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Heading to the range with the Kar 98A I got myself for Christmas.

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>>32466981
Just made a replacement handguard today. I think it looks pretty good.

>>32466981
missing some parts but otherwise, beautiful picture

>>32466998
looks great, good job. I'm glad you're taking a good care of your rifle

>>32466998
silly question: How'd you know what wood and what stain to use to get it exactly matching with the rifle stock?

I was looking in my local gunstore today (in Canada), and I saw a Swiss M1893 Mannlicher carbine for roughly 750 USD. It seemed to be in decent shape, and was made in 1905, but it had been refinished a couple times during service. Would that be a reasonable price for it?

I'd have to reload using shortened 7.5x55 brass, if I felt like shooting it.

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I consider buying that very nice mosin nagant bullpup. Any advice ?

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>>32467121

>>32467121
build your own

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My Christmas present

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gift from bruder

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>>32467376
Wish I had one.

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>>32467360

>>32467121
>>32467169
jesus this looks terrible

>>32467429
what is that?

>>32467532
Madsen M47, last gasp of the standard issue infantry bolt action rifle,

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This is as close as I get to a Christmas milsurp; a Thanksgiving present for myself.

>>32466981
>>32466998
Nice Karabiner.

>>32467114
They're rare enough that I think that's a decent price even if it's been refurbished. Generally, refurbishments done by governments aren't viewed with the same level of disdain as those done by bubba.

>>32467121
>>32467169
It's your money, but if you have any dignity, you won't.

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>>32466981
>>32466998
outstanding!!!

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>>32467532
a fun rifle to shoot

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>>32466981
The only Mauser I actually want. Nice rifle.

>>32467121
>Advice
Don't.

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1927 ivhesk all matching shiny bore.

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>>32467437

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My Christmas present.

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>>32467561
How much do they usually go for?

>>32467690
I usually see them around $800, but they can fluctuate pretty wildly.

>>32467652
Why does it look so gross and naked

>>32467677
BOI, thats an old pic

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>>32467736
Stock finish was nonexistent carried it for two days in my weather and stock had water marks all over , I didn't want to warp or really damage the stock ,so it could be a safe queen or I refinish the stock water seal it and carry like I wanted,looks good spent another two days in the weather with it and no issues. Nice shooting rifle,plus found all kinds of armory marks and commie grunt carvings on it under the crud. Very happy with it

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>>32467121
kys instead

>>32467697
I found 3 prices recently $200+ at an online auction, another at around $800 and one at just over $1,000, found a few forums saying not to pay over $500 for one in good-perfect condition though.

>>32467874
Mad you don't have one? Its fine you can imagine you have one next time your touching you sad little Pud to pictures of your dad

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>>32467805
That picture makes the ol' family heirloom look awful dark

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>>32467941

>>32467121
>>32467169
its worth $100 just to laugh at it and be the 'meme' guy at the range.

any more than that and you might as well throw your money in a fire.

>>32467652
jesus man, I don't like shitting on other people's handwork, but the finish on that rifle just doesn't go with the mosin or its dark bluing. Maybe try something darker? That finish is just too bright in my honest opinion.

If you really like it though, don't let my opinion change your fancy of the rifle.

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I need to take pictures of my Garand.

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>>32468225
Do it then

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>>32468190
Considered going with a dark stain,but with all the carvings and stamps in the wood I said to help with it and left it light just so they would stand out. So yeah for now its bright,but as years go by with a lot of use its going to get it will darken on its own.

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>>32468281
It's a tad dark out. Also, I'm at work.

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>>32468320
Then do it tomorrow. Even I took some new pictures today. Like this one

>>32467652
Oh bubba...

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>>32468341
I've been working til dark every day, no time to take pics

>>32468438
Very nice, gonna use a sealer for water resistance,or is it gonna be more of a range gun?

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>>32468438
Same here. 70 hour weeks suck.

>>32467565
>rare enough
Thanks- that's a good point. I had a look at my safe, however, and I think I will have to hold off until I get a bigger, nicer one. I don't need to be adding more dings and wear to something rare like that through my own carelessness. I can always buy something else if someone else picks it up.

>>32468574
Pretty sure I was the first person to shoot it outside of the factory. I'm not doing shit to it

>>32468828
Yeah safe queen that beauty for sure thought you had refinished it.

