Anyone out there have any idea what this may be? Belongs to a friend, I've never seen anything like it. Armorer's training aid?
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Anyone out there have any idea what this may be? Belongs to a friend, I've never seen anything like it. Armorer's training aid?
Those are definitely fake proof marks. So yes, probably a Khyber special.
Picked this up yesterday. A Swiss Chamelot Delvigne M72/78 made by Pirlot Freres, who made approximately 600 of these. This one started as a Model 72, which was 10.4mm rimfire...the 72/78 conversion...
I have the parts, but I haven't taken this thing apart yet to see how this was done. I mean it clicks and everything, haha..
You can see the increments on it. It definitely was a rear sight leaf at...
I bought this St. Etienne manufactured Mle1892 M16 carbine this morning with the intent of putting it back to it's original configuration. It wasn't until I saw it first hand the 'weirdness'.
It's a...
Tis not!
Picked this up today at a local antique firearm and militaria show. 1916 Izhevsk M91 with cut down stock. For $80 I couldn't turn it down. Peened eagles, probably a Balkan job. I have to say, it's...
Just picked this up. Seemingly a typical Spanish Oviedo M1893...however we have a hinged mag floorplate with a mag floorplate release in the trigger guard similar to a Japanese Type 38.
Any...
Picked this up today at an antique market.
Belgian flintlock musket, no markings except for Belgian proofs on barrel, matching two digit numbers on all metal parts, and what looks like 'EL' on the...
Picked this up Friday at a local antique arms show. Normally I'd walk right by something like this (cut down/altered muskets are everywhere here) but it had some interesting features, so it came home...
No, this one did not come out of Ethiopia.
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This is definitely something applied. I took the buttplate off,...
Picked up this 1886 Brescia 70/87/15 over the weekend, and am just finishing up a good cleaning on it. Possibly one of the dirtiest rifles I've ever gotten hold of. However, it has cleaned up...
Are there stars at the base of the grip?
Yessir. However, I have a way to convert .45 ACP clips to accept .455, lol.
Now I've always done that for shaved Webleys, and it's worked great. A Spanish .455 might be interesting. And by...
Just picked this up. According to my research, this is a British contract Spanish .455 revolver (OP No2 Mk1)
Apparently this model was only produced by Trocaola. These, again apparently, generally...
Just picked up this Egyptian 'Hakim' air rifle trainer. Only about 2800 ever made, .22 caliber. Made by Anschutz in the 1950s. Great markings, I've seen contradicting info as to what the markings...
Well, having trouble with pics. Try later.
Just got this one in, a Republic of Mexico contract Rolling Block. 'RM' is stamped on both receiver and barrel. .43 Spanish. Hand made butt and buttplate. Very little info I can find on Mexican RRBs,...
Not at all!
Yep, the stock has quite a few patches in it.
The coin turned out to be from Yemen. The Arabic numbers at top, '1367' translate to 1948.
Picked this 1917 SMLE up yesterday at the local fun show. I believe it is one of the rifles that came out of Ethiopia recently. The rifle itself is your bog-standard example with mixed parts, 1942...
Couple of examples.
You can, of course, find a rifle that was once a sniper then converted back to an Infantry rifle. I run across them all the time, and converted a couple back to sniper config...receivers will already...
Yep, more than likely.
Just picked this up today. It's an M1816(?) Harper's Ferry musket made in 1823. As you can see, the barrel and stock have been altered/shortened. I'm wanting to make a 'winter project' out of it.
So...