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Hello to everyone. I spend most of my time online at castboolits.com which is where I found this forum. Thanks for the download of the Lee Enfield book. Currently, I am shooting two No. 4 Mk1s. Love surplus and unfortunately anything else a round comes out of from black powder to smokeless. Look forward to reading and posting on this forum.
Hi everybody; My first centerfire shooting experiences were with some guns my dad had brought back from WWII, a P07, and a 1944 byf k98. I have a fondness for the Lee Enfield rifles, and have a few of them. I reload and cast for the .303 British, 8mm Mauser, .308 Winchester, 30-30 Winchester, and .45ACP. I'm glad I found this forum, and will enjoy learning from this group.
Let me take a moment to introduce myself. I'm 52, a retired U.S. Army armorer, living in Maryland; a father and grandfather. I currently work as an instructor at the Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School. I started out on milsurps as a kid because that's all I could afford - they were cheap, then! Now, they're about all I want to shoot and tinker with.
I spent several years in the Middle East as a defense contractor - all but one year of it was pre-9/11. That year was 2005-2006 in Qatar.
My current interests are Lee Enfields and Mausers. I am an accumulator rather than a collector. I restore, repair, reload, and shoot them.
I hunt, but prefer to hunt with flintlocks. For big game I just don't find shooting them from ambush with a scoped high velocity rifle very sporting any more.
And that's me. I'm sure I'll learn a lot from you guys, because I sure don't know it all! :wave:
Hey guys new guy to the site. I came over from the CGN site. Lots of great stuff here. Looks like I will be busy reading...
cheers Darryl
Hi Y'all (No I am not a redneck),
I am relatively new, but was busted on by management for not posting anything, so here goes!!
I have been collecting for about 1 year now, and here is what I have gotten so far:
4 - Mosin Nagant M44's - Various configs (2 laminated).
2 - Mosin Nagant 91/30/s - 1932(Hex and Laminated), 1925(Hex and solid)
2 - Russian SVT-40's - 7.62x54r semi-auto, One 1942 all matching, One 1943 all matching, pristine like new bore.
1 - Turkish Mauser - Circa 1896 - Very nice shape.
1 - M48A 1948 Yugo Mauser, Military new, Mitchell's Premium Grade w/all accessories.
1 - Egyptian Hakim - 8mm Semi auto - Pristine, perfect bore
1 - Yugo SKS, Unissued, Like brand new.
1 - Czech CZ-52 pistol.
OOPS, that is 13 guns. I better get another quickly. Wait, when I shot a round from the CZ-52 through the top of my coffee table into a stack of TV Guides took care of that bad luck thing.:yikes:
I guess not too bad for 1 year. Got some other guns on my list still to get. I have a C&R FFL as well to make buying easier. Cool?? Thanks for making me talk.
Tom
New member here. Love the site so far. I have only been collecting for a few years, but I have a life long passion for history.
TKacook
Hello chaps,
Am learning my way around the sight. Am a Hi-Standard collector and now branching into Brit. guns.
I live in the Blaye wine region in SW France having moved here from Yorkshire in 2002. My 2 Milsurp weapons at the moment are an original Baker Rifle circa 1812 and a K98k Mauser in 8X60s. Will drop in and see how things are on a regular basis.
New member with a few words to introduce myself. I came here by following a thread on the Cast Boolits site, looking for information on G98/40 that is on the way to me. Um, it's been restocked and no longer looks very military, and I wonder if such things are acceptable here? Conversions of military rifles to sporters as it was commonly done in the twenty year following WWII is endlessly fascinating to me. When I obtain a type not owned before, I spend a lot of time trying to learn about the rifle in it's original dress and use. But, I do own several rifles, Springfields, Mausers, Mannlichers, in their original military dress. Thanks for the great site.
I am a new member and an experienced collector of milsurplus arms. I have many. I am most proud of my G43, G41 and Brazilian M954 rifles.
Currently I am in search of the AN/PVS 1 scope for the L42a1 Enfield.