** June Purchases **

VICTORY IS MINE! Just got off the phone with Lee Precision in the USA and since Midway won;t ship to Canada, Lee has agreed to sell me a set of the Midway USA commissioned 7.62 Nagant die sets.

Looks like I'll be able to shoot this rig after all ;) Now to find starline or Fiocci brass... Where did I put that Epps phone number...

EDIT: BLAST! Epps sold out of Nagant ammo last week. Unsure of next shipment ETA... anyone know where else to source pre-rolled ammo while I wait for dies??

EDIT2: Problem solved - sourced some Starline brass :)
 
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K_Roc said:
This just arrived in the mail today- 1944 Huskie.

The only thing I wonder is why the muzzle isn't threaded. Were the 1941-44s not threaded?

I actually like it better this way though, don't have to worry about capping it ;)



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Some Swede Mauser M-38 lots selected for their accuracy weren't threaded at the muzzle.
All the "sniper" M-38 are unthreaded Mausers.
Unthreaded M-38s are sought after by collectors. There is a small premium for them.
PP.
 
Some of you guys might find this piece interesting, it just arrived from Denmark.

1898 Quillback Dress Bayonet for the Gew98 rifle:

I need some help identifying it though, the references I've checked don't show this particular stamp. It is unmarked save for a pair of back-to-back squirrells (I #### you not), I suppose they could be foxes or German shepherds? They're stamped just above the handle on the side of the blade. Anyone have any information.

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Got any pictures of the mark? Is the blade chromed? If so, look at the area above the hilt on the blade for writing impressions that might be filled in with chrome.
 
All the metal appears to be chromed, including the metal on the scabbard. I cannot see any left over impressions of the old marks that must've been filled in. I drew a pretty accurate representation of what it looks like:

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Well, I'm stumped. Is that stamping clear, or could it be a distorted Erfurt Eagle? Some of them don't look very much like eagles, ya know... they alook alot like your drawing sometimes. lol
 
Skippy said:
The stamping is clear as day, one of my above pictures showes it vaguley.
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Carl Eickhorn Maker's Mark

The double headed squirrel trade mark is one of the earliest used by the manufacturer Carl Eickhorn and it's often seen on German Imperial blades. Its use was discontinued in the 1930's when they began using a squirrel inside a double oval, followed by the squirrel with a sword poking into the ground until sometime around 1935 until about 1942. After that, they used an upright squirrel (no sword) with the Eickhorn name under it with no oval borders.

Regards,
Badger
 
Somehow I knew it would be BadgerDog who would come through :)
Thanks for the help, I'll have to find a good resource with some info on Eickhorn...
 
K_Roc said:
This just arrived in the mail today- 1944 Huskie. The only thing I wonder is why the muzzle isn't threaded. Were the 1941-44s not threaded?
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The Swedes didn't actually introduce the "losskjutningsanordning" and start threading muzzles for the BFA (Blank Firing Attachment) until 1955. The muzzle ends of some rifles which had been designated for training use, were then threaded to accept the BFA. When not fitted, the muzzle threads were protected by a cap made of yellowish or clear nylon.

Swedish BFA (Blank Firing Attachment) designed to be used with WOODEN bullets

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Swedish 6.5 x 55mm m/14 wooden-bullet blanks for use with threaded muzzle BFA (blank firing attachment)


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M96 or M38 threaded barrel rifle ............... plastic or metal thread protector ..................... BFA mounted for use

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Regards,
Badger
 
I bought one of these early in the month, and it finally showed up.

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She is the bayonet for the 28/30 civil guard nagant. It is one of the burl wood handled type with the oiler hole. It has the SKY and HACKMANN&CO marks as well as the SAKO mark. The bayonets downfall is the pitting on the blade, regardless it kind of completes the whole package.

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Back to the name slip found under the butt of BadgerDog's K-31 for a moment... It does happen that things like this turn up. My P-08 has "July 10 43 Avola Sicily" inscribed inside one grip. That's the first day of Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. Avola is 20 miles from Pachino, where the RCR landed. It was in front of the British 5th Armoured. My Japanese Special Navy Rifle (which really is a "last ditch" rifle) has characters for "Nakamura" written in pencil inside the barrel channel. My 1950 Long Branch has CSM H. Rusk neatly engraved on the angled left flat of the receiver. The rifle came in a fitted wooden case. CSM. H. Rusk was one of the grand old men of the DCRA, shooting before and after WW2. It had been in the estate of Col. J.C. Brick, another of the long time DCRA stalwarts. And my Mk.I MLE is a prize rifle won at Bisley in 1899 by Capt. A.D. Cartwright, 8th Royal Grenadiers, of Toronto.
A firearm can be a worthwhile collectible on its own - but if it can be associated with an individual or an event, it can be more interesting.
 
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airwapiti said:
I bought one of these early in the month, and it finally showed up.

She is the bayonet for the 28/30 civil guard nagant. It is one of the burl wood handled type with the oiler hole. It has the SKY and HACKMANN&CO marks as well as the SAKO mark. The bayonets downfall is the pitting on the blade, regardless it kind of completes the whole package.
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Great snag! These are uncommon at best :)
 
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