July 2014 Purchases

Nyles

Nyles

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Not a milsurp, but definitely a classic and probably of interest here. Won a Savage 1907 in .380 at the last Switzer auction, made late 1914 / early 1915. These were originally developed in .45 ACP for the US Army trials that lead to the 1911, and then redeveloped as a pocket pistol in .32 ACP and .380 Auto for the commercial market. Really neat pistol, it's delayed blowback (barrel rotates about 5 degrees in the slide on firing), striker fired (the "hammer" is just a spur attached to the striker, useful for decocking), has a 9 shot double stack magazine and a loaded chamber indicator. Not bad for 1907! The breechblock / striker assembly is a separate piece from the slide, apparently to avoid Browning's patents on a one piece slide / breechblock. The French and Portuguese did buy several of these in WW1, but in .32 caliber. Otherwise they were apparently the most popular pocket auto in the US before WW1 before losing ground to Colt afterwards and ceasing production in 1928.

 
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Nice Savage, Nyles. Up until recently I had one in more common .32 ACP.

Here's my latest, which rounds out my French collection. A Mousqueton de Artillerie Modèle Modifié 1916 Berthier carbine. Have been looking for a carbine to complement the long rifles.

 
So another not quite milsurp, a 1908 production Winchester 1907 in .351 WSL. These were used in limited numbers by Britain, France and the US in WW1, originally as airborne observer's weapons and later, in the case of the French, for trench raiding. Great little semi-auto, shoots a round comparable to a hot .357 load using a heavy counterweight under the forend to add mass to the bolt on a straight blowback. The only problem is it leaves the forend so thin it's prone to cracking, which this one has. Pictured with a pinned 10 shot magazine - these were made by Winchester (like this one) for law enforcement and military sales, and also in France during the war.
 
1941 Long Branch

An older Gentleman's pride and joy...passed on for safekeeping.....

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Picked up a cool grenade discharger cup from a board member - already had the No.36 grenade, just missing the gas check baseplate for it. Next step is to load up some blanks and tennis balls!



Also picked up a pretty nice P53 bayonet from Joe Salter, complete with rack-numbered scabbard. Unfortunately, 19th century tolerances being what they are it's slightly too tight to fit properly on my Snider but makes a good wall hanger.



Also got a later war fixed M38 Carcano short rifle bayonet - originally introduced with a folding blade for the 7.35mm model, this feature was later dropped with the introduction of the 6.5mm model, which is what I have. It's an oddly small bayonet (small rifle too, to be fair), which makes the folding feature make more sense - it would actually make a decent belt knife.



Finally, although again not really a milsurp, still a neat old gun, an H&R Small-Frame "Target" Model .22 top break, made between 1924 and 1935. Cool little gun, 7 shots, built on a very small frame with a 6" barrel and typical H&R saw handle target grips. I get a kick out of the quotations on "Target" - probably because the trigger is "awful" and the sights are "borderline unusable"! Definitely not a high-end gun when introduced, but it's a cool little vintage plinker I'm really happy with, and in beautiful condition.

 
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K98 42/1940 with .22 Erma 1938 conversion kit

My most recent purchase...not a common piece to find in Canada...only thing missing from the kit is the 2nd mag and transport box.

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Barrel and receiver on rifle match....stock does not (seems to be a MM of numbered and unnumbered parts). The .22 barrel sleeve and receiver match the bolt...mag is unnumbered, floor plate does not match.
 

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Thanks...It's the most correct '41 my hard core collector buddy has ever seen. LB Proof marks and inspector stamps on the barrel coming out the wazoo! Cheers Paul
 
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