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I recently got a Columbian mauser chambered in Real Mother fucking NATO

Hey, anyone know what happened to flecktrap? The one who painted their CETME like that one thing from Yo Gabba Gabba?

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>>32467652
I just got an all matching 1927 Izhevsk too, but the stain is a lot darker

>>32469215
Yeah mine was also, and if you don't plan on really making it in harsh conditions I'd leave it as is, mine looks like it does because I hand sanded the old varnish off, I know the commies used a red tinted varnish,but like I said before I wanted the markings to show. Depending on how long this finish last the next time I redo it may go for a darker finish,like I'm doing on my other weapons I'm having to redo the stocks on.figure the factories would use finishes a little more resistant to water but they don't.

>>32468308
those are just refurbishment marks, nothing special or historic there

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Won this Christmas Day. Hopefully it'll be here Saturday.

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>>32469152
forgot photo to make this relevant

just ordered one of the yugo SKS's from classic firearms

>>32469882
Sweet, I wish I had money to get one

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>>32469650
Great deal Anon.

>tfw literally no milsurp left
Even 2011 was a god damn bounty compared to 2016. It's a shame it's over.

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>>32470407
There's tons out there. It's just not $200.

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>>32466836
I love my old Smelly

Well I WAS going to buy myself an 1897 but i got a speeding ticket yesterday so back to square fucking one

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>>32470524
>It's just not $200.
But sometimes it feels like it's that way for everyone but you.

>>32471361
>it's been a decade since I last got a speeding ticket
How much could it possibly cost now?

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Favorite gunshow find. 1916 Lee Enfield has treated me really well with matching numbers and a clean bore.

Bonus, I got into Based Gun G'pa because of this gun. Had no clue about its past and found on of his videos on them.

>>32471729
gopher problem?

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>>32469650
Score!!

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>>32474110
There is kind of a "disclaimer" about it. The guy said the rifling looks sharp BUT, the bore has some mild "rust damage." Pics didn't look too bad. My guess is the owner shot corrosive and never cleaned it, or maybe it was never shot and still has cosmo in the barrel. Regardless, I can't imagine it's that bad. I'll clean it and see how it looks.

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I've been clearing out my parts bin and I've found some stuff I don't need any more, but I don't know what to price it at to sell. Can any of you help me out?

I've got both front and rear M91 barrel bands like pic related. Liberty Tree sells them at $50, but Liberty Tree can also be a little expensive. What would be a fair asking price?

And the other is a brownish/greenish Finnish M39 sling with no [SA] or other markings of any kind. I see these selling for as little as $15 to as much as $40. What would be a fair price for this?

And a plane jane M91/30 cleaning kit. I don't know how to sell this because nobody needs one.

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what do people load for svt 40?

also 308 or 311 bullets?

Bermp

I bought a sling for my swedish mauser from liberty tree. It looks and smells like ass. What should I do to clean it or at least get the smell off? It has grease on it, but it doesn't smell like cosmo.

>>32475797
embrace the smell of military surplus

>>32475797
Buy some sort of saddle soap and some leather conditioner. Use saddle soap and a rag soaked in hot water and scrub the grease off.

>>32475946
I don't particularly mind it but I imagine the deer will because its strong af. I can smell it from 6 feet away

>>32476142
I'll give this a shot, thanks. Hopefully it will look halfway decent

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Started my collection a couple months ago. The Mosin Nagant was the first gun I ever bought. What should I go for next? Any chance of k31 shipments coming in again, or should I pick one up now?

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>>32476440
idk why my ipod always flips my photos. This should be right side up.

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>>32476563
4chan strips metadata.

>>32476440
K31s are pretty much tapped out. Normally I wouldn't believe a local gun shop, but in this case, they were one of the big importers into Canada of Swiss rifles. They said that they've pretty much got all the Swiss gov't had in their arsenals (that they were willing to sell off), so the next batch was private buys and higher in price. Other than a few here and there, I don't think we'll be seeing many more.

Sooner rather than later is your best bet.

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>>32476563
What's the series and manufacturer is of your Type 99? Post a pic like this. Is it matching?

What's with the bubba bolt on the Mosin?

>>32476718
The bubba bolt wasn't me, I got a deal on the mosin for 150 so I don't really mind too much. The type 99 is a Toyo Kogyo series 31. All the parts match down to the safety, firing pin, and dust cover. It's not shown in the photo, but it also has the AA sights.

