What was your first Milsurp?
- Thread starter Deano
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- West Quebec
Lee Enfield 303 too bad I gave it away..
My first milsurp was also my first deer rifle.
A $36 Mosin Nagant from S.I.R. in Winnipeg.
We were such idiots, didn't even clean the grease out of it, (amazing it didn't blow up in our faces). Used milsurp ammo to "sight it in" then scrambled to find soft point 7.62x54R ammo for hunting. During deer season the cold weather froze up the bolt so we were forced to degrease it then.
Was stored in a damp basement and got rusty until dad sold it.
Thats my horror story
I hope to purchase a nice condition Finnish M39 someday and redeem myself
A $36 Mosin Nagant from S.I.R. in Winnipeg.
We were such idiots, didn't even clean the grease out of it, (amazing it didn't blow up in our faces). Used milsurp ammo to "sight it in" then scrambled to find soft point 7.62x54R ammo for hunting. During deer season the cold weather froze up the bolt so we were forced to degrease it then.
Was stored in a damp basement and got rusty until dad sold it.
Thats my horror story
I hope to purchase a nice condition Finnish M39 someday and redeem myself
A BRNO 98 much like the one in my recent thread about "humped" rifles. That was in 1965. I now have...several...milsurps. 
(Anyone who has been in my gun room will know that the above is the understatement of all time.)
(Anyone who has been in my gun room will know that the above is the understatement of all time.)
antidote1985
CGN Regular
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- Qc, Canada
Arisaka type 99 serie 1 all match with all the aa sight, monopod !!
antiqueguy
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- Location
- windsor ontario
my first was a full wood no4 mk1 that was handed down from my great grandfather fist ones I bought were a mosin 91/30 and a sks
- Location
- Keswick Ridge NB
My first was an oddball. A 1951 Belgian Navy Mauser factory chambered in 30-06!
Lovely gun, I wanted an 8mm Mauser as my first. I was sort of close.
Lovely gun, I wanted an 8mm Mauser as my first. I was sort of close.
M1 Garand, $125
M1 Garand, $125. Bought from mean guy at Hardware store. He had a bullet trap in the back of store. lifted a little trap door in floor, slammed in an 8rd clip, emptied it as fast as possible . Sold! Those were the days. I bought an old Smith &Wesson Model 10 I think from him same time for $100. I was a happy college freshman, living on Kraft dinner and gutbombs ( my roomies girlfriend worked at a fastfood joint and would bring us bags of burgers at the end of her shift) , the one's unsold at closing. Good times.
M1 Garand, $125. Bought from mean guy at Hardware store. He had a bullet trap in the back of store. lifted a little trap door in floor, slammed in an 8rd clip, emptied it as fast as possible . Sold! Those were the days. I bought an old Smith &Wesson Model 10 I think from him same time for $100. I was a happy college freshman, living on Kraft dinner and gutbombs ( my roomies girlfriend worked at a fastfood joint and would bring us bags of burgers at the end of her shift) , the one's unsold at closing. Good times.
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live4therut
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SA M1 garand, Danish lend lease with a VAR barrel. Had it for a few years then ended up trading it for a 2 Lee enfield's a savage and longbranch both full matching and in original config.
