Author Topic: Lets stir things up here its too quiet, whats your last military gun purchase?? (Read 15614 times)

spooked · « **Reply #90 on:** July 02, 2012, 04:14:36 PM »

6.5 carcano in decent shape, some ammo,and clips..

gandog56 · « **Reply #91 on:** July 17, 2012, 01:17:53 PM »

Rifle: An H&R M1 Garand from the CMP

Pistol: A Walther P1 9mm

celt1314 · « **Reply #92 on:** July 17, 2012, 01:54:22 PM »

Update! 1943 Izhevsk mosin 91/30

http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid1148.photobucket.com/albums/o580/Celt1314/2012-07-09_20-23-07_322.mp4

slayer · « **Reply #93 on:** July 20, 2012, 12:04:11 PM »

1896 30/40 Krag

Curtis · « **Reply #94 on:** July 20, 2012, 02:20:10 PM »

Quote from: slayer on July 20, 2012, 12:04:11 PM

1896 30/40 Krag

Excellent!!! I have a beautiful sporter and an original complete with bayonet. Besides my Garands, I believe they are my favorites.

Curtis

Airsporter · « **Reply #95 on:** July 24, 2012, 09:22:03 AM »

Star model B pistol - early 1945 Bulgarian contract.

snapdragon · « **Reply #96 on:** August 05, 2012, 01:42:53 PM »

I have been doing some trading with a friend and came home with, among other things, a Remington 1903A3, a 1917, and an H&R Garand. He went home with my old Winchester Garand and an Irwin Pedersen Carbine.

gandog56 · « **Reply #97 on:** September 10, 2012, 12:49:55 PM »

Quote from: 1911crazy on July 17, 2011, 03:16:40 PM

So whats your last surplus military gun or C&R purchase??

Rifle???

Handgun??

My gosh I bought so many last month!
Swiss K31
Remington Mosin Nagant
New England Westinghouse Mosin Nagant
M38 Mosin Nagant
Winchester 95 in 7.62X54R
Type 99 Arisaka
M48 Yugo Mauser
Hungarian Steyr 8X56R
Romanian TT-33 Tokarev
Walther P-1

Curtis · « **Reply #98 on:** September 10, 2012, 01:41:48 PM »

gandog you are my hero! Nice going.

Curtis

muznut 54 · « **Reply #99 on:** September 10, 2012, 01:56:38 PM »

DPMS AR15 5.56mm.

gandog56 · « **Reply #100 on:** September 13, 2012, 10:17:09 AM »

Quote from: Curtis on September 10, 2012, 01:41:48 PM

gandog you are my hero! Nice going.

Curtis

And I finally got out to the range yesterday and fired them ALL! Surprisingly, the gun that gave me the tightest and most accurate groups was my most beat up looking one, the Type 99 Arisawka. It even beat out the Swiss K31, supposedly know for their tight groups. No wonder they took out so many US Marines!

Curtis · « **Reply #101 on:** September 13, 2012, 12:46:06 PM »

Gandog, I have an Arisaka that Dad brought back in the 50's. He was an Air Force mechanic in France from '50 until '54 and there was a lot of that stuff floating around for cheap back then. Outwardly it is in very good condition, but it was de-mil'd by the bolt being gutted before he could bring it back. Also, I think dirt dobbers plugged up the bore at some time. It has been a wall hanger or standing in a corner for the fourty-odd years that I have known it. My collector buddy said the Arisakas had chrome lined bores so maybe the dirt dobbers didn't do any damage. I bet a new bolt would make it fireable!

Curtis

gandog56 · « **Reply #102 on:** September 13, 2012, 02:37:24 PM »

I don't know, usually demilled means they also plugged the barrel or cut a slot in it.

Curtis · « **Reply #103 on:** September 13, 2012, 04:21:46 PM »

Quote from: gandog56 on September 13, 2012, 02:37:24 PM

I don't know, usually demilled means they also plugged the barrel or cut a slot in it.

You could be right, but I've known this rifle intimately since I was a kid and never noticed anything but the gutted bolt. One of these days I'll get time to check it out and see.

Curtis

us920669 · « **Reply #104 on:** September 14, 2012, 05:43:37 AM »

The Arisaka is totally under-rated. That's one fine rifle.

Ladobe · « **Reply #105 on:** September 14, 2012, 06:05:58 AM »

Can't call it my last "purchase", but the last one acquired a few years ago from my father.

Savage made Lee Enfield No. 4 MK 1* 303 made for Britain via the Land-Lease program during WWII , stamped US Property.

Bought by the family as a Christmas gift for my Dad to hunt mule deer and elk with in the Rockies. That was 1955, and I went with my uncles to buy it. This one chosen as the best of many in a water barrel full of them as war surplus for something like $15. Dad had family friend PO Ackley semi sporterize it for him to reduce weight. I also have the bayonet/scabbard for it, and the original sling, but the removed wood/metal Parker kept or discarded. Has the express 300/600 yard peep sights (*), kicks like a mule as a sporter.

