November 2013 Purchases

Are your 91/38s in 7.35 Carcano or 6.5 ? If they are 6.5, what serial letter block are they ? I am curious to see if you have a sister carbine to mine as she is "B" block in 6.5.

You also have a lovely Model 91/24 on the bottom, what is the date and maker for her ?
 
All three are 6.5, One is A block and one is H, both 1940, The 91/24 was a real treasure at 60$ Missing the firing pin from the bolt housing, Luckily I had one at home so I scooped it up, N block # dated 1915 I believe and converted to a carbine in 1937 if I remember correctly soo many markings and stampings on it Iam not sure what they all are, Its been a few years since I did the research on it.

Edit, Also thinking of refinishing one of the 38's, make it look pretty again, I never seem to sell my guns so it would be mostly for me.
 
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Have you shot the 91/24 ? Rumors have it with the gain twist rifling of the M91 barrels, having them shortened to 20" from the original 31", would result in a significant loss in accuracy. I have wanted to pick one up to test the theory myself.
 
I can peg a 6" gong at 100m with it all day, but the adjustable sights don't start hitting until 300m, so I have to fold the front sight into the stock and use a groove I made on the steel base and it puts me at zero at 100m
 
Lee Enfield No5 Mk1 (M/47C Model)

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4b1t is correct. The markings due indicate where it was made. BSA Shirley however made the least amount of No5's i believe (around 80,000) which in turns makes them the most desired.
I lucked out on this one for sure, and yes some idiot cut up the front end.
 
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4b1t is correct. The markings due indicate where it was made. BSA Shirley however made the least amount of No5's i believe (around 80,000) which in turns makes them the most desired.
I lucked out on this one for sure, and yes some idiot cut up the front end.
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I guess he figured removing 0.1 ounce of metal from the front end (of a shortened and lightened jungle carbine) made it even lighter and easier to handle in the bush.....sigh.....
 
Actually got this in October but didn't have time to take pictures till this month. Been looking for a long time for one of these and found this one listed in a catalogue for an auction. Picked it up for a steal as nobody else knew what it was.

1945 Longbranch No4 Mk1* MP

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It's serial number is listed in "Arms & Accoutrements of the Mounted Police" and is the first one listed in the bill of sale to Lever Arms when it was released from Depot Division.

Mike
 
MO Purchasing

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A 1943 Tula SVT-40 in SVT stock - a mix of old and new production, electro-penciled and all forced-matching. Shot well at the range. It cycled on the lowest gas setting but the casings just rolled out. The trigger was a bear to get in and I didn't hear a click so when I took the first shot the trigger and magazine fell out! I was expecting that and it stayed after "CPR-ing" it back in ;)

A 1920/49 double-date Izhevsk, MO marked, with probably lots of history, Mosin. I was told prior to purchasing that it is an Ex-Dragoon, and that I wouldn't want it as the barrel looked to be shot-out. It looked bad, like the rifling had been smeared and smoothed, but I had faith in Ivan at the refurbishing plant. Though all were nice, I simply liked this one. They even put it away and had to bring it back. I got it home, ran a patch down the bore, and it there was lots of cosmoline in the grooves. The rifling is strong! It was even 10% off :D

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I knocked some numbers off the serials in paintbrush but I left all the other markings alone. Thanks for looking.
 
Actually September and October purchases, but what the hell.

Not technically military, but they were briefly used in small numbers by the US Army so what the hell. A Smith & Wesson 1899 Hand Ejector in .38 Special, which would evolve into the Military & Police and Victory models used by the UK and Canada in WW2. Big differences are the rounded, hard rubber grip, 6 1/2" (instead of 6") straight barrel with unsupported ejector rod, and tiny, useless rear sight. Cool gun, I love turn of the century US pistols. Makes a great pairing with my Safety Hammerless!



Also picked up a Dutch Mannlicher M1895 Karabijn Marine, one of about 2500 made up in 1940 for the Dutch navy to send to the East Indies before the German invasion. It was originally an M1895 rifle, cut down to carbine configuration. It's missing the Karabijn Marine's distinctive front sight protector, but can be identified by the mounting hole on the front sight base, and the naval inventory number (M 1932). I didn't know any of this when I bought it, thinking it was a plain No.5 Anti-Aircraft Troops Carbine, but the Dutch experts on Gunboards educated me. Good score!



 
^^ Cool Carbine. :cool: I like when more historic value is uncovered than first thought and learning about firearms; especially those not initially well known to me that find their way into interest.
 
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