*** March 2009 Purchases ***

[Badger]

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Show us all what great deals you made this month !!! :dancingbanana:

Regards,
Badger

[stencollector]

Despite being on the wrong side of the world right now, and putting up with extremely crappy internet service and lost emails, I managed to buy these from the EE on gunnutz. The photo is from the seller, I won't get to see them in person until I return home sometime in May.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/stencollector/goinet.jpg

It is a nice pair of no36Ms, in their original finish and markings as near as I can see by this photo. They will look great in the Bren carrier.

[Lance]

Not factory original, but lucky to find one for my first February arrived in March purchase.

Below is a Colt Officer's Target .38 revolver with 4.5" barrel. Bad news is that it has been parkerized in its past. I cannot say if it was a military job but who ever did it did a great job. There is some light pit marks on the frame and cylinder which most likely caused the refinish.

The good news is that it is British proofed on the frame and "/380" marked. It does not have BNP marks on it so one could say it was never officially surplus.

Per the litterature 1,076 colt Officer's Target Revolver's were sent to England in 1940, only 30 had the 4.5" barrel. Thus making it a rare girl!

[hognfrog]

Purchased off of GB. Grips are off for the initial cleaning.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/mjfrog1/1908%20Colt%20Vest%20Pocket%2025acp/1908ColtRightSIde.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/mjfrog1/1908%20Colt%20Vest%20Pocket%2025acp/1908ColtLeftSide.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/mjfrog1/1908%20Colt%20Vest%20Pocket%2025acp/1908ColtGrips.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/mjfrog1/1908%20Colt%20Vest%20Pocket%2025acp/1908ColtTrigger.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/mjfrog1/1908%20Colt%20Vest%20Pocket%2025acp/1908ColtGripSafety.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/mjfrog1/1908%20Colt%20Vest%20Pocket%2025acp/1908Colt.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/mjfrog1/1908%20Colt%20Vest%20Pocket%2025acp/1908ColtBarrel.jpg

[No4Mk1(T)]

This is more like the last month and a half:

Mint MAS 36/51 that came with the sling, butt pad and a box of ammo:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d9/No4Mk1/DSC04737Medium.jpg

Remington M1903 (Modified) with a replacement scant stock:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d9/No4Mk1/DSC04740.jpg

A nice 1945 Long Branch No.4. Unfortunately bubba refinished the stock but for $325.00 I couldn’t walk away:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d9/No4Mk1/DSC04768Medium.jpg

And last but not least an all matching No4.Mk1(T) with it’s chest and scope tin:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d9/No4Mk1/DSC04763Medium.jpg

[johnes50]

I've just bought a 1891 Peruvian Carbine. Here's a few pictures.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891PeruvianCarbine087-1.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891PeruvianCarbine003-1.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891PeruvianCarbine140.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891PeruvianCarbine136.jpg

[johnes50]

I also bought an 1891 Argentine rifle. Here's a couple of pictures of it.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891ArgentineMauser021.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891ArgentineMauser031.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891ArgentineMauser038.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891ArgentineMauser035.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891ArgentineMauser038.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891ArgentineMauser030.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891ArgentineMauser027.jpg
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t14/johnes50/1891ArgentineMauser025.jpg

[Lance]

Found another girl for the stable. A 1954 Fazakerly FTR'd No.4 Mk 1/2 in excellent condition, which in itself is not rare, but what is as you can see from the serial number is that it once was a LongBranch No.4 Mk I.

With only around 15,000 out of the 910,000ish No.4's made by LongBranch, Mk I's are tough to find, this girl has had its life extended.

Prior to buying it I was concerned that it might be a new body given an old LB Mk I s/n as the original LB markings are missing and the s/n stamped into the butt socket are not standard LB font.

Happily when it arrived LB inspector proofs can be found on the receiver under the bolt handle (poor pic sorry) and with disassembly more marks are found on the receiver body. So it is an original LB Mk I body that Fazakerly removed the original markings for some reason. If you look closely under the electropencil s/n you can make out the bottom half of "1941" from the original markings!