I also had the Jap Ariska sniper rifle and bayonet he brought back from Iwo Jima, given to me when in 7th grade. My son has it now. And i now have all of his other stuff from WWII, pictures and souveneirs from the Marshall Islands, Iwo Jima, Nagakaski and everyplace else he was that I acquired when he passed away last January.

AtlLaw · « **Reply #106 on:** September 14, 2012, 08:45:57 AM »

Quote from: Ladobe on September 14, 2012, 06:05:58 AM

Savage made Lee Enfield No. 4 MK 1* 303 made for Britain via the Land-Lease program during WWII , stamped US Property.

My Daddy got me one of those from Sears in the late 50's! Same price and all. Still got it and have brought it back to full military.

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he passed away last January.

The greatest generation! RIP

spikehorn · « **Reply #107 on:** September 14, 2012, 10:24:57 AM »

Ladobe I have a 1945 Canadian long branch sporterized similar to yours. I put a non gunsmithing scope rail and 3x9x40 bushnell banner and it is an absolute tack driver.

Ladobe · « **Reply #108 on:** September 14, 2012, 12:52:28 PM »

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Still got it and have brought it back to full military.

I really can't bring this one back to full military dress. The refinished stock could be taken back, but Parker cut the barrel back and recrowned it.

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The greatest generation! RIP

I agree. The last generation that would ALL serve their country to the best of their ability. As you and I know there were many like minded during the Vietnam era, but way far from all either in the military or civilians.

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No idea exactly what year this one was made, don't remember looking for a site to run the serial number. Guess I should do that.

This one is a safe queen. I haven't shot it for so long I don't even remember when the last time was... probaly in the late 70's. Dad took a lot of mule deer, elk and bear with it before he stopped hunting BG. In fact the last year he hunted was in 1966 with me and his father. I left for boot in '67 and he never hunted big game again. It was 9 years before my wife and I came back to live there, and he wouldn't go BG hunting with me, only stream trout fishing, and we played golf together every week. I bought him his first set of golf clubs when I was 15, and golf replaced hunting.

tobster · « **Reply #109 on:** October 04, 2012, 01:48:21 PM »

Steyr M95 straight pull 8X56R. Even shot it a few times.

gandog56 · « **Reply #110 on:** October 13, 2012, 02:36:37 PM »

Well, the newest acquisitions were a Hungarian Steyr M95, a sporterized Yugo M48 Mauser, and a Swiss 96/11 with a converted barrel so it can safely fire modern 7.5 Swidss ammo.

damienph · « **Reply #111 on:** October 13, 2012, 06:23:31 PM »

My latest is an M69 Romanian 22LR training rifle. Surprisingly accurate.

jedman · « **Reply #112 on:** October 17, 2012, 02:05:54 AM »

I just bought a Steyr 95 carbine. I like the feel of this rifle and its in nice condition, took the barreled action out of the stock and it has way to much cosmoline on it I will have to clean it up before doing anything with it. My plan is to strip it down and see if I can get it to feed 410 shotshells. If I can get that to work I will get rid of all the barrel bands , swivels ect , sporterize the stock and remove about a pound of metel off of the bolt. I would like to get the weight down to about 6 lbs. and have a handi short 410 repeater, my grandkids would get a lot of use out of it in that platform.

Jed

gcrank1 · « **Reply #113 on:** December 13, 2012, 02:01:20 PM »

Ive been playing with a bunch of mil-surps lately, but the last purchase was a few years ago; an 1870 .577 Snider cavalry carbine that is in fine shootable condition. It hits my 50yd. heavy steel gong with quite some authority. Black powder and soft lead conicals or RBs; the real deal gents, 'before the rot set in........'

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1911crazy · « **Reply #114 on:** December 19, 2012, 10:32:08 AM »

You can still find some mausers at samco global arms and at aim surplus. At aim surplus there offering the star B in 9mm luger too.

tomtomz · « **Reply #115 on:** December 20, 2012, 01:04:23 PM »

This:

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,270933.0.html

oldhunter · « **Reply #116 on:** December 30, 2012, 03:46:14 PM »

Last military surplus rifle was a norinco sks several years ago. Paid $125 for it and it has been fun to own. No problems and cheap to shoot.

fccordinator · « **Reply #117 on:** January 08, 2013, 11:05:21 AM »

Schmidt Rubin 96/11.

rdmallory · « **Reply #118 on:** January 08, 2013, 12:08:24 PM »

Dutch Beaumont 1871

zero · « **Reply #119 on:** February 07, 2013, 01:25:53 PM »

An SA garand from 1942 with the original stock and finish

sadly it was factory rebarreled in the 50s. Unsadly, the bore is still pristine so it's a mighty fine shooter