*** November 2011 Purchases ***

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

Regards,
Doug

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I had been looking for these for years. As a matter of fact , i had been looking for at least the No 2 ever since i joined the military 24 years ago .

I had a lot of practical experience with the No 2 Inglis High Power . Then i started reading on the suject. Wow what an amazing story.

Notice the MAB (Military Assistance Board ) sticker on the No 2. Originaly Canada was written in english ( Commonwealth ) Russian and Chinese. Only the Russian ( Kanada ) is left on mine. If only the pistol could talk .... We would hear some interesting war stories. Or maybe not because of lot of them have been sitting in grease in an Arsenal in Montréal Longue-Pointe ever since delivery from the factory. Major B:thup:ob

Got this today to go with my new Norinco M14:

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I have recently acquired this nice piece of history. I have no pretense of saying that it served in the Pacific or anything. Buy the rifle not the story they say. The seller considered it a piece of metal fit for the scapyard but tried to inflate the price by telling a story to the effect that it had belonged to an uncle who had been to... you know the rest. We met in a truck stop. Nice fellow. Really did not know what he had in his hands. A marvel of mechanical art. Melvin Johnson was a visionnary but had no practical sense. I can just imagine myself agaion as a recruit trying to take-down this rifle and clean it ! It took all my senses and patience to learn the FN FAL ( C-1 ) . Anyhow, here it is in it's final resting place : My collection .

Enjoy.:)

Major Bob

N.B Am i allowed to show a published book ? I did it anyway to help others. No ill intent.

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As found Johnson Rifle and while i was in the process of dissassembly and cleaning:surrender:.

Hard work !

Major >Bob

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End result once complete dissassembly completed.:clap:

I used the excellent reference book by Canfield. Nice fellow.

Putting it back together was another story for another day.:crying:

Major Bob

Earlier this month, I won an auction on Gunbroker for this Finnish captured M91/30. The barrel and receiver were originally from an 1936 Tula round receiver M91/30. The Finnish replaced the original stock with their two piece potbelly stock. The standard Finnish sling swivels are present.

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The M1A1 stock is a repro, I will replace it as soon as I can find a decent war time regular stock.

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Mismatched arsenal rebuilt Springfield Armory. The receiver is serial # 369728, made in october 1941 by Springfield.

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