You know you're a milsurp collector when.....

[John Sukey]

When you can look at a headstamp and tell which arsenal in which country made the cartridge. when you can identify the colour codes on ammunition without looking them up. and most important, when you can replace the extractor spring in an Enfield without breaking it! And you have a set of military headspace gages to check out a find at a gunshow before buying it.

 

[Alfonso]

When you get upset with your 8 year old son because he picks up the Arisaka instead of the Garand while playing XBox 360 WWII games. Oh yes and when you only buy your kids WWII XBox 360 games lol including your daughter because you want to see the details of the guns...........

 

[bc308]

When shooting arshins is not a self-inflicted lower leg wound.

 

[Calum]

You volunteered for a third tour to Afghanistan because of the selection of bayonets in the markets and the MG42's on the Norwegian's G wagons.

Now that's hard core.

 

[Drachenblut]

When you talk kindly to a good friend about his brand new Lee Enfield, then he shows you are shown a horribly disfigured bubba job, and you nearly, almost, vomit.

 

[Tex Critter]

When someone asks if you can help out with the "Foreign Weapons" Lecture and you reply:

"What, and how many do you need"?

 

[Speckfire]

When people mistake that cosmoline smell on you as aftershave.

 

[BWEST]

When people mistake that cosmoline smell on you as aftershave.

---- Yup, --that happens to me all the time, if its not that , its Hoppe,s #9 !! -------- could be worse !!

 

[smellie]

LOVE Post 106.

Actually had that happen when I was doing a short stint with Intelligence.

 

[H Wally]

When you list the LE's ability to handle muddy trench conditions as one reason why it is better than a Mauser....but still won't take it to the range on a rainy day.

Hahaha - that's why it's good to have a range gun and safe queen pair of each make and model of gun

 

[jvdb91]

When you only care about metric rifle calibers

 

[drache]

When you watch a WWI or WWII movie and you pause and rewind through the whole movie (pissing everyone else who is watching the movie) to complain that such and such gun wasn't available at the time for another couple months at the time the soldiers in the movie are supposedly using it or such and such part isn't original and you can tell because....

 

[bushwhacker]

When you need a Lathe to make parts for 100 year old rifles! (True)

When your wife asks how many more of those rifles you need to equip your regiment. (happened with last 2 Ross I bought)

 

[762Russian]

When you describe all modern military weaponry as 'Tactical Tupperware'.