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Could be the best deal, finally finding your "Holy Grail", your biggest surprise - you name it.

For me, either a G98/40 with Serial # 1a or a Husqvarna M96 "Shooting School" rifle with nice Tiger Striped wood.
 
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Hmm... tough call.

Maybe this?
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I'm really happy with the 1914 Home Guard Mk. III Ross. Probably the nicest conditionned service pattern Ross I will ever own.
 
Hmm... that's tough, it's been a (damn) good year for the collection. I think it would have to be my Canadian-issued Lee-Enfield Mk.I*.

 
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Probably this baby:
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Although I also picked up a G43, which I've been lusting after for ages, so it's a close tie..... no pics of the '43 yet, but with the addition of the ZF4 scope I picked up for it, it might take the cake.
 
How does he get all those wonderful toys?
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Probably this baby:
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Although I also picked up a G43, which I've been lusting after for ages, so it's a close tie..... no pics of the '43 yet, but with the addition of the ZF4 scope I picked up for it, it might take the cake.
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I don't have a top find this year, other than to say I found a great hobbie and met a lot of really swell folks along the way.

I got my RPAL just last Feb. and by my trader rating, you can see it has been a pretty busy yr. LOL and that's just from this site!! Let's just say, I'm trying to make up for a lot of lost time and am having a ball in the prosess.
Thanks everybody!!

I wish you all, A Happy New Year,
Pete
 
No "huge" finds for me in 2007. I pared down my collection a bit, got rid of some "doubles" and filled a few gaps.

I did however take out two of my 2007 purchases out today to shoot them for the first time.

The first on the bench was a T99 Arisaka. I had about two boxes of Norma 7.7 Jap ready to go. I started at the pistol range at 25 yards, (Range 1 at EOHC is Ok'd for centerfire).
I got three shots off and noted the front sight was off and needed to be adjusted. I tried this and knocked the follower plate off...:bangHead: so there ended the day for the T99....

The second on the bench was a Swiss K31 I picked up from TradeEx back in May. I have never shot it but did find some ammo for it this deer season at GunMart. Anyhow, I discovered the K31 mag holds 6 rounds so I shot off six. This is a fine shooting iron! I never much cared for the K31 because of it's "washing machine part looking bolt". I have changed my mind and actually am quite fond of it now.

I moved onto the 100/200 yard range, doned the snowshoes and put up a target at 100 and 200 yards. I had only one box of 7.5x55 so I took seven shots at 100 then seven shots at 200. I was pleasantly surpried with my shooting. Not a record and certainly not my best day but very nice grouping with a new gun, first time shooting it and factory ammo, (even though it was Norma).

Anyhow...:needPics:

So...

Here are the two irons with the targets:
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The 25 yard target..note the T99's 7.7's are low to the left. The 7.5 Swiss were almost all touching...okay it is only 25 yards but...:)
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Here we have the 100 yard target (7.5 Swiss only). Not bad, again from the bench.
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And at 200 yards (7.5 Swiss only). One did not make the paper. And what the hell, the excuse wheel says my glasses were starting to fog up due....;)

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So it looks like I might be using the K31 at the next EOHC Milsurp shoot...:D

I'm off to Trade-Ex next to order myself some 7.5 Brass.

Cheers

SKScanuck
 
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Kind of a slow milsurp year for me, but it did start off with three MN carbines.

This one's my fave, a '44 Tula M44 in war-time beech laminate stock and built on a hex receiver:

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