New member introductions thread ......

Glad to have joined the forum, i've been bitten by the Surplus bug, not really a collector but more a shooter, got lots of questions and will post many pics. Thanks

Hello all.

I am a new member. I just registered a few minutes ago. I have several surplus rifles, including two Lee-Enfields. I hope to learn some things here.

Hello to All,
I am a collector of Military arms and equipment as well as almost anything old. My collection consist of WWI/WWII rifles from many countries, US, England, Russia, China, Italy, France, Germany, and others. I also have several pistols and revolvers from several countries.
virrob

Greetings from Western Colorado. First post here. Just picked up a 1903 MKI Springfield a couple of weeks ago and last week a Rock Island O3A3 "C" prefix rifle kind of fell in my lap so to speak. Have a 1917 Enfield and couple of sporterized guns, but kind of like them in origional shape.
Always like to learn more about what I have and figure any extra knowledge is not wasted.:thup:

greetings from a new member and 40+ year milsurp collector and shootei.......sc03a3

Hello members,

I am a new member. I have always been interested in weapons and just recently purchased an enfield #4mk2 and restored it. Its alot of fun and a good shooter. I hope to collect other enfield models in the future.

mozart1

Within the past year or so, through purchases and gifts from family and friends, I now have a couple of Japanese Arisaka Type 99 rifles (long and short variants), a M1 Garand and most recently a M1 Carbine. I have been "lurking" on your forum for a while and have learned a lot of details about my rifles. I will have to say that I have had a lot of enjoyment while learning as well. So I decided to take the plunge and join you all on the forum. I look forward to continued reading of your posts and now I can ask questions directly to the experts.

Hi Troopers, greetings from Wisconsin and thanks for letting me climb aboard. I'll soon be taking delivery of my carbine from Miltech in Los Gatos, CA. I carried an M1 Garand for 4 years as a "grunt"-always envious of the Carbine touting officiers. Now I'll soon have my own. I then want to buy one in fairly rugged condition to rebuild over a period of time now that I'm semi-retired and have time to shoot my Miltech,study it and learn as much as I can and then buy another one at a show and rebuild it. My other hobby for many years as been Corvettes.
Ciao for now-GO PACK,
Viejo Jarhead

My 35th series Toyo Kogyo arsenal has a serial # of 305xx meaning it was just past the halfway point of the 57000 35th series that were ordered at the Toyo Kogyo arsenal. My question would be, is this indeed a Toyo Kogyo Arsenal rifle? I do believe it is a 35 Series rifle. It's the mark beside the Toyo mark that has me confused. Perhaps someone can help confirm the Arsenal Mark on this series 35 last ditch Arisaka. I have read that the 35 th series was manufactured from March 1945 to August 1945 when the factory was bombed.
My Father served in the ARMY in the Phillippines during WW2. He brought back my first Arisaka along with a Japanese sword. I still own both of these and have added a few other Arisakas and bayonets. I have found it can be extremely addicting. Thanks for all the expert information on this Forum.
Rick

Overused the forum as an unregistered guest, so I signed up. Such a wealth of good info here couldn't help myself. :thup: