April purchases

[TimC]

Folks, I couldnt find a post for this so here are a couple of Portugese Mausers in 8mm. I collected them yesterday for pennies from a dealer in Yorkshire. I already have one in original 6.5 x 58 and I rather fancy rebarrelling one of the 8mm ones into a nice mauser sporter, here they are sandwiched between the £80 Argentinian and the £100 6.5, yes I paid less than £200 for the pair;

There is quite a difference in barrel lengths between the 6.5 and the 8mm models

 

[CanadianAR]

Matched dou43.

 

[Tinman204]

Bought these last month but I'd post here

Finally got a PH5C sight for my longbranch target rifle.

She looks real good now!!

Bought this 1941 model 38 carcano for my wife! It looked like crap and was covered in thick axel grease when I got it. Now the bluing is 99% mint and the wood looks nice.

 

[Nyles]

Just got this awesome Yugoslavian FN 1924 Mauser from a board member - this is an original pre-Communist gun, not the common postwar M48 or remarked M24/47. In fact this gun is technically even pre-Yugoslavian - the serial number puts it as part of the original 1924 contract for 50,000 rifles and the CXC marking stands for Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - it didn't actually become Yugoslavia until 1929. FN made these rifles for Yugoslavia from 1924 to 1929, when production moved to the familiar Kragujevac arsenal. Mine is all matching, all original, with a clear King Alexander cartouche on the butt. It's not pristine, but considering it went through WW2 (presumably in the hands of Yugoslav partisans or militia of one affiliation or another since there's no German mods), I think it's a great piece of history.

 

[Steve1987]

Not the rarest pistol of WWII but still a classic!

S&W Victory Model

These were popular with WWII U.S. aviators such as this Avenger crew and U.S. Marine.

Even former President H.W. Bush carried a S&W Victory model while he was serving as a Navy pilot in WWII.

-Steve

 

[Claven2]

Wow, didn't know Bush was a lefty.

Nice Victory - is that the one that was at the Gun Dealer in NB?

 

[Steve1987]

Wow, didn't know Bush was a lefty.

Nice Victory - is that the one that was at the Gun Dealer in NB?

Thanks Ron! Nope, this one came from a small off the charts shop in Ontario, and was very affordable. It's not the rarest pistol, but tough to find a USGI one in strong original condition. I think this one is either unfired or only a couple shots, despite some possible holster wear and other very minor wear.

-Steve

 

[flying pig]

Remington US M1917, original except for the front sight blade and bolt.

 

[fugawi]

Just got this awesome Yugoslavian FN 1924 Mauser from a board member - this is an original pre-Communist gun, not the common postwar M48 or remarked M24/47. In fact this gun is technically even pre-Yugoslavian - the serial number puts it as part of the original 1924 contract for 50,000 rifles and the CXC marking stands for Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - it didn't actually become Yugoslavia until 1929. FN made these rifles for Yugoslavia from 1924 to 1929, when production moved to the familiar Kragujevac arsenal. Mine is all matching, all original, with a clear King Alexander cartouche on the butt. It's not pristine, but considering it went through WW2 (presumably in the hands of Yugoslav partisans or militia of one affiliation or another since there's no German mods), I think it's a great piece of history.

That's a great piece of history Nyles, especially with the King Alexander cartouche intact. Your rifle would look good next to my King Peter M1924. Congrats!

 

[Nyles]

Thanks Fugawi! I remember you posting pictures of yours before but I'd always be interested in seeing them again to compare... Interestingly, the sling on my rifle has VINA scratched into it. I did some research and there is apparently a small town called Vina in Serbia... but if it was in Serb it should use Cyrillic letters. Croatian doesn't, but why would a Croat scratch the name of a Serbian town? Of course there's the possibility (or probability) that the sling isn't original to the rifle and the name isn't anying significant...

 

[TimC]

Although the towns may be recognised as ethnically serb or croat there is no reason that they werent reasonably well mixed even if the local language used Cyrrilic the main Yugo army may have used non cyrillic script.

 

[Nyles]

As of 2002 there weren't any Croats in the area... Now that's obviously after the Yugoslav Wars so any Croat population would have left (or worse), but my research suggested the area had always been solidly Serb. It's a moot point anyways, further research has pointed out its a postwar sling anyways and therefore not original to the rifle.

 

[chadeech]

posted in wrong thread sorry

 

[Claven2]

Nice Savage - what military issued it again? I'm having a hard time remembering...

 

[Desert_Fox]

Nice Savage - what military issued it again? I'm having a hard time remembering...

The Mongol Horde of course!




They had hoards of them!!!!

 

[John303]

I picked up a decent 71-84 Mauser Carbine. All the numbers match except someone removed the military sights.
No rust to speak of, nice clean bore and except for a crack about 4" long in the fore-end a good stock, not really
beat up. Must have been one of those closet queens.

What amazed me was the fit and finish of the metal and wood to metal, far beyond my vision of an old military rifle.

--- John

 

[TimC]

I picked up a decent 71-84 Mauser Carbine. All the numbers match except someone removed the military sights.
No rust to speak of, nice clean bore and except for a crack about 4" long in the fore-end a good stock, not really
beat up. Must have been one of those closet queens.

What amazed me was the fit and finish of the metal and wood to metal, far beyond my vision of an old military rifle.

--- John

Everyone I know remarks about fit and finish of peacetime production military rifles up until the 1950's yet this is what the Govt inspectors were paid to check on and the stories going round about the Westinghouse contracted Moisin Nagant production and the incredibly high rate of rejection of components and rifles by Imperial Govt inspectors right up to them being recalled by the new Govt

 

[Claven2]

Interestingly enough, when the Westinghouse rifles arrived in theatre, with their too-high-tolerance parts (thanks inspectors), they did not function as well as the loosely fit Russian made guns whose loose toleranced bolts worked better in arctic conditions. The Russian-made guns having been held to a much lower standard (oddly).

 

[Nyles]

Got a decent WW2 M1 bayonet for my Garand off eBay. American Fork & Hoe, so made between 1942-45. Correct resin-impregnated canvas scabbard - doesn't show up well in the picture but the throat has the big US flaming bomb mark.



Also picked up a Cooey Model 60 for $50 because I wanted a .22 I could shoot CBs in and hey, it cost less than the bayonet.

 

[polaris]

Nice Savage - what military issued it again? I'm having a hard time remembering...

Was the standard weapon of the "RRC", I am really surprised you never heard about it.