New member introductions thread ......

[colt5136]

Hello from here in Canada. Just want to say hello.

[Rainman8]

Hello everyone my name is Gary and I’m from Washington State. I’m a new member and into surplus collecting. This forum seems look a great place to learn more. ~Best Regards

[stevriot]

hello from Michigan,I have a garand addiction, just added a type 2 nm this week.I will be asking questions,and looking for info here,,

[dewey1424]

New guy here who has started on milsurp rifles as a retirement hobby. Looking to learn a lot here.

Thanks

[FunctionO]

Thanks for letting me join. Looking forward to learning new info.

[Rockdawg]

Hello all,
Just picked up a 1953 M37 today and looking forward to the restoration process and learning from you guys.

[MikeW]

Hello,

The name's MikeW and a new addition to this forum. I took up Service Rifle shooting about 10 months ago, own a couple of No. 1 Mk III* and a 303-25 on a Long Branch No 4. Began reloading last January. Living in SE Qld Australia.

Loving the sport and getting a lot of knowledge out of this forum. Thanks.

[campy513]

Just purchased a Savage No4 mk1 barreled receiver and need to figure out what number bolt head to use with it. I know Enfields have loose headspace but is there a way to figure out what bolt head I need to fire it safely without having to buy multiple bolt heads? Also, I know they headspace on the rim so are gauges really even necessary or could I Just use a cartridge case? Any help is a appreciated

[GjM]

Hello everyone,

Truly like this board, very informative with a great group of members sharing their knowledge, I'm glad to have found you as it's been fun so far and I would like to share what brought me here.

I've been collecting P.08's, Colt's and Smith revolvers for longer than I will admit, never been a long-gun guy, that is until recently after accidentally acquiring a K98 Mauser and an Arisaka as part of a P.08 purchase.
I write accidentally because I bought them sight unseen from a Friend helping a Friend who had inherited them.
When I went to pick the pieces up from the FFL I paid no attention to the rifles, the Luger on the other hand was a nice piece, it would be several days before I had a chance to look over the long-guns. The Arisaka was as I imagined it to be, politely said, not my thing but the K98 was intriguing, this was a nice rifle and a 1934 Mauser banner which someone had done the "Sporterising" thing likely in the 1950's per the Lyman sights.
After taking it apart and cleaning it I found it was all matching including bolt and cut-down stock which was a D.R.P. but I think the most surprising thing was when I learned through this site what originally I perceived to be a hot salt re-blue turns out to be the original Mauser high-polish commercial finish on a military piece. I can't get over that.

Initially I planned to keep it as is but after learning the history my plans are to restore the piece to original or even sell it to a collector and build another for myself.

Couldn't have gotten to this point without this board and the knowledge of its members. So thank you all, Admins and members, I'm truly grateful.

Gary

[Flyswatter]

New member here. I can't believe I hadn't stumbled across this forum before. I've been collecting mil-surps since before surplusrifle.com even existed.

Some of my goodies:

- Swiss K31
- Swiss 1911
- Swedish m/96
- Mosin-Nagant 1891/30
- Mosin M44 carbine
- Yugoslavian Mdl 1948 98k Short Rifle - Yugo M48A
- Spanish Mauser M93 7.62 NATO
- British No.1 Mk III Lee-Enfield Rifle
- British No. 4 Mk 2
- U.S. Mdl 1903A3 Remmington
- U.S. M1 Garand .30 Rifle H&R Arms Co.
- U.S. Model 1917