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The Great Lakes Japanese Collectors Assn. will be sponsoring a military rifle shooting Match on September 10th in Geneva, OH. Numerous classes for US, Jap, Russian, etc., rifles plus sniper...

Some guns have not stayed with inflation. In 1960 I could buy an Enfield No4Mk1(T) sniper rifle complete in the crate for $39.95. With inflation, that equates to $294 2010 dollars. Well, I recently...

Whatever it is, I am guessing it is Japanese by the brass chrysanthemum on the side - symbol of the Emperor.

Tom

Bottom line is the piece might have made a nice addition to my collection (?) but the funny feeling I got possibly saved my butt. Glad I walked away.

Now, about that LEGAL DeLisle carbine I keep...

Photos of the ones mounted externally on an armoured vehicle can be found in the archives here. Only problem is the ones shown have no wood on them. This piece has full wood and could(?) be shoulder...

Wish I had a photo to supply. As I said, I was at a gun show. I checked through your articles before I posted but I could find nothing like it.

Again, take a #1 and saw it off to about 8-10 inch...

At a gun show today and came across an #1 with cup discharger. This one was quite different from mine in that the barrel is only about 8-10" long. I remember seeing something like that in...

I cannot believe this hasn't been mentioned before... How about an original DeLisle carbine? Now THAT is a rare one!

Tom

My name is Tom Brown. The "Sgt" comes from being a (now retired) police sergeant. I'm in NE Ohio, USA.

Back in the late 50's, I remember racks of Enfields in hardware stores selling for $9.95...