New member introductions thread ......

[acorbitt72]

Hello everyone!

[Captain Bob]

Hi Guys (and Gals)! Found this forum while searching for info on BAR mags. I enjoy all kinds of firearms and have a number of military ones (3 M-1s, 2 M1A's and a Yugo Mauser for rifles and several 1911's).
I'm a VietNam vet (1965) and have served in the U.S. Army Security Agency (ASA) , The Ohio Army National Guard, the Air Force Reserve and even the Civil Air Patrol (CAP).

[cesoir45]

Hi, Everyone glad to be a new member,hope you are ready for some questions. I will have plenty. I love to shoot ,hunt, collect, and have done some building. I like everything from muzzle loader, black powder cartridge rifles, to semi auto to full auto. AK's to AR'S,Glocks to 1911's,I have everything in my collection,but full auto.I just got to poor before i could buy anything full auto.I use to reload,but i havent reloaded in so long ,i would have to have someone to show me how again. I do love watching them every year at Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot.I got to shoot the Mac's and a Thompson, but i want to shoot ppsh 41 or a 43. I love to watch and shoot at Friendship, Indiana at the Indiana National Muzzle Loader Shoot. I have hunted and shot since i was 10 years old. I started collecting at 13. It is a shame,if a kid was to collect guns at that age now,they would probally report you to CPS. I started my boy out at 5 and 6. He did learn safety first though, i pushed and pushed safety early and often,something must have paid off because when he turned 18, he started being a range officer at Friendship.That is all about i can say, i do have a habit of rambling on when i talk about guns.One of my first question is how do to i post picture and video.I do plan on posting my AK collection,and some of my pistols.

[abuck50]

Hi everyone. I am a new member here. I have been collecting some surplus arms over the years. I have some M1 carbines, Garands, M44us Mosbergs, SC1903a3, Nagant 1895 revolver, Nagant 91/30 & M44, Makarov pistols, Tokarev T33 & a Colt 1903 32 acp. I like owning a part of history and shooting them.

[Range NCO]

Just saying Hi.
I collect rifles with a bayonette lug, any country, any caliber and never sporterized. The collection includes Springfields, Arisakas, Remingtons, Lee Enfield, various Mausers and a Mosin Nagant. The latetest acquisition is a Jugoslav 24/47 in pretty good shape. This is a nice forum and I hope to be a contributung member, 21+ years Army and National Guard in the Infantry, Transportation and Maintenance.

[janossors]

Joined today. Have been interested in firearms of one sort or another as far back as my memory goes about 68 years I guess. I'll be 73 on July the first 2012. Took a hiatus from powder burning at the age of 50 or so and spent about ten years loosing (releasing) arrows with a longbow. My last Bow was a 110 pound checkmate and perhaps the sweetest is a 91 lb Howard Hill big Five. It got pretty intense for awhile (about 18 months) I was loosing 400 arrows a day. I have osteoarthritis in my shoulders and therefore can no longer draw a bow.
At the moment my favourite firearm is a TT 33 in 7.62x25 built in 1943.

[hkcarr3]

Glad I found this site!

[curious ball]

thats me cause i ain't got a scooby doo what i am really doin on here cause all i wanted to know was if what i have got is a cannon ball or not so anywho thats me

[JamesTE]

Hello all,
I recently discovered this sight when looking into more information on some old rifles. I found the post well written and knowledgeable so i decided to become a member.

[dnttech]

As a new member and recent Bren MK 1M owner, I'm glad I've finally located a site which has the breadth of knowledge the members appear to have.

While I'm happy (giddy) with my recent purchase, I'm somewhat unsure of how to position the gas regulator. I shot several rounds of military ammo (.303) through it using the MK1 barrel without the regulator, truth be told, i had no idea what it was and found the brass had ballooned in the chamber making extraction difficult to damn near impossible.

The next time I shot the gun, I found she performed flawlessly with factory (Remington) ammo and a MKII barrel /regulator borrowed from a friend. Of course, I had repositioned the gas block without realizing there are four distinctly different size holes to regulate gas flow.

My questions are such....which position would "normally" be used for the regulator and would the firing of the gun without the gas block have been the reason for the ballooned cases?

Thanks for reading the intro and the problems I've encountered. While I may be new to this particular gun, she's going to be a valuable addition to my collection.

Bob