I have been wanting to get a vintage military bolt to compete in some local range...
View Articlerussian 1838 rifle is it to good to be true,, any help would be great,,
http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/jonnibravo1/library/russian%20gun Im sorry couldnt upload the images of this musket , but if anybody has the chance to have a look at it for me and give me a clue to...
View ArticleNorth China Arisaka, Type 30
I've posted this in some other places, so I figured I'd post it here as well. You never know where someone might be that knows a little something about these things. I recently came across what I...
View ArticleSoon mine
Once I have my authorization from the authority, she belongs to me! Is not she a beauty?GrußThomas
View ArticleM78 WaffenFabrik bern
Would like to know the value of M78 WaffenFabrik bern serial 185231 and year it was produced. its in good condition thanks
View ArticleM24/47 Barrel band shooting loose
I was shooting my M24/47, today, and after 2 rounds the front barrel band slides forward and out of its retaining spring. I have to (gently) tap the band back on with a hammer and then nudge the...
View ArticleA Strange Smelly followed me home (pic heavy!)
Un bit of surplus rifles porn: it's a n.1 Mk3* rifle made in Ishapore in 1952 and proofed in Brmingham in 1979. In the middle, God knows what happened, given that it bears the acceptance marks of the...
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