[45B40-95B40]

F. S. N. 1003-726-6476-B0001
RIFLE U. S. C/30 M1 NM
SER. NO. 5796843

ALTHOUGH I DID NOT PURCHASE THIS RIFLE RECENTLY, IT IS IN THE EXACT SAME CONDITION TODAY AS IT WAS WHEN I PURCHASED IT!

I am the original – and the only – non-government owner of this rifle. I have opened, closed, and “dry” fired this rifle’s action less than ten (10) times, but I have never chambered any ammunition of any kind in this rifle, I have never inserted a clip in this rifle, and I have never fired this rifle. I have opened the cover of the buttplate of this rifle less than five (5) times, but I have never moved the rear sight of this rifle, I have never “field stripped” nor disassembled this rifle, I have never cleaned this rifle, and I have never altered this rifle in any way at all.

(01) I purchased this Springfield Armory National Match M1 Rifle in September of 1971 through the Director Of Civilian Marksmanship while I was serving in the United States Army as an active duty Military Policeman – M. O. S. 95B40. I served for thirty (30) months in the Federal Republic Of Germany (then known as West Germany) with the 100th Military Police Detachment.

(02) After my Basic Training at Fort Dix and prior to my becoming a Military Policeman, I was trained for eight (8) weeks at Aberdeen Proving Ground as a Small Arms Repairman – M. O. S. 45B40. I was the top graduate in my Advanced Individual Training class of thirty-two (32) United States Army soldiers and United States Marine Corps soldiers.

(03) Since I was stationed outside of the United States when I purchased this rifle, it was shipped to my brother – who (at that time) possessed a valid Type 01 (Dealer In Firearms) Federal Firearms License. He opened the rifle’s shipping box, removed the rifle from its “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) treated paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bag, and inspected the rifle. Next he wiped down all of the rifle’s exposed metal surfaces with a clean rag that had been saturated with “3-IN-ONE ®” oil to neutralize all corrosion causing contaminants, wiped off the excess oil, placed the rifle back into its storage bag, sealed the bag with plastic waterproof tape, and placed the bagged rifle back into its shipping box. Then he delivered the bagged and boxed rifle to my father, and my father stored the bagged and boxed rifle upright in my bedroom closet.

(04) When I finally returned to the United States and received my Honorably Discharge eighteen (18) months later, I opened up the rifle’s shipping box and just checked the bagged rifle to be sure that its storage bag was properly sealed. I DID NOT REMOVE THE RIFLE FROM ITS SEALED STORAGE BAG. The rifle remained untouched – stored boxed and bagged upright in my bedroom closet – until September of 1977.

(05) In September 1977, I again opened the rifle’s shipping box, finally removed the rifle from its “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) treated paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bag, removed the VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) treated paper tube from the rifle’s bore, and finally inspected the rifle. Then I wiped down the rifle’s bore and chamber and all of the rifle’s exposed metal surfaces with a clean cotton rag saturated with “3-IN-ONE ®” oil to neutralize all corrosion causing contaminants, wiped off the excess oil, placed the rifle into a new 1966 United States Military “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bag, tightly sealed the bag with a rubber band, totally covered the bag with a new 1944 United States Military “VISKING ® COVER, WATERPROOF, RIFLE – CARBINE” plastic bag, expelled all of the air that I could out of the bag, and then sealed the rifle’s plastic bag with another rubber band. I saved the rifle’s original “Marvellum ®” VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation storage bag along with the rifle’s original VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) treated paper tube and stored both of them in the rifle’s shipping box. The rifle again remained untouched – stored boxed and bagged upright in my bedroom closet – until September of 1987.

(06) In September 1987, I again opened the rifle’s shipping box, removed the rifle from its “VISKING ® COVER, WATERPROOF, RIFLE – CARBINE” plastic bag, removed the rifle from its “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bag, and once again inspected the rifle. Then I once again wiped down the rifle’s bore and chamber and all of the rifle’s exposed metal surfaces with a clean cotton rag saturated with “3-IN-ONE ®” oil to neutralize all corrosion causing contaminants, wiped off the excess oil, placed the rifle into another new 1966 “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bag, tightly sealed the bag with a rubber band, totally covered the bag with another new 1944 “VISKING ® COVER, WATERPROOF, RIFLE – CARBINE” plastic bag, expelled all of the air that I could out of the bag, and then sealed the rifle’s plastic bag with another rubber band. I then took the bagged and boxed rifle to my own home, where it again remained untouched – stored boxed and bagged upright in my own bedroom closet – until September of 1997.

