New member introductions thread ......

[jeremy parker]

G'day. I have been following this for some time but only just joined.

My question - I recently was passed a well abused smle sporter that has had its sights removed leaving three milled holes where the rear sight spring screw and retaining pins would have seated. Is this still safe to fire without the support of the rear sight band?

Cheers.

[Boremax]

I am a new member. My interest is mainly Pack Cannon dating from the
the 1880 through WW2. I also have an interest in man portable anti tank
weapons from WW1-WW2. Also have an interest in automatic weapons.

Boremax

[Vtcivilwar]

I have been collecting for 40 years, putting stuff away for a rainy day. That day has come..... I have many neat military items, a few years ago I sold Julius Streicher's PPK party leader pistol at RIA....

I have a few very collectible items I need a little more info on, so here I am.

Thanks

[chauky50]

chauky50
Long time lurker

Hello everyone, my interests are WW1 optical equipment.
Thanks

[Mike Carbine]

Hello all
New here I hope I have right place. I am doing some mods to my M1 and am going with a M4 type Bird cage Flash Suppressor. I know "why would you do that to a vintage gun". Well this one is already non standard pieced together and the stock was to far gone to save. So I am going for a M4 look and I have a Question for you what threading do I want for the M1 carbine barrel 1/2"-28 TPI RH Threads or 5/8"-24 TPI RH Threads? And yes I will get .30cal not 22.
Thanks for the help.

A2 Flash Hider AR15 AR10 Flash Hider 1/2-24 300 Blackout

[DDravot]

Hi everyone,
I am a new member and love those military surplus rifles.

[Knightman]

New on this site. Interested in U.S. military steel and history. Hoping to pick some brains.

[Jdwest13]

Thank you all for this forum! I have received many good tips and info here- and joined to share any knowledge I can in return.

[deadin]

Another new member here.... I've been collecting for a little over 60 years and have concentrated on any number of different areas. My current collection is fairly eclectic but the one rule is the gun has to be older than I am. (I was born in 1941 and the only exceptions are my M1 Garand, a couple of .22 target pistols and a couple CCW pistols.) Currently I have around 20 MilSurps, both long guns and handguns. All rifles are either bolt action or single shot, handguns are a mixture of revolver and semi auto. The rest of my collection is a mixture of most anything that interested me at the time and I tend to be attracted to the 1870 to WW1 era. I'm also interested in pre-war (WW2) semi-auto .22 pistols and .22 single shot pistols and am a student and collector of S&W.
(Unfortunately, there are several in these categories I can't afford.. i.e.Colt ACE, Camp Perry, etc.)
As for milsurps, I have probably owned examples of most of the common and not-so-common ones (very few semi's though) over the years. (wish I still had them....)

At one time I concentrated on straight pull military rifles. I thought I had examples of all of them and then I ran up against the Swiss 1893 Mannlicher Carbine and the Mexican Mondragon.......... I had a chance at the Mannlicher and missed it. Never did see a Mondragon for sale.

Hope I can be a resource and add to the knowledge base here,

Dean

[pistol]

Let me start by saying I had plenty of opportunities to make mistakes, so I no longer suffer from that condition called "youth".
I live in Italy, and in keeping with the site rules, I shall not discuss the rules pertaining firearms ownership in my Country.
The handle will have told you I have been a pistol shooter most of my adult life, mostly in "academic" specialities. However I am passionate about the small engineering marvels that are guns. In fact I just love the Luger P08 (I find it... sexy) and I still feel amazed by the construction of the Mauser C96, which one day I had the opportunity to disassemble. I have never again seen such a display of engineering prowess!
I have seen some of your posts and bow to the evident knowledge and passion you show. I will keep mostly quiet, since I believe I have far too much to learn, but I wish to take this opportunity to salute you all over the world and thank you for your willingness to share knowledge that might otherwise be lost in not so many years. Thank you all!