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>>32476737
Nice! I have a Tokyo Juki Kogyo rifle in similar original condition. And I could tell it has the AA sight wings. Does yours have the mum intact? Only thing missing about mine.

>>32476792
The only thing that is preventing mine from being a museum quality piece would be a slight mark on the the mum. All 16 petals are clearly visible, but there seemed to be a very slight defacing, like a single hammer and chisel strike on it. It overall is a very lazy defacing, and 90% of the chrysanthemum is still intact. I was searching for months for one in a condition like this and finally picked this one up for 500 out the door last week.

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>>32476626
squad mascot?

>>32476853
post pic?

>>32476881
I'll probably be able to post a picture later on today, or tomorrow. It definitely is an odd defacing because I have not seen any other markings like it in the probably hundreds of chrysanthemums I have viewed online. Do you know anything about type 38s? I heard some made during the war also had chrome barrels, I would be very interested in looking at picking up one of those if it's true.

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>>32476853
Nothing is wrong with that. Tbh, intact mums only increase the value a lot when the gun is a rare variation or it's in super pristine condition which includes all original and matching. Some series are also more commonly found with their mum intact too.

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>>32476960
I've had ones with chisel hits before. Less common than the grinder or file though.

>Do you know anything about type 38s?
I do.

>I heard some made during the war also had chrome barrels, I would be very interested in looking at picking up one of those if it's true.
Those were made before the war. Well, at least before the US entered the war. About '38-'39. It was the last ones made by Nagoya Arsenal in the 26th series. And it wasn't all of them of the series it was just a few thousand for a test. The bolt faces weren't chrome lined. They did that on some Type 97 sniper rifles, but not the barrels on those.

>>32477030
Ah, sounds like they would be ultra rare and charge a high premium. How much do good condition type 38s with mum and dust covers go for these days?

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>>32477075
Probably $400-$600. I don't have one myself.

>>32476165
It should turn out decent. I think the sling I got for my M96 was from Liberty, too. Looked like shit, but I cleaned it up like how I told you and used ketchup to polish the brass and it looked good after.

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Been buying my wife Cutco kitchen knives for the past few Christmases. This year she returned the favor.

I'm thinking of getting a Lee-Navy next. Don't know why, I won't be able to shoot it for some time.

>>32478822
If you ever do shoot it, please be very careful reloading. There's a famous series of pics online of a Lee Navy that kaboomed using reformed .30-40 brass. The shooter was killed.

>>32474439
pls bois

Learned ill eventually inherit a No1Mk.III 1917 Enfield and 1917 Eddystone, bubba fucked both stocks, the eddystones floorplate and enfields safety but its all fixable (enfield stock job is atrocious and eddystone plate is off another rifle and doesnt fit, literally only one screw)

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>>32466998
Uh, about that

How can you fix THIS problem? I didn't know it was broken when I got it, and it broke up in two shots.

Do you recommend a new handguard, a fix, a shim...?

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>>32479790
Use a wooden dowel (or multiple dowels) and some proper rifle stock epoxy like Brownell's Acraglas to join the two together.

>>32479862
As you can see, they already used 2 dowels. Does that fuck with what I need to do?

>>32479957
Did the dowels break? If not you could just try to clean out the wood and re glue it

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bought a Berthier last night

>>32479293
Yes I've read. There was another almost fatal incident a few years later to another "famous" lee navy shooter. It'll be 220 swift brass for me, since that's based off the original 236 USN case. Also I'd need to keep my Krag brass for when I actually get a Krag.

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>>32480147
Nice. I am jelly.

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1894 FN Brazilian Mauser .308 Conversion

A pretty rare rifle from what I understand, but its a mauser who the fuck knows.

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>>32480178
time to look for 5 round clips

also pics were taken by the store I got it at

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>>32480147

Noice

>>32480191
I saw one rechambered in 30-06

>>32480210
really?

I feel like the action is too short for that.

>>32480221
I might buy it next month. My next pay is going towards bills

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>>32480197
>time to look for 5 round clips

Don't you mean 3rd clips? Also welcome to the Turkish Rifle Club.

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>>32480261
Nah a lot of them were converted to 5 rounders

>I am part of the Siam and Turkish club now

>>32480282
>a lot of them were converted to 5 rounders
Not that >>32480147 one. Sure you can use the 5rds in a 3rd magazine but it looks funny.

