Before they were 'surplus'

[southsaskscotty]

I am sure that everyone in this section of the board collects military surplus arms so I wanted to start a thread to see some of those arms before they were surplus, in the hands of those that used them. I know you can look in any book and find good pics but I wanted to see what, if any, other people had in their peronal collections....there might be some very interesting photos hiding out there!

Here are some from my archives:

 

[skirsons]

This one I've posted before. The only pic of my Great Grandfather fighting on the Eastern Front. There's a 91/30 in the pic!