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This rifle came out of a private collection in Iowa about 25 years ago. I didn't know the details of this rifle until I got it. What makes it unusual?
Its a rebuild with all the parts being...
The wood isn't 115 yrs old. Its a replacement stock that could've been installed up into the 1980s.
Very seldom seen disc type. Best guess for this one is Swedish minesweeper M14. That was the ship designation. For M14 it would be the older ship instead of the newer one. M for for
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Yeah, it's my sight and my photo. As in "property of....". I should start sending an invoice when I find my photos being used without permission :lol:
Dutch
There are several German WW2 sniper mounts. There is a short side rail and long side rail. This one pictured looks like the long side rail mount. Do a search on ebay as there is a reproduction made...
Nope, don't know where you'd get one.. .
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A Carl Gustaf m/38 with a bent bolt is correct. It was not unusual to have bolts replaced and there is no distinction between the straight and bent bolt body for the m/38 conversions so they may be...
The early Lugers used a leaf spring for the mainspring while later models used a coil spring.
A recommendation: Do not take apart a Luger if you don't know Lugers. You'll be sorry.
Dutchman
The .380 acp conversion was a US importer job. It was not done, never done in Sweden.
A little hint about such things. The Swedish, and most all of Europe, use metric calibers and not decimals....
I'm afraid what you cite here doesn't un-confuse the issue. I have Ball's 2nd and 4th edition. The 4th edition is 3x the size of the 2nd and 3rd and some of that increase is in tables showing the...
Far as I know and have read, all Mausers are low carbon steel case hardened. To be hardened "through and through" would require at least a medium carbon steel instead of a low carbon steel. As a...
Nanner nanner I have one :lol:
It was neither manufactured for, nor crested for Ecuador.
This one came in with the thousands of Commission rifles from Ecuador. It has a brand new Czech .318"...
Sorry, not so. The Boer and OVS rifles are all 1893 model Mausers, even the ones marked as "1895", "1896" and "1897". The 1893 and 1895 Chilean are not the same action, not even close, and certainly...
I'm sure I've seen a photo of a Ag42 but I don't have one. To my way of thinking the B mods were an improvement so pre-B really doesn't interest me.
I'll be doing a section on my website on the...
Normally you wouldn't see a AG42 magazine as they were modified with an additional lock on the mag body which made them AG42b. The 'b' modifications included a few things aside from the magazine. In...
Don't waste your time converting .303 Brit to .30-40 Krag. The .30-40 has been manufactured in the U.S. for over 100 years. If you'd spend a little time on google and check some websites you'll find...
Lyman 49th edition is the best.
First (or second) lesson for shooters/handloaders is to use the correct nomenclature for a cartridge.
You say "7.5 Swiss". Did you know that could mean one of...
I'm having trouble with the net tonight. I can't get your pictures to pop up. I'll check back within a couple days.
Dutch
One of those things I looked right past on my own rifles. My P14 has it but I can't get to my M1917.
This one doesn't appear to have the brass pin.
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This one had the faintest remnant of the FN Model 1924 crest.
They had fairly lax standards post-war. Yours looks pretty typical. Mine had a pretty contrasting elm handguard. <gag>
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If I had to guess I'd say that stock is Turkish walnut and not Czech walnut. And that's why it was sanded. The Turk replacement stocks for the 98/22 were quite roughly finished. I know because I have...
There was a little thing called World War 1 that put an end to Germany's contract rifle production. The Argentine was ended by 1914. All of them were made in a 4 year span unlike the 1891 Argentine...
First off you need to check the stock serial number as a mis-match buttplate usually indicates a mis-match stock. 99 out of a 100.. because the buttplates were individually fitted to stocks. They...
The brass pin through the stock is a repair pin. Probably a crack inside the inletting. It's most likely a US military repair.
The rifle looks ok. Better than mine:-) And mine was a Danish...