New member introductions thread ......

[One Holer]

Hello,

New member a few weeks back, thought I would introduce myself. Retired military and have been an avid gun nut all my life who recently started collecting US milsurp rifles. I have a Remington 1903A3, a Sprinfield M1 Garand and an Eddystone M1917. All have good barrels and are excellent shooters. Looking forward to uploading a few photos and interacting with the rest of you folks.

[beau003]

I am interested in all items of militaria. Have found this site most informative many thanks

[DeVille]

Hi there!

Just a quick intro…

I'm a newb as far as owning firearms, although I've been an enthusiast for a while. I had a Guns & Ammo subscription when I was 10… let's just say I wasn't really into comics.

I recently got around to getting my PAL and just bought my first rifle, an Enfield No4 Mk1*, so here I am going down the rabbit hole of Enfield information. Milsurps.com seems to be the best place for that!

Thanks to all the contributors. From what I've seen so far this is a great forum and community!

Cheers,
-Dylan

[mbrosch]

Hello from sunny Arizona.

[Bob63]

Hi,
I'm a french shooter interested in French (of course) rifles and Lee Enfield Rifles
I'm impatient of reading the very interested posts of the forum about those rifles

Bob

[RT Ohio]

Hi all. I am a collector of Vietnam War items and Aircrew Survival vests, equipment, and kits. Thanks for having me!

[dherb]

hello, my name is donald herbert, i am a cl. 2 dealer in n.e. pa for about 16 yr's and i am happy to become a member of milsurp. this site has loads of great and interesting and knowledgeable info fo anyone interested in firearms and related things & stuff.

[freddie1941]

Hello, I am a new member here. I have a number of Lee Enfields on hand. Most notably an L39A1 and a No4 Mk1 (T)(Thai?).

The L39A1 is from 1972 SN UE.72.A1088. It has a bubble level on the front sight. It is marked 'RARDE' in grey italic paint of the left side of the buttstock. The buttstock and forend are beech with the standard L-E grip (and not the C grip). The rear sight is the AJP TZ 4/47. it has the standard No4 303 magazine.

The No4 Mk1 (T) appears to be one of the guns reworked by Parker Hale for the Thai Army after WWII. It bears commercial proofs and the British property marks have been removed from the right side of the socket and the left side of the receiver. The forestock has been shortened to Thai jungle configuration with a Parker Hale swivel added on the forend. It is marked TR and the buttstock has the H&H stamp. The rear sight is the milled /2 version without the bolt removal field mod. The right side of the receiver ring is marked 'ENGLAND'. It has what appears to be a small Thai "sunflower" property mark (like those on US Military Assistance Thai 1903s but smaller) behind the extractor screw.

I also have a BSA Deluxe .303 sporter that I believe was brought in by Interarms pre-GCA as it not import marked. It has the EAW profile No4 Mk1 receiver. It has the TO1 scope mount as installed by Parker Hale with an L shaped piece of steel in place of the receiver bridge and connected to the receiver by a longer extractor screw. This rifle has the deluxe stock with fancy wood angled foreend tip and grip cap with white line spacers and the red Parker Hale marked recoil pad.

Any help or new information would be appreciated. I understand that there are true experts here and some of the information that I have gathered elsewhere may be innaccurate.

[Gpcooke]

Hi All,
I'm a long time C&R collector with a particular interest, at the moment, in early British Lee-Metfords. I found an interesting one and had some questions, so thought I'd join the forum. I look forward to talking with you guys.
Greg

[P3t3]

Hello everyone, new here hope to learn much more about military
weapons..