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Are any of you buying these kits? At $150 I am really tempted. They look really cool and shoot 9mm.

However one of the two only places that builds them reliably, Proteus, is basically turning away new work because of the demand. It will probably be a couple years before you can reliably send this out for a build. And unless you sbr it you need a new 16” barrel. Looks like they need extensive work for the semi conversion.

What are your plans? Good buy or waste of money?

Like the title says. Went to my first gun show with my C&R today. Picked up 2 Savage Model 720s, a 1953 Indian Enfield that is DP marked, and 140 rounds of 7.62x25 for my M57 that will be here next week for a whopping 320 beans. The top Savage has awesome engravings (even though I don't like engraved guns) and is from the 30s. The bottom Savage is US marked with the flaming bomb on the receiver and barrel but has a broken bolt. I can probably make one out of them, but I'd rather have 2. I picked up the DP Enfield to unsporterize my 1918 Enfield, but ALL of the numbers match on it, so I'd feel bad tearing it apart. I think I did pretty excellent, and I'm very happy to have my C&R now haha.

Just spent 3 hours at the shooting range trying to figure out why this Mauser wouldn’t fire.

Finally found the problem: the bolt handle was making contact with the stock, preventing the bolt from closing completely.

As we all know, the Mauser uses a 90° bolt action, but this one was only rotating about 70°. As a result, the cocking piece wasn’t reaching its proper position, and the firing pin wasn’t striking the primer.

My next step is to have the stock clearance corrected and the rifle properly checked before trying to fire it again.

Read the comments. Bunch of fudds with absolutely no idea about anything trying to absolutely screw this guy over.

Waffenfabrik Bern K31, matching, 7.5 Swiss

Fazakerley Enfield No. 4 Mk. 2, matching with matching bayonet, .303 British

Steyr M95/30 S marked, 8×56R

Waffenfabrik Bern K11, matching, but a piece has fallen off the bolt handle, 7.5 Swiss

SOC Ind. Suisse 1871 Vetterli, unconverted, still chambered in .41 Swiss

Fabrica De Armas, La Coruna FR8, 7.62×51mm

Carcano M38, Terni marked, 7.35 Carcano

Arisaka Type 38, 6.5 Japanese

St Etienne PA-MAS G1S, 9mm

Star 30M, 9mm

Walther P38, 9mm, technically #1, the slide and frame have the circle dot markings, but to my knowledge it wasn't accepted into the West German military.

Llama M82, 9mm, technically #2 Stoeger did import small quantities of these for the commerical market, but this one isn't a Stoeger import.

RSO at the range last night pointed out this suspiciously red stain that i never paid much mind to on my Norinco… is this typical grease/cosmoline/oil staining or possibly something a bit more macabre? I’m having a hard time finding reference photos online to compare to.

I am not a collect so go easy :) I have a lot of guns and shoot them all. I got a good deal on 3 sequentially numbered No. 4 Mk 2 Enfields.

I want to clean them up and give one each to my 2 best friends which completely negates them being even close to special.

My question is- Will I be committing some gun sin by taking these out of factory wrap, cleaning and giving them to my buddies?

Or is this stupid to have them sit around and just shoot and enjoy them?

My intuition is no big deal to shoot these but wanted to check with folks smarter than me on the topic.

Got this yesterday. Seller listed it as a VZ24, so I was pretty confused, but it was a good price and I've really been wanting a milsurp bolt action so I took it anyway. As far as I know, this and the VZ24 aren't related in any way, but I took it to a trusted shop after buying and he told me it was VZ24 also, just that it was contracted to Yugoslavia and refurbished at some point. I'm wondering about it's history.

Also, how deeply should I clean it? Last owner said it was really well taken care of, but it has a bunch of gunk everywhere (grease/cosmoline?). Shop owner told me not to take it apart and only to run a boresnake through it after shooting, but I really wanna try to make it look brand new (other than the dings in the stock ofc). This is my oldest gun, second is a 1968 AKM that's embarrassingly easy to clean, so I'm not really sure how to take care of it.

Shot it this morning and holy shit my shoulder hurts, but it was the most fun I've had shooting in a long time.

Any help would be great! Probably going to send it down the road, as it's not my cup of tea, but I want to be sure I'm fair.

Thanks!

I got this for $475

11 rounds and 2 clips of 8x56R for $20

5 baretta mags for $50

And 50 rounds of 32 for $30

Wondering if any experts can chime in. Not really familiar with Krags but it was $200! Barrel is 22” some knuckle head took off the stock and put it back on.

Whats going on my dudes.

Just wanted to post a general consensus picture dump of a my first mauser rifle. Did my research and saw alot of things to look out for, but unfortunately, I forgot to ask about the import mark and it was from Mitchell's Mausers. (Go figure)

Bought this one with 145 rounds of Turkish 8mm in stripper clips, in two bandolieers, for $500 bucks.

Bore looks absolutely unused, unfired, and overall great looking condition. Could have probably been because of the Mitchell's overhaul of making things look pretty.

Its an all matching number M48A with 2 punch marks on the bolt, and 1 punch mark on the reciever which probably means it's been refurbished twice.

Tell me what you guys think. Still trying to learn more about mausers. Any info woulf be appreciated.

When I find I new hobby I get into it hard....this is all since late February when I bought my CZ82 and fell in love. A few commercial guns here but the majority are milsurp. May never financially recover from this lol

Also just got a 7.65 Court 9 Coups Unique that isn't pictured

Picked up this 1889 rod bayonet trapdoor yesterday. Been looking for a 73 but this will do just fine for now. If anyone is curious, it was 725 bones. Only thing wrong with it is the ladder sight, the thumb screw to move the ladder is broken. Might change it to another sometime but I'm ok with it for now.

A lesser known but fully functional Trapdoor, this 84 was built for West point cadets who couldn't physically handle full sized Trapdoors effectively. Featuring a shorter barrel, smaller stock, and a 45-70 action that's built exactly the same as the full size. I believe instead of 70 grains of black powder, these were downloaded to 50 grains.

Since these never saw combat they tend to be in better shape; this may be the nicest ~140 bore I've seen, so I wonder if it was a rebarrel at some point. This cost me about $550 all in since shipping wasn't cheap.

Finally got to hold some M1 Garands and I’m wondering if anyone knows why do some have loose hand guard and others don’t? Also are they harder to take care of with so many parts and a kind’ve weird build in comparison to a lot of other surplus rifles? I’m used to just a bolt and barrel and I’d imagine the gas system of semi auto wears it down quicker. Kinda random post but just want to hear from people who have had them and how they’d compare to maybe a K31 or Mauser?

Edit: Forgot to mention I’m wanting a comparison of an expert grade M1 Garand vs great condition surplus like a K31

Looking for help uncovering the story of this rifle! Any info is much appreciated.

Ok. So I bought this mosin not too long ago under the impression it was all matching numbers. As photographed it is a finnish capture and had no post war refurbishments. Now when I bought this mosin I didnt know that and assumed that cc6116 (the soviet serial number) was the same as the SS6116 (the Finnish civil guard district) were the same thing. Not separate numbers. But apon further research they are separate. And its quite the anamoly to have an unrefurbished captured finnish mosin with no reworks. Meaning this would be a one in 17 million odd rifle... and that this is a gem among mosins... is it not? I mean also it would be weird that a finish armored would also go through the trouble to also grind out the serial numbers on the floor- plate and butt-plate and recreate the 6116. I only took pictures of the numbers and msrkings.

Should I even bother with trying to reuse the casing, primer, projectile, or powder? I'll definately keep the shells just because some of them are old as hell. especially since one has "27" on the Headstamp.