Milsurp usage...

[Klunk]

Shooting a milsurp isnt wear and tear....but takin em back and forth to the range can be..

I could tell you about the time a ten gun gun rack fell off my wall....NOW those were some dings and dongs!!!

 

[longbranch*]

Milsurp usage

Depending how you look at it, "We" are all part of "their" history. They will likely out live us. After what these rifles have been through, a little "safe kiss" here and there wont hurt to much IMHO.
Geoff

 

[cornelunc]

I have two milsurps so far - JC and Ljungman. I intend to use them both hunting as thats what I bought them for. Of course I will re-blue JC sometimes but right now its my most frequent shooter and what a good shoter it is.

Need advise;
I brought a Swedish mauser with a lot of dents in the wood and with 80% of bluing,I don't know what to do, to reblue the steel and refinish the wood or to let it be as is.( I think this is not a battle rifle)

 

[kjohn]

I have a fair bunch of milsurp firearms, over 100 rifles and handguns. Some of them are "pre-conditioned" to hard use, some are in nice condition. I have a nasty old M48 Mauser that catches heck quite often by blowing off some very corrosive 8x57. Some of the others do get a workout, and a couple or three I've never fired. I think it's each to his/her own. I have books I've not read, tools I've yet to use (or lose). I have ammo that won't likely get fired, at least by me. I agree that enjoyment is heightened with actual use, i.e. firing. I enjoy also just fondling, and even just owning these firearms. I think it depends somewhat on who paid for these firearms.

 

[redrommel]

Need advise;
I brought a Swedish mauser with a lot of dents in the wood and with 80% of bluing,I don't know what to do, to reblue the steel and refinish the wood or to let it be as is.( I think this is not a battle rifle)

Pics? I suppose it depends on what you want to do with it...