Kaufman Surplus and Arms - 1963/64

[Dosing]

I posted a link to the video below 7 years ago, and they are still in business in New York to this day.
These are two of their old 1960s surplus catalogues, when surplus was interesting, and included rifles.
The full catalogue pdfs can be downloaded ->
https://archive.org/details/kaufman-surplus-and-arms-1964
https://archive.org/details/kaufman-surplus-and-arms-1963

































web kaufmansarmynavy.nyc/

 

[zupermann]

Ha! I was wondering about them. I had their catalogs in the mid 1980's and had gotten stuff from them.
Good to hear they are still around!

 

[Claven2]

I find it funny that back in the day, they sold cut down sporterized rifles for more money than the originals - though I suppose milsurp collecting back then was not what it is today. It's interesting how tastes have changed.

In the 1960's if you have a nice surplus 98 action action, hinged bottom metal, a decent stock, etc. build by a smith - that was the epitome of cool and cost an arm and a leg for even regular un-embellished, well build guns with average walnut. People wanted these ahead of even pre-64 Winchester model 70's.

Now, nice condition used guns like that are sold under $500 bucks imported from Scandinavia, while the Mausers they were built from - in military trim sell for sometimes thousands.

I'm old enough to remember first hand when Lee Enfields were being cut down out of barrels of them found at the local Canadian tire like it was a cottage industry. They weren't even locked up or anything. My first ever big bore rifle was an old 1917 BSA MkIII* my dad and I cut down in the 1980's before I knew any better. I did kill a few deer with that old dog though... open sights and all.