>>32480282
Yes, but the Turkish Forrestry ones were all 3rnd examples I believe. And the one you pictured is absolutely a 3rnd model.

>>32480377
Hmm, Alright well I guess I will track down one of each just in case.

>Never trust online gunstores where it says the numbers of rounds it holds

>>32480386
You should be able to find plenty of 3rnd examples on Gunbroker.

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>>32480377
>And the one you pictured is absolutely a 3rnd model.
It is. The magazine sticks out if it's a 5 rounder.

>>32475179
I believe 7.62x54r is usually .311

>>32475179
When I loaded for my M1891 I used .308 and they worked fine.

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Bought my first gun a week or so ago, a Norinco SKS. Got that, a scope, bandolier, and about 450 rounds for $370. The CZ-527 and Nugget are my friend's, he got tthem on the same day. They were sleepy so they got tucked in

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>>32480197
nice find, is the chamber N marked?

>>32481806
>sleepy guns

>>32479790
Looks like a duffel cut, what the other guy said. Though, as you seem crafty with wood, you may want to splice the joint with something beefier than a dowel. Maybe a biscuit?

>>32483618
I'll look into it. I know a guy that will teach me, but I gotta get the raw materials.

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Left to right:
1959 Fazakerly No. 4 Mk. 2
1967 Type 56 'Nam bringback (NVA sling has gook blood on it too)
1917 Gewehr 98

>>32467121
>>32467169
fucking kill yourself faggot

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Abused and rusty chink nugget. Can't hit anything outside 15 feet, previous owner JB welded the barrel in a few random spots and tossed on a M44 stock.

>>32467677
wtf is this?

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>>32484862
Lever nugget.

>>32484862
Winchester 1895 russian contract.

>>32467677
I hate you.

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>>32485049
Por que jefe?

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>>32484591
>long 98 best 98


also, i finally got/installed the front sight hood for my G33/40 last night!!!

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So I think the big things I'm going to look for next year are:

A Ross Mk3
A G43
A 1895 Lee Navy
A Kar 98az
A 49/56
A Krag of some sort.

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>>32466836

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Debating buying this with some Christmas money. Anyone have it? Is it worth the asking price of $50-$70? I want to get some milsurp related books but there aren't a lot of options.

>>32486866
Just use the internet or torrent it.

>>32476872
Squad MG assistant

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Polish Kbk wz 98.

>>32487004
is the bolt or stock not original?

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>>32487004
>rusty and shitty
No it doesn't; it looks fine. Don't re-blue it.

>>32487327
Both are original.

In the photo, you can see that the lower barrel band is missing its screw. I'd pay $50 for a new screw, if I could find one.

>>32487427
I ask because of the cutout in the stock for the would-be bent bolt

>>32487477
>I ask because of the cutout in the stock for the would-be bent bolt
Poles were weird like that; their Wz/K.98 and Wz/K.29 stocks were cut for bolt handles even if they were put on rifles with straight bolts

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My Turk Mauser.
She's an 1893 that was updated to the 1938 pattern and converted to 8mm.
She still has the older straight stock.

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My Spanish FR8.
I found her at my LGS for $250. Put her on layaway so she wouldn't escape before payday.
My God, she shoots great.

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Here's my Hungarian FEG Hi Power.
She needed a new firing pin retainer, ejector spring, and ejector pin, plus she hates hollow points.
But she is beautiful, and I love her.

I took this pic on my old galaxy s4, and it's only 44kb. I took the FR8 pic on my new s7 and I had to compress it from 6.8mb.
That's a hell of a jump for only a few years difference.

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My East German Makarov, made in 1960.
I bought him with my birthday money when I turned 17.
He's fun to shoot, but not for long. The snappy recoil always leaves a bruise between my finger and thumb after a few mags.

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>>32487778
>>32487809
I like your Mausers, Anon.

>>32487923
And I like yours

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I bought this 1938 RC kar98k for 500 maplebux, stripped the dandruff-tier flaking shellac and black paint, redid the stock with boiled linseed oil, and lightly blued the takedown plate and buttplate, ordered a 1940 bayonet and repro sling.

I'm a happy camper

Rate my kraut nugget? (lighting is shit, I know)

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>>32488293
Original K98s did not have bluing on the takedown disc, crossbolt, buttplate, and on early models, the bayonet lug.

