September Purchases ......... Note: 2005 (not this years)

Just picked this one up

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Nice wood(its better than it looks), refurb with a few rust spots from damp storage, shootable bore. Interesting that all the carcanos listed for sale on the web have been bought up i the last two weeks. Now I have to get some brass,dies,& bullets & see what she can do.
 
Alright, just picked up #2 of my 3 military pistols of the month. Beautiful excellent + 1943 Colt M1911A1. GHD inspected, all correct, all unmolested, and part of the Remington Rand serial number range Colt duplicated. 400$ from SIR in Winnipeg, but with no mag. Not a huge deal, I seem them all the time. Been a dream gun for a long time!
 
mint hungarian sniper M/52
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Hungarian M/52 sniper rifles are the rarest examples of the PU family, and, since standard Hungarian 91/30 rifles are even rarer than their scoped cousins, the author is not aware of any counterfeit examples. They are readily recognized by their higher standard of manufacture, a deeper blue/black finish of all metal, and a profusion of “02” (apparently the Eastern Bloc designation for Hungarian manufactured weaponry) stamps on just about every component of the weapon - right down to the shaft of the cleaning rod. Unlike their Russian cousins, the author has found no evidence of any number being stamped on the left side of the chamber, likewise the scope mount components – which also display finer attention to detail during manufacture - are generally unmarked, save for customary “02” stamps.

The marking on the rifle’s chamber are utilitarian – an 02 above the year of manufacture and then the serial number, which is generally two letters followed by four digits. To date the author has only encountered M/52 rifles with BC prefixes. Stocks of M/52 rifles inspected by the author in Australia have the customary 02 marking on the right side of the butt and are coated in a durable dark brown finish. There is also evidence of “blonder’ – almost yellow – timber on unissued rifles in collections in the United States. Like the Russian rifles, the Hungarian stocks have a brass-reinforced “dog collar” sling mount slots. M/52 rifles can be fitted with an all leather sling, or webbing varieties in varying colours – again the 02 marking readily denotes their origin. Hungarian scopes are identical to the Russian PU optics except for the markings – on all examples seen by the author, all markings are in white with the scope number being a “41” (apparently an indication of Hungarian-manufactured optics, also seen on military issue binoculars), above a four digit year of manufacture, and then a serial. There is also another four digit number, indicating the serial of the rifle the scope was issued with. Hungarian M/52 rifles have been encountered with Russian manufactured scopes or mounts, but whether these came together in the various countries the weapons were exported to as military aid during re-build programs, or the components were fitted to rifles without optical sights by civilian collectors can only be conjecture.
 
A quick correction:

While the '02 snipers are rare, the Yugo issued Russian is the rarest. Also, in Canada, the Hungarians are actually more common that the russians that are all over the USA. Lebaron;s brought in hundreds of them in the 1980's.

As an interesting side note, the morons who set up the displays used Finn M91 mosins to represent Russian WW1 mosins and they used a Hungarian PU just like yours to demonstrate WW2 Russian sniper rifles. :roll: Amateurs...

We should have an Ottawa CGN outing at the war museum - make it a contest - who can find all the obvious display mistakes. I lost count after 50 or so on my last visit and I hadn;t even made it out of the first Boer War exhibit... :lol:
 
Did a trade for this, condition wasn't quite as expected but the seller is a good guy and making up for it.
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Had to have a K31 so I got this coming from P&S....
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Well, not a new rifle but the finished project is, it has been a long time in the making. Finally got together my K98 repro High turret. It is a Yugo refurb with Iron Elite repro high turret mounts. The scope is a Zeiss Zielvier built at the tail end of WW2. Can't wait to get it out to the range... :D


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Wish mine was as nice... got a line on repro teak SMLE wood from aussie that may be able to make a Long Lee/Lee Metford wood set. worth a try anyway, but my Lee Metford/LE I* cost me all of $92 NZD or approx $70 USD including shipping.
So you can't call me a rich SOB... :p
 
Here is my newly aquired 1941 Mosin Nagant 1891/30 Sniper. Now, if I just need a WWII era PU scope.

It is registered as a 1941, but it's a little strange as on the receiver is written 19441. Weird. What do you guys think about this?

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I had to de-bubba this one - sidvicious was sick of looking at it in it's previous state, so he (almost) gave it to me... :lol:
A Venezualan issue SAFN - and it was mint before bubba 'improved' it with a file/sanding job on the forend. Believe it or not - all the stock hardware is GOLD PLATED :shock: (even the mag housing!) under the paint I applied to save my stomach....
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And a P35 Radom....
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That Mosin is a 1944, not a 1941. The "1" is actually the edge of an off-center stamped "r" meaning "year".

Is it a real sniper, or a repro? If you photo the left side of the receiver where the scoipe mount goes, I should be able to tell you.
 
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