(07) In September 1997, I again opened the rifle’s shipping box, removed the rifle from its “VISKING ® COVER, WATERPROOF, RIFLE – CARBINE” plastic bag, removed the rifle from its “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bag, and once again inspected the rifle. Then I once again wiped down the rifle’s bore and chamber and all of the rifle’s exposed metal surfaces with a clean rag saturated with “3-IN-ONE ®” oil to neutralize all corrosion causing contaminants, wiped off the excess oil, placed the rifle into another new 1966 “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bag, tightly sealed the bag with a rubber band, totally covered the bag with another new 1944 “VISKING ® COVER, WATERPROOF, RIFLE – CARBINE” plastic bag, expelled all of the air that I could out of the bag, and then sealed the rifle’s plastic bag with another rubber band. The rifle again remained untouched – stored boxed and bagged upright in my own bedroom closet – until September of 2007.

(08) In September 2007, I again opened the rifle’s shipping box, removed the rifle from its “VISKING ® COVER, WATERPROOF, RIFLE – CARBINE” plastic bag, removed the rifle from its “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bag, and once again inspected the rifle. Then I once again wiped down the rifle’s bore and chamber and all of the rifle’s exposed metal surfaces with a clean rag saturated with “3-IN-ONE ®” oil to neutralize all corrosion causing contaminants, wiped off the excess oil, placed the rifle into another new 1966 “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bag, tightly sealed the bag with a rubber band, totally covered the bag with another new 1944 “VISKING ® COVER, WATERPROOF, RIFLE – CARBINE” plastic bag, expelled all of the air that I could out of the bag, and then sealed the rifle’s plastic bag with another large rubber band. The rifle again remained untouched – stored boxed and bagged upright in my own bedroom closet – until President’s Day weekend of 2008, when I took some photographs of the rifle’s shipping box, the rifle’s storage bags, the rifle’s accessories, and the rifle.

(09) All of the photographs of the rifle were taken indoors with a $99.00 FUJI FinePix A500 digital camera. All of the photographs were taken using only the camera’s built-in flash along with whatever incandescent lighting was available, and various sizes of cardboard boxes were used as makeshift tripods. All of the photographs were straightened and cropped to standard sizes, but no photographs were “retouched” nor altered in any way at all. The “white specks” that are visible in all of the photographs of the rifle are just traces of the VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) chemicals that have come off of the “Marvellum ® VPI (Vapor Phase Inhibitor) treated paper lined Protective Coatings Corporation” storage bags that the rifle has always been stored in. The “brown spots” visible on some of the rifle’s metal surfaces in some of the photographs are just dried areas of the original Springfield Armory preservative that still remains on the rifle.

(10) I have included ten (10) rather small photographs of the rifle in this post. To see one hundred (100) very large photographs of the rifle, its box, its packaging, its sling, its combination tool, its provenance, etc., do the following:
[1] Go to "http://www.webshots.com/ (which is the “web shots” home page), left click on “log in” (which is in the upper right hand corner), and log in as:
Member Name = SANMM1RIFLE
Password = SANMM1RIFLE
(all UPPERCASE LETTERS except for the number 1)
[2] Go to the drop down menu “my shots” (which is in the upper left hand corner below “webshots”) and left click on “people” (which is the 4th item on that drop down menu).
[3] Left click on the red “45B40_95B40” link (which is to the right of the photograph of the Military Policeman [me] who’s standing on top of the M151A1 “Jeep”); then left click on the red “SA NM M1 RIFLE S . N . 5796843” link (which is above the photograph of the Military Policeman [me] who’s standing on top of the M151A1 “Jeep”) to go to the album with the one hundred (100) photographs.
[4] Left click on any thumbnail photograph to see a larger photograph, left click on the larger photograph to see the “full screen” photograph, and left click on the full screen photograph to see the full size photograph (the full size photographs range in size from 99KB to more than 1,350KB).

Ralph Van Buren
136 Durland Place
Watkins Glen, New York
14891
Phone: (607) 535-4042

Email: aareml2@aol.com

[anor]

Goooooood