But out that naval jelly famiglia.

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>>32488293

also if you're a turbo autist like me, you're gonna want a flat buttplate stock.

>>32466981
If you're still in the thread did you buy that at boltworks in Dryden? I looked at one there that was also missing the handguard.

>>32487553
They used kar98 stocks and re-arsenaled them to make the 29s that's why they have the cutout

>>32486866
Have it, it's a great coffee table book with lots of very high quality pictures. However, it could use more information. Was disappointed it was lacking the Japanese Type I Carcano.

>>32467805
What am I looking at here? M1895 Mauser?

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>>32488513
Negative. I won it on Gunbroker. What were they asking for it?

>>32488581
Type 38 Arisaka.

>>32488463
I like the way it's blued, it's very lightly done, and if anything, looks more like an age patina than a blue really.
>>32488475
I am certainly a turbo autist, but I'll probably just keep the current stock as it's got some nice character with its scars, plus I don't feel right separating the rifle from the cozy stock it's been in for +60 years. In addition to that, I'm not actually trying to return the rifle back to its original condition, only to make it as neat as I can.

also, the crossed rifles/X stamp is very discreetly placed, which is nice

>>32488721
Nice. Do you have a Type 99 by any chance though? I've heard some early model chrysanthemum rifles made their way to the US and are going through the milsurp circuit right now.

Why does the Kar98k have such a special snowflake sling design?

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>>32488902
Wut?
Seriously wut?

What do you mean by "early model chrysanthemum rifles?" And if you think any are being imported right now you're sadly mistaken.

>>32488525
>They used kar98 stocks and re-arsenaled them to make the 29s that's why they have the cutout
For EVERY Wz.29 though? No way they had enough of them to keep pace with production through the '30s.

>>32488951
It's standard German carbine sling arrangement.

>>32469152
>Hey, anyone know what happened to flecktrap? The one who painted their CETME like that one thing from Yo Gabba Gabba?
Just trying to find this one still

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>>32476968
Beautiful quality. Mine doesn't look nearly as good; of course, mine was neglected in a shed since post WWII and been used in two wars.

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>>32489364
Both of those were Type 99 long rifles, yours is a Type 38. Yours looks to be an early Tokyo Arsenal one at that, so your rifle is 20 years older or more than either of those and they had a long and hard service life.

>>32485030
Damn I want one.
Where can I get one?

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>>32489417
yeah, i meant nation in general. Also didn't look hard enough until after I posted it. This rifle is the early type, used in the second Sino-Japanese war

>>32489451
Gunbroker, armslist, gunshows.

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>>32489451
There isn't really a place to get them, just like most quality milsurp collectables. I got my pre-armistice Mle-1936 rifle off of Gunbroker for $600 a few years back. They went even back then for considerably more. I just lucked out. Even more so with mine being made about a week or so before the armistice and hasn't been fired since it was prooved at the factory.

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>>32489484
I forget, does your bayonet match the gun?

>>32489470
>This rifle is the early type, used in the second Sino-Japanese war
They also used Type 99s in China, but mostly Type 38s. Your rifle probably wasn't. It was given to a high school or university to train students in marksmanship. The army transferred old and worn out rifles to the schools for that purpose.
The symbol that was partially ground off with the mum (that already would have been defaced when given to the school) is 文(mon) which is the first character of the word mon-bu-sho which translates as "ministry of education."

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>>32489545
Nope. It's the only part that doesn't match. It's from a much older rifle. When mine was made they stopped stamping the full serial on the side of the bayonet and just stamped the last 2 digits on base of it.

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>>32489564

>>32488581
Every thread someone asks about that picture.

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>>32489564
I thought so. Mine is the only one I know of that has a matching bayonet. I'm so lucky I got mine when I did for what I did.

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>>32489553
Yeah, we had figured out a good bit of what happened. We know this thing was used in combat, and has seen hands from both the Chinese and Japanese

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>>32488817
Your K31 never learned its manners. Where are your chargers?

>>32489593
Nah, there are other ones out there.
>>32489598
What makes you think it was used by the Chinese? That's just some rack or unit markings. The first character is the number 6.

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>>32489662
Really? I had it translated to Big East in Chinese; had a good few people look at it and everything. What I will say for a fact is that it was used in combat at some point because a U.S. marine had taken it right off one of the soldiers that used it

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650 for a pristine mas 49/56. How'd i do?

