A collection of old rifles +pic heavy+

[joe n]

Went to an old friend's home yesterday to help him sort out a bunch of old rifles. Unfortunately I came back with more questions than answers. Most, if not all, seemed to be of WW1 vintage or earlier. Although my friend had a general idea of what he had, I had no clue. Thought I would post some quick pics of what I saw, just for interest sake. Feel free to comment, ignore the ncie feet shot (at least I'm wearing socks ) Just thought it would be interesting to see some cool old rifles and what was still out there. He will be dragging these down to the September show in Calgary. Thanks for looking

 

[joe n]

 

[Nyles]

Wow! Those Austrian Mannlichers are definiate winners - the M88 (probably M88/90 but I can't see the rear sight to be sure) is rare, but the M90 carbine is VERY rare!

 

[green]

Top photo

1)M1916 Berthier carbine French
2) Cooey Carcano sporter
3)French Gras M1874 Carb
4)M1892 French Berthier carb
5)M91/38 Italian Carcano
6)M1890 Austrian Mannlicher carbine
7)M1891 Italian Carcano rifle
8)M1888 Austrian Mannlicher rifle
9)M1892 Berthier Carbine

Also a Dutch Beaumont Vitali and a Swiss M1871 Vetterli.

 

[JP]

I think the Mannlicher carbine, may be a Dutch M95 Carbine. Photos of the markings would confirm this. All great pieces to be sure.

 

[5440fight]

Neat stuff. Tricky to find brass to reload I bet. I'd love to see the old girls in action again.

 

[Paulinski]

There is a vid on you tube how to make brass for the Dutch Beaumont

 

[Pblatzz]

very nice...

 

[smellie]

Trade-Ex has brass for the 8mm Lebel; it can be opened out and used for the Gras, even though you get a short case.

Swiss Vetterli is a rimfire.

6.5 Carcano brass is available from Partizan and loads nice; I had some out last week.

Austrian 8x50R is one of the easiest conversions there is: open out 7.62x54R and trim.

Very good thread on milsurps.com on reworking .303 for the 6.5 Dutch, lotsa pic-at-chers.

For brass for the Beaumont-Vitali, you could start with .348W and blow it out using an O-ring to minimise problems. Pressures should be very low; you might get away with it. Proper way would be to start with ALBINI brass and go from there. .475 Number 2 brass is perfect for a conversion. I believe Jamieson makes this number but it's expensive.

There are at least three in there I would love to glom onto!

Very nice!
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[joe n]

Thank you so much, Gentlemen, I am grateful for the expertise here

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Nice Collection!

 

[fugawi]

Very nice indeed!

 

[Gibbs505]

Great collection there!!!

 

[SoBored]

God I love old milsurps! Thanks for the pics!

 

[Steppenwolf]

Very nice M1888 Austrian Mannlicher rifle. I don't see many of them in my neck....

 

[CanadianAR]

Wow, cool stuff. Def not your everyday milsurps