Milsurp Interests Poll

[coffeebean]

i too would have clicked "All" even though I don't have any Jap or Eyetie! Done collecting the easy stuff, on to the unusual and rare. Such as the Kropatschek that's coming next week :-)! Would LOVE a Ross, because it's rare here in the States... Coffeebean

[GUTS]

I have an intersest in a broad spectrum of military weapons. Right now I have an M1 Garand(1956 collector grade), two 91/30 Nagants(one dated 1945 with approx. 8000 rnds through it and one dated 1933 that looks new), a Dutch Mannlicher Air Force carbine from around 1930, a Mossberg 42m-b, and a non import non Russian capture Luftwaffe Mauser K98 with a 42 code dated 1940 with all wafenampts intact and all correct numbers on everything(including stock, forearm, sights, trigger, floorplate, buttplate, front band, and capture screws)except the bolt assembly(the numbers on the bolt all match each other)and what appears to be the original sling. I shoot all of these rifles a lot and enjoy the crap out of doing it. I'll post some pics when I get a chance. Thanks for letting me come aboard!

[shotandabeer]

Actually my interests are quite broad. Basically anything that goes bang. I really do enjoy milsurps though. It's the old "boy if this gun could talk" that really sparks my interest.

[scrmblerkari]

i too would have clicked "All" even though I don't have any Jap or Eyetie! Done collecting the easy stuff, on to the unusual and rare. Such as the Kropatschek that's coming next week :-)! Would LOVE a Ross, because it's rare here in the States... Coffeebean

Dear coffeebean, if you grab a Ross, particularly a 1910, you won't regret it. Mine shoots GREAT, and I have its baby brother, a .22 straight pull Ross cadet. It is a light little thing but at 100 yards it will put most of its shots in the black part of a 100 yd. smallbore target. The 1910 will occasionally shoot 1" groups and if it fails to do so it is my fault for poor shooting or some weird handload experiment.
There was no category except "other" for all the wonderful pre-k 31 Schmidt Rubin variants that are out there, and not too expensive to collect, either. (Except for the Hammerli .22 and the Snipers.
What a great way to spend time!
scrmblerkari

[J. Savoie]

My interest lies in anything that can legally be built from a parts kit. Be it a M1919 Browning, a Sten (all models including MP3008, Gnome-Rhone, 7.62x25 "Chinese contract" etc) Maybe my next build will be a SAS3 StenMk3 or a US M3 "Grease Gun", and why not a "Stenling"? As long as it is legal to build, I like it!

By the way, thanks to stencollector for opening my eyes to the wonders of building. Without him I wouldn't have had the courage to even begin my SAS3Mk2.

J. Savoie

[zip code]

Hello there:
I had to pick all of them as I have at least two in each catagory and then some. I love my Enfields, Type 99s and M1944 carbines, but that doesn't stop me from looking at other models or countries needed to complete a series OR if its priced right!

[Howard]

I like enfields and I also like the bayonets that were used on them, that is the other that I checked on the poll. Bayonets are usually less expencive than rifles and take up less room to store.

[Steve85569]

I too would have chosen "all". I only selected my current collection though. Always hoping to expand though.

[Prince Humperdink]

My first love is the U.S. Rifle cal .30 M1, But I've always had a soft spot for the 98's, and 98k's, and other varients. But this doesn't mean I don't affectionately handle my 1903-A3, and M1 carbine.

[Pete04]

Actually my interests are quite broad. Basically anything that goes bang. I really do enjoy milsurps though. It's the old "boy if this gun could talk" that really sparks my interest.

I have to agree.
I love all milsurps. My first was a 1909 Argentine Mauser. If you have ever held one, I have to ask "What's not to love?" LOL But then I met a K31 and a vz 52/57 and it has been an upward spiral ever since!
Over a couple of years and a big whack of many types of guns since then, I'd have to say, it's still the "bang" factor that really makes it, for me, with these old war horses and my new ones also.