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>>32489709
Huh, you're right that it says "Big East." I thought big was a 6, but those two symbols are similar. But it says that in both Chinese and Japanese. My guess is that "Big East" is probably a unit or place name and it's the 71st rifle of that unit or place.

The two zeroes in front of the serial number were also added when it was transferred to a school.

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>>32489729
I don't think that is too bad. Did it come with any of the accessories or ammo? I paid the same amount with 150 rounds of ammo and most of the accessories that came when they were imported.

>>32489801
Here's the explanation I archived for myself that explains our hypothesis/ evidence. As a matter of fact, I didn't even notice the amount of replies to it
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?653498-The-Multi-Captured-Type-38&p=5815770#post5815770

>>32489817
Fuck just the rifle.

>>32489729
I think that is the going rate

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>>32489840
I don't buy that story one bit. That's just one person's story. Buy the rifle, not the story...at least with proof. You should have posted that on the Japanese forum. They would have told you that, just like I am.
>>32489858
That was like 4 years ago though. The prices have gone up since then. I don't think it's a bad price.

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>>32489236
My rifle is a Karabinek wz. 98. The Poles re-used parts from German WWI K98AZ's for the first series to be made. Mine has a domestically produced, Polish proofed stock.

By the time the Wz.29 rolled around, they were using only domestically produced stocks.

Poles kept the cutout for a turndown bolt handle even on straight-handled weapons such as the Wz.29.


Photo is of how my rifle should appear. I still want to get it reblued to at least get rid of the pitting.

>>32489931
What, that it was from their grandfather? Everything else was from my attempts at understanding it

>>32489959
>I still want to get it reblued to at least get rid of the pitting.
No bubbaing allowed in this thread.
>>32489971
That's hearsay. That's one person saying that this other person said this.

I collect Japanese firearms and nothing on that says it was captured by the Japanese, nor is there anything on there that says the Japanese recaptured it. Big East is spelled and pronounced the very same in Chinese as it is in Japanese.

>>32489729
Fuck you, I want it.

>>32490070
Listen, I'm just going on what I have, what I've been able to collect from sources that I've found. It's the most stable platform we have. We just found that there was a connection between 'big east' and second sino-japanese war

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>>32490070
And more on with Daito "Big East" stamped on the stock. There is a city of Daito in the Osaka Prefecture. It's probably the stamp of a school there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dait%C5%8D,_Osaka

>>32490134
>We just found that there was a connection between 'big east' and second sino-japanese war
You found no connection. What reason would there for the Chinese to stamp "Big East" on a stock?

>yes, I know I put the dogtag upside down. I wasn't paying attention when I took the picture.

>>32490105
Found it at a pawn shop that has random gems. Guy has an fr8 too, $500 bones though

>>32490164
We thought it could have been carved and not stamped into the stock. Again, I'm going on what I have and most commonly supported clues/ evidence- it's not a lot, and it's not stable, but it's something.

>>32467677
How much you pay?

>>32485063
Id blow you to let me shoot your lever nugget and let me take pics with it to lie to my friends

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>>32490203
It's actually probably a brand. It's clearly made in one strike unlike a carving. Nothing atypical about it. I see brands similar to that on school rifles all the time.

The Chinese did also have brands on captured Japanese rifles, but they usually will say shit like "people's militia" and those were imported in the 1980s and were all beat to shit by said militia for 30+ years.

>>32490371
>>32490403
$2000.

And I wouldn't have a problem letting you shoot it (non-corrosive ammo only), but all that other stuff...na man.

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>>32489236
"Field use of the K98a rifles showed that as an infantry weapon, and not a weapon for auxiliary or special troops as originally purposed, the design was inadequate. The greatest flaw was the weak bayonet mount (the bayonet lug would break off when hitting hard objects). The K98a also used a small-ring Mauser action, which complicated production and parts interchangeability. Following the postwar shift to large-ring carbines with 600 mm barrels and Gewehr 98-style bayonet lug/muzzle lengths, such as the Czech vz. 24, the decision was made to develop an intermediate model rifle for the Polish Army. The design was finalized in 1929. The new wz.29 rifle was based on the old wz.98 rifle, but with a shortened stock and barrel, stronger alloys for the receiver and barrel, a reinforced chamber, and increased dimensional tolerance in the action, allowing for easy interchangeability of parts. There were two versions of the rifle: Infantry models had straight bolt handles, while cavalry models had curved handles. Since both variations used the same stock, infantry models had a cutout in the stock for the curved handle."

yes EVERY Wz 29. read things once in awhile.

