Over the top descriptions in GB
- Thread starter Harry Potter
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- Beaverlodge, Alberta
Yup GP is covered in it. Half the post about a rifle is cut and paste from Wikipedia and then the BS starts.
Yes. There’s one in our own EE that is “fairly flowery” as well. I bought a No.1 Mk3 at Chilliwack show this Spring that “had everything it came from the factory with”. I supposed the guy meant “original”, which it obviously wasn’t, so he flowered it up a bit.
In that case, it would seem I have a whole pile of mismatched rifles of historical value, I am sure they all came with what they left the factory with. Jeez, I’m sitting on a gold mine.
I took my SAT barrel Mosin Nagant to a shoot one night, just down the road a bit, I asked if I could have a few minutes after the monthly business meeting was over. I let the guys handle the rifle, then asked if they knew what it was. Most just had a vague look, but one guy said it seemed to be “an old Russian rifle”. After I gave the boys the lowdown on the rifle, the look on their faces was priceless. All boils down to what I strongly suggest to all the young guys and gals that want to start “collecting” older milsurps - Three things: Do your research; Do your research; and ALWAYS HAVE MONEY(cash) ready.
Selling firearms has replaced the old used car sales malarkey.
In that case, it would seem I have a whole pile of mismatched rifles of historical value, I am sure they all came with what they left the factory with. Jeez, I’m sitting on a gold mine.
I took my SAT barrel Mosin Nagant to a shoot one night, just down the road a bit, I asked if I could have a few minutes after the monthly business meeting was over. I let the guys handle the rifle, then asked if they knew what it was. Most just had a vague look, but one guy said it seemed to be “an old Russian rifle”. After I gave the boys the lowdown on the rifle, the look on their faces was priceless. All boils down to what I strongly suggest to all the young guys and gals that want to start “collecting” older milsurps - Three things: Do your research; Do your research; and ALWAYS HAVE MONEY(cash) ready.
Selling firearms has replaced the old used car sales malarkey.
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There’s one on NS GP that I just scroll past his ads as I’m not interested in his history lesson that is normally wrong. I find it annoying. And most of them don’t even say anything about the actual rifle being sold.
MosinMan13
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You see a lot of this in antiques too.
Dark Alley Dan
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AI is ruining writing, which was already in decline. The robots write like grade 8 kids armed with thesauruses (thesauri?). Every third word is an adjective.
OkayShooter
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Saw the guy you are talking about.
Previous painted it. Ummm you mean the factory Suncorite, that many ROF FAZ came with. They were never blued.
MosinMan13
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A beauty of a read over on GP for those who love a well written fictional journey. The ad in question “US model of 1917 Winchester” a heartwarming journey of explaining how this rifle saw lots of use in both world wars, by his partisan French great uncle who picked it up at Dunkirk. No documents for any of the provenance but trust him, just look at the rifle. Ad includes every other detail about the rifle, other than the actual condition of the rifle.
Minor note on the camo tape wrap job, because who doesn’t wrap their great uncles war veteran rifle in $1.45 camo duct tape.
Minor note on the camo tape wrap job, because who doesn’t wrap their great uncles war veteran rifle in $1.45 camo duct tape.
OkayShooter
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Why would british used 3006 for the home guard?
Haha. Dont think you would be picking up an M1917 at Dunkirk for sure. And the "French freedom fighter" supposedly having it. Probably not a round of 30/06 in France until Dday.
Same reason the RCAF did for training, frees up .303 rifles and ammunition for frontline use. The homeguadd used what ever they could get a hold of including a lot of oddball caliber sporting rifles donated to the cause. I seem to recall seeing for sale one homeguard issued winchester M1910 in 401 WSL and savage 99s in .300 sav for example.
All it need to add was to start with A long time ago, in a land far far away...
Its like everyone's sporterized .303 was their granddads the Army let them take home.
MosinMan13
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Haha right? Because everyone knows how generous the Army is with giving away gear.
I mean we let people take their service rifles home all the time. Been common practice since the Fenian raids
I've actually seen it happen once, and it didn't go well for the member. They some how left an exercise in their PMV and packed their rifle and side arm away in their trunk and went home. When we got back to the Regiment we were mustering the weapons and we noticed the rifle and sidearm missing... She was a Capt Sigs officer.
I've also dealt with an Officer who couldn't understand we why we wouldn't let him sign one out to take home and train with.
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OkayShooter
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Was that reserves?
Nope a reg force Army regiment and Naval unit.
