New member introductions thread ......

My interests are confined to target shooting at traditional bull's eye targets. Doing this with military surplus rifles can be lots of fun. I have some experience with the Canadian FN C1 and C2 rifles, as well as the Lee-Enfield C No.7, and No.4 rifles. I do a fair amount of air pistol shooting, and hope to do more 50 meter ISSF shooting. I've always been intrigued with the range and accuracy of the old surplus rifles (Mosin-Nagant, Lee-Enfield, Enfield, Mauser, Springfield, etc.) once they've been accurized. I hope to gain some new insight from this web site.:thup:

Greetings This is a fantastic source of information for any and all milsurp projects

HI everybody, I’m new to the forum. My history in Australia has shooting since I was ten (I’m 68 now). I started with a little .22 Mauser my dad brought back from Burma after the war, and graduated to .32 and .44 Winchester Low Walls. I have developed over the years an interest in rebuilding, loading for and shooting black-powder, single-shot firearms, so I regularly shoot Sniders and Pattern 53 and 58 Enfields, a 12.17 Carl Gustaf roller gets its regular exercise as does a #1Mk1 1904 Enfield .303. I have a variety of Winchester 92s and Low Walls in .25,32 and .44, and a couple of Savage 23s which also get their turn. I hunt (pigs, goats and deer with a 94 Winchester in 44-40).

Hi, I am from Philly and joined the forum today. I wanted to introduce myself and let you know I know virtually nothing about this rifle. I purchased a 1903A3 Remington made rifle and I have been to the range with it twice. My prior experience has been with Mosin Nagants and I am astounded by the difference. This Springfield is far more accurate than them and is clearly a better made rifle. My biggest questions are about ammunition. I am strictly a range shooter and all my Mosins are in firing condition. The ammo for them is about 23c a round. I was wondering about 30.06 lacquer coated steel case ammo Wolf makes. Will it be ok? I never used Wolf ammo in my Mosins, just copperwash military surplus. i was kind of surprised how little 30.06 military surplus is out there and I assumed it was for M1s. Is it interchangeable? Any help is most appreciated. Thanks.

Greetings,

I am relatively new to Milsup collecting. I started with Lee Enfield's about about 3 years ago and now have restored 5. I am working on a couple of FN 49's now.

Hello,
My name is Dan and I am a Militaria collector and Gun collector. I collect any Military guns from any conflict and right now my focus is on WWII trainers. Specifically Mossberg US 44 and pre and post War Mossberg .22's.

Hello everyone, I'm Bob K L and I'm happy I found another Forum to communicate with other shooting devotees and military history buffs like myself.

Greetings all from the S.F. Bay Area:

I just joined the group to research a few rifles. I am a lifetime shooter that in the past few years has started to appreciate old military weapons. My favorite being my 1898 Krag. I recently aquired an IBM carbine, and an "almost free" Arisaka for which I will be soliciting information and opinions soon.

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Just wanted to say hello...I'm into Enfield SMLE's. I have 2.

Hello to the Milsurps community. I have been reading your posts for a few weeks now and I've decided I'd like to stay and become part of this group. I personally collect American, British and German small arms, uniforms and accessories from the Boer War through Viet Nam. I'm 52 and I've been collecting since I was 14. I'm looking forward to jumping in with you gentlemen and learning more from you as I go.
:cheers:
Danny