>>32493023
>yes EVERY Wz 29. read things once in awhile.

I'm not disagreeing with you asshole; I'm saying that there's no way they had enough German-made Kar.98a stocks to refurbish and then fit to K.29s like Anon said.

I think you're the one with reading comprehension problems.

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Muh M1.

>>32467677
Mind if I ask where you picked this one up from exactly? I would love to have one of these. Do they still shoot well, or are they too old to really take down to the range and put a couple hundred shots through? About same accuracy as mosin? Really any info on these would be appreciated.

>>32494326
Got it on Gunbroker. More often than not, you can find them at the Rock Island or Julia auctions though, but they won't be cheap (neither was mine but whatever).

Shoots great, I havent done any formal accuracy testing but I can nail shotgun clays all day long at 100 yards offhand, so I figure 2ish MOA. Honestly I love the thing and can't really find a flaw outside of the shape of the butt.

>>32494382
I saw a few in the next Rock Island auction, couldn't find any on Gunbroker. It also seems the latest battlefield 1 game featured this gun, making the price rise even further, and add to the scarcity of them. With the french and russian expansion packs coming for that game I wonder which guns will be featured and subsequently rise in price. Better snap up what WW1 milsurp I can before it all goes off the deep end.

>>32494444
I don't think BF1 is gonna change the price on these much. They've been $2000+ for the past 3 years that I've been searching for one. Same with Lebels and Berthiers. For the most part WW1 surplus hasn't been cheap for awhile.

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Auction house anon here. My boss gave me a year-end bonus yesterday...

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Together at last.

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I just got an SKS. But why does it look weird here?

Does or can cosmoline stain in the white steel?

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>>32493785
>that extremely glossy wood
>that rubber recoil pad

>>32495094
looks like someone shot corrosive ammo, didnt clean it, then removed the rust with steel wool

>>32495708
Oh maybe! What about the lines on the housing tho?

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>>32495698
Thank god I'm not the only one to catch that.

>>32495581
Anyone? I bought my first milsurp mauser and having trouble removing cosmoline residue from the bolt. Curious if I should try harder or has the cosmoline somehow stained it

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>>32496011
Depending on what kind of grease it actually was it most certainly could have reacted with the bare steel and tarnished it. I wouldn't worry about it; patina builds character.

>>32496905
Nice Vergueiro. Have you found some ammo for it? Also, I hear the bolt is hard to dis-assemble. Is that true?

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One of these days I need to take a mum pic of the 38

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I want a Kar98az so fucking bad right now.

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>>32496905
>Vergueiro
I have a Vergueiro chambered in 8mm Mauser, but that is a picture of my Brazilian Police Mauser chambered in 7x57mm.

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h8/r8

>>32491085
>>32491085
PPU all the way dude, If I can ever find one and have the money for it at the same time... I'd cry and then get the largest insurance policy on it I could.

How does it handle? Is it what dreams are made of?

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Working on my milsurp/Bug-out stuff.

Corner of my room has been commandeered for it.

>pictured: M91/30 Nugget and older Army BDU coat
>not pictured: ammo case and 52 servings of emergency food

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>>32498721
kapt had a three threads long orgasm over it after he got the thing.

my buddy has one and I can confirm it is sweet nectar. definitely the pinnacle of lever action guns and has a pretty fun recoil.

>>32498783
Oh it's still going. I'm probably gonna gush over it as much as I do my Mas 36.
>>32498721
It is worthy of the hype.

>>32467429
I want a madsen so bad.

>>32498697
If that's the same green safety rubber they put on scissors 10/10. If it's not, poor bait/10

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Happy new year! May great finds and great deals come to you in the new year! And no Bubbas, too.

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>>32499830
amen brutha

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hot off the presses.

got bored and opened up one of the safes

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best sights coming through

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ww1 aussie

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>>32501154
Muh dick.

