What the....? No thread on the big Wolverine surplus sale?

I don't think there will be any terrible recriminations against John arising out of this.

From what I saw, people purchasing rifles might be appalled at first sight, but they will be grinning like fools about 15 minutes later: most of the rifles required only a quick wipe in order to start glowing quietly. Most of what I saw had not been beaten about; they had suffered only the kind of neglect which comes from standing in racks for too long. BUFFDOG got his little Swede and it looked pretty bad. Fifteen minutes with cloths and a bit of oil and it was running slicker than whale-snot: can't fault that. He even put up a brag post over on gunboards, just so he could tell someone.

BTW, a few of the rifles didn't make it in the picture edition but are in the printed list. Saw a heckuvva nice AOI Vetterli-Vitali/Mannlicher 1870/87/915 that was sitting there cheap, waiting for someone to give it a home. I already have an AOI, but this one is better than mine by far. Africa Orientale Italiana...... the big country which lasted less than 6 years....... and you can own a piece of it........ and Mussolini's Empire..... and the glories of Rome Revived....

But I don't think anyone will be angry with John. Some yummy stuff is getting new homes, that's all.
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I purchased a two revolvers, a very early production Bodeo 1889 Officer's Model with the external hammer connector and a Dutch KNIL M1891 which, from the pictures, look to be in very decent shape.

All Bodeo's are very hard to find in Canada, I've probably seen fewer than 5 in my years of collecing (including the late production trooper's model I own), and officer's models with external connectors are even very hard to find in the states. Common trooper's Bodeos seem to go in the $300 range here, I got this very hard to find one for $250.

I've only ever seen 2 KNIL 1891s in Canada, both of which were over $700 and one was in really terrible condition. I paid $250 for this one as well, and even if it turns out to not be in great shape (most aren't, having been issued in a tropical climate), I still didn't spend the $300 it would cost me to get one out of the States and have a representative example.

Did I take a risk buying guns based on bad pictures and minimal descriptions? Sure. The way I see it, if they're as good as I hope, I did great. If they're not, I still did ok. My only regrets are not getting through in time to get some of the other stuff I wanted, and not reading that the Tokarev was a TT-30 and not a TT-33. Oops.
 
Its 1940 dated, and I am 95% sure it is a TT-33. I will let you know when it arrives in my mailbox :p I picked it up since it looks like a non refurb. No way to tell for sure, but at 150$ either way Im not worried.
 
Woverine Sale

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Well, since SMELLIE let the cat out of the bag, (he likes cats,) here is the little Swedish Carbine. It was described as "scruffy" and it was. Dusty from sitting a while, and a bolt that seemed to have to be opened by pulling on it with a John Deere tractor.

It is a 1906 model originally, and converted to m/94-14 from an original m/94 as most of them were. The original stock has been replaced with an Elm stock, and the bolt is a Carbine bolt, but mis-matched to the rifle serial number. There is an Arsenal repair to the heel of the butt stock and the leather tab and buckle for the sling is missing from the butt stock.

I took it over to SMELLIE's house and we gave it a good look-over. A few minutes with some fine steel wool, and some oil to lubricate that sticking bolt solved the problem and it works just fine now. The bore looked like a Gopher hole, with semblances of rifling. The first patch down it came out covered with Grease. The second patch still had grease on it, and the third was fairly clean. A very hesitant peek down the bore revealed------------shiny bore with great rifling. A fast stock cleaning worked wonders.

Then SMELLIE disappeared into his lower levels, (which few souls have seen and even fewer emerged back into the sunlight,) and he brought out ------------------a m/14 Swedish Carbine Bayonet! Best of all, he gave it to me!

I suspect that SMELLIE is right in his belief that these firearms had been in storage for quite a while, without the tender loving care of the original owner of the collection. And, while there were many people who were thinking that there should have been Wal-Mart prices on the stuff, there were some VERY scarce items to fill in someone's collection. Many advanced Collectors recognized this, and were willing to pay the asking price for a needed item. I also think that there are going to be a lot of Happy Campers in the immediate future when their purchases arrive.
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VERY nice Buffdog. I got out of Swedes a few years ago but that made me think about getting back in.... Congratulations and thanks for the pictures, I hope everyone else posts theirs too.
 
Yes, I did get the tiger stripped Mosin #111! I had a list prepared for the opening of the price list. That was the only one that was anywhere near my ballpark price so I jumped on it right away. Hopefully like Buffdog's Swedish Carbine, it will clean up very nicely. I will definately put up pics of her before and after I get it all cleaned up.

By looking at it, it looks like it will also be a Fin capture as it has the Finnish two piece stock on her. Just behind the first handguard band you can see the fanged splice in the stock. Numbers 108, 110, 115, 116, 119, 120 appear to be as well if their new owners might want to check out.

Cheers,

Ian
 
Who got the nambu? I may sell mine for that price Lol!
I took a chance with the svt 40, looks like a chopped mag but either a real dog or an unrefurbished
 
Who got the nambu? I may sell mine for that price Lol!
I took a chance with the svt 40, looks like a chopped mag but either a real dog or an unrefurbished one. Either way I will have two mags at least.
 
I bought the very last SVT which Globe had, a year or so after they had stopped listing them. That would have been late 1976 or 1977.

When it arrived in Seldom-Come-By, it turned out to be a 1940 rifle with a chopped mag (5 rounds), serial numbers which resembled an omelette.... and a very nice SA stamping. It is also an excellent shooter.

Not bad for $39.95 (no tax) plus $8 postage.

I hear tell they have gone up in price in recent years......
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