Just fun: your worst milsurp nightmare

Time to take out that old matching vet capture G43 against some whitetails.
First some improvements:
-I don't like the front sight blade so I'll bang it out, lose it, and then force in the sight blade off of my old cooey .22.....

-To hell with that uncomfortable steep buttplate, I'll take it off, lose it too, and screw in a much nicer red rubber one.....

-It's a little heavy so I'll cut a few inches off of the forearm, toss the handguard and it's band, but I don't like getting my fingers chewed up by the gas system so I'll pin a stupid sheet metal cover directly into the barrel and over the gas piston to protect myself.....

-That sling set up is also pretty ugly, so I'll drill it out with a hole saw and plug it with a poiece of 2X4

-Ah hell, just in case I lose it in the bush, I'll electropencil my name on the triggerguard so whomever finds it can bring it back to me.....

*sigh* I wish it were only a nightmare, at least he left me with a 100% matching action.
 
Skippy said:
Time to take out that old matching vet capture G43 against some whitetails.
First some improvements:

-To hell with that uncomfortable steep buttplate, I'll take it off, lose it too, and screw in a much nicer red rubber one.....

-That sling set up is also pretty ugly, so I'll drill it out with a hole saw and plug it with a poiece of 2X4

*sigh* I wish it were only a nightmare, at least he left me with a 100% matching action.
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These points are exactly what happened to my G43.

Cam
 
Blood & snot

Nyles said:
Getting a bolt in the face.
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Witnessed the aftermath of a sharpnelized Mosin Nagant bolt (picked pieces from the range roof, & fifteen feet away under a pick up ) after it launched on a range member's nose & face , at a local milsurp match . --- Member survived , bolt did not -------------OUCH!!!!!
 
thunderflash said:
Witnessed the aftermath of a sharpnelized Mosin Nagant bolt (picked pieces from the range roof, & fifteen feet away under a pick up ) after it launched on a range member's nose & face , at a local milsurp match . --- Member survived , bolt did not -------------OUCH!!!!!
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A very good reason to have a Military rifle checked by a professional gunsmith before firing cheap insurance that could possiably save your eyesight or even your life
 
I've had Sporterized Winchester Lee, Remington Lee rechambered, 1895 &1912 Norwegian Krags, a #4T (was), 98K waffenant and tapped of course ,#1Mk1 and others I can't remember! All turned into deer rifles before I was born. Now just try to restore these, a non-ending nightmare!
 
...then there was ol'Clive who ran over his already bubba'd No4 with his tractor..:runaway: ..bent the barrel like I've never seen since.
Mind you , this was 20yr ago and No4's could be had for $20.:rolleyes:
 
My worst nightmare: Bubba turning a real-deal original North American Arms [NAA] 1911 pistol into a 'cool' shooter by installing hi-viz sites on the slide including cutting front & rear for a dove-tail fit. And also cutting forward serrations in the slide. Reshaping the rear of the frame for a stainless 'beaver tail' and drilling out the mag release for an extended button. Bevelling the magwell. Then refinishing the whole pistol in hard chrome. :eek: :runaway: :eek: :runaway: :eek:
 
I sold off my Indian FN because it was a pos, long before it was 'prohib.' without replacing it with something else.:runaway: :redface:
 
Stop please it hurts!
The canadian government melting down 20 000 FN FALS.
A paki hills gunsmith melting down original martini henrys to make fake AK's out of. Just a story I heard hopefully not true.
Americans who came home with a real samurai katana and cutting it up to make hunting knives out of.
 
A couple:
Years ago I bought a 1931 trials rifle that had been converted to a "T".
Bubba had doen his dirty to the forend, but fortunately not to the metal. Took me about three years to find a Mk1 scope, not as long to find the other bits.

At the local pawn shop: NZ carbine that bubba had chopped the forend on and thrown away the other bits. Again, a couple of years before getting a new forend, handguard, clearing rod, and Nose cap from Canada.
 
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Seeing those pics of the Estonian military melting down all those milsurp pistols. There were m1911a1's, WWII era TT-33's, Nagant revolvers, (I think P38's), and lots more.
 
Cam_S said:
These points are exactly what happened to my G43.

Cam
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I still can't believe you did that to your vet bring back... I guess it's no big deal though, some idiot had already cut the stock so it would fit in his duffle bag;)
 
Many years ago I was sitting in the local OPP office in Orleans waiting for the paper work on a handgun I had purchased. They had me wait in a back room while the officer went about his task of finding the correct forms, getting the signatures and finally checking the specifications on the pistol. In the middle of this room were six, four foot by eight foot wooden tables literally covered in long arms and hand guns. I asked the officer what was with the pile of guns and he said that this was the monthly load of "turn ins" from the community. He said that it was not uncommon for people to turn in firearms after their spouse had passed away.
While he was finishing the paperwork I took a quick look at the pile and saw military rifles, modern hunting rifles, single shot rifles, single shot shotguns, semi-auto shotguns, a musket and even a flintlock pistol. He did not know if they were all slated for destruction, but he did say that they were sent to another detachment for processing.
I wonder if any of them are still shooting today?
 
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