Speaking of Lee Enfields tho, I have a No. 1 Mk3* that I am considering having its stock set redone. The foreend cracked in like 4 places a few months back and while I got it repaired its still pretty shitty looking. I know about oy vey you bubba its like anudda shoah but im concerned to shoot it again because of how many places it cracked. I would just try to find a new fore end but I have the stock variant with the little block and I cant find any of that type anywhere.

tl:dr version. Should I have my Enfields fore end refinished and repaired or just leave it as is and risk it cracking in another spot

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>>32501242
just keep looking for the correct stock. maybe try some gorilla glue in the meantime. or just buy another enfield to shoot instead.

>1915 SMLE w/Austrian Police Markings
>GRI Grenade Variant
>DP that I restored to shooting condition
>No2MkIV Aussie .22
>.410 Police Conversion

>>32501242

>Remove stock
>Fuck tons of wood glue
>Clamp it together
>Drill one or two long holes
>Pound dowels down into it
>Cut flush
>Sand until smooth

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>>32501256
I mean I took it to a smith and had a proper repair done and it looks solid but the forend its self is still in pretty poor shape. Im gunna shoot it next weekend and see how it does and if it holds up for like 50 rounds I think I am good. I will be getting a few more SMLEs this year tho. Have a couple of projects in mind for bad sporters and a nice Pre MkIII SMLE.

You can see some of the brass pins in pic related

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>>32501271
I just replied to you in a diff thread, but do you have any OG enfield shotgun food?

>>32501282
No I thought about getting a packet and a round of the Slugs but I just havent gotten a chance. sort of a blessing and a curse with the .410s. Its great that alot of them were converted to the American .410 so ease of ammo acquisition but it sucks that all the original ammo will go unused

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>>32501290
yea ive fed mine the OG ammo, Centurian shit and some Federal and it liked the Federal the best of the three.

I used to have a stockpile of Golden Bear .410 but my Saiga .410 ate it all.

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>>32496986

>>32501302
Wait you can shoot the old stuff even if your gun has been reamed out for American .410? Cool. Also I have a bunch of the Golden Bear stuff as well. It tears up the case mouths which is odd

>>32499830
>>32466836
Convince me for or against getting a PU scoped nugget. I've been really wanting one but I'm also a poorfag with a very tight budget to allocate funds to my next milsurp purchase.

If you are arguing FOR getting a sniper nugget, what are some things I should be looking out for specific to the PU nugget (anything out of the ordinary barrel check, etc.)

Where's the cheapest one I can get on the Canadian West Coast?

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>>32501317
yes the old stuff shoots fine, but can have trouble extracting....the old british cases are short and FAT, its like a .303 case that got a .40 cal ball shoved it in.

Centurian ammo was cheap as shit, but its crap and the brass caps bulge and you need a flathead screw driver to pry the rounds out.

it probably chews up the Golden Bear because those cases are longer than standard .410.

The Federal stuff worked the best out of the ammo I tried, never had an issue.

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anyone else have a cool mom that shoots lugers?

>>32501328
I have shot the golden bear out of mine, as well as some older Remington 3 inch and some Winchester AA 2.5 inch. I had a problem with like 5 rounds of the Winchester all one after another. the first three wouldn't chamber properly and then did then the fourth fired fine but when I ejected it the fucking primer had came out of the brass cup. then number five did what the first three did. it was odd

>>32501356
Fix her grip it's...
>improper

http://www.armslist.com/posts/5834151/maryland-antiques-for-sale--antique-revolver

Could anyone here possibly ID this?

>>32490412
Well, all I know is that it was captured in combat

I recently bought a 1895 Chileno that's still in plenty of cosmoline. What do with the stock? Is it best practice to just leave it as is or gently wipe away the grease?

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"Exquisite"

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>>32502775
>What do with the stock?
If you're going to shoot the rifle you should remove the cosmoline. It will get dried out and baked into the barrel channel by the hot barrel and then it's a huge pain to remove.
>Is it best practice to just leave it as is or gently wipe away the grease?
Just heat the stock up with a hair dryer or heat gun (125°F is fine) and wipe cosmo off the stock until no more comes out.

>>32495859
The SKS is healing itself, a natural process of making a turtle shell- like base, giving it that pattern. Eventually, the shell will disintegrate, leaving the newly repaired finish and metal.

>>32467861

NakedMosinanon

Please tell me what you used to seal the gun from water.

Image limit. I'll start a new thread tonight if none of you pukes best me to it.

Fuck I hate being poor
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/606917018

>>32469650
Website??

>>32505847
It's Gunbroker, probably their app.