Bingo!

[Tamara]

I already had a Kar. 98k, a Type 99 Arisaka, an M1 Garand, a Mosin 91/30, a No.4 Enfield, and a MAS 36. With Sunday's acquisition of a Mo. 1938 Carcano, I've covered all the squares for WWII. Now it's time to fill in my remaining WWI vacancies. Sadly, I've already got the easy ones.

 

[rock jock]

OK, trick question. What rifle did the French use in combat?

 

[rbernie]

No Type 38 Arisaka?

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

Where did you find the Carcano? Been looking around, but haven't seen too many without prices in the clouds for beat up ones.

I think I got too lucky getting the Italian Type I, and Type 38 and 99 Arisakas at my local dealer...

What rifle did the French use in combat?

Any stick high enough to tie a white flag to?

 

[RTFM]

Any stick high enough to tie a white flag to?

Cleaning coke off monitor....

 

[Bridger]

Awesome, I'm going for the same thing with my C&R. I got the easiest out of the way heh, finding the Carcano, Arisaka, and MAS is next. I guess finding some money to pay for them too, and then some ammo.

 

[Gewehr98]

Are you sure?

I've covered all the squares for WWII.

Those would be the 7 bigger squares, right?

The WWII collection isn't done yet. I see no mention of a 1903A3 or 1903A4 Springfield or M1 Carbine (Although you have the U.S. angle covered well with the M1 Garand), no Swedish M38 Mauser or AG-42B, no Aussie NoIMkIII* Lithgow, no Dutch Mannlicher M95 turnbolt, no Siamese Mauser, no Portuguese Mauser-Vergueiro, etc.

Get busy.

 

[Cyanide_357]

Man, I thought you were going to try and use Bingo as a rifle game. Put a bingo square out say 100+ yards, and when they say "b4", you look downrange to see if you have that square, and then procede to shoot it. All bingo rules apply!

lol

Cyanide

 

[mtnbkr]

Dang C357, you just gave me a new game to play at Turkey camp after the noontime end to legal hunting hours.

Chris

 

[cracked butt]

The WWII collection isn't done yet. I see no mention of a 1903A3 or 1903A4 Springfield or M1 Carbine (Although you have the U.S. angle covered well with the M1 Garand), no Swedish M38 Mauser or AG-42B, no Aussie NoIMkIII* Lithgow, no Dutch Mannlicher M95 turnbolt, no Siamese Mauser, no Portuguese Mauser-Vergueiro, etc.

Add to that: Mosin M39s, M44s, M38s, M28s, A Steyr mannlicher, A VZ-24, BRNO 33/40, M1 carbine, and maybe a schmidt-rubin 1911 rifle or K31 for the sake of keeping neutral borders.

But she's got a good start

 

[Tamara]

rbernie,

No Type 38 Arisaka?

Actually, yes, I have a nice Type 38 cavalry carbine. And a Type "I", too. Got one of those?

Gewehr98,

Those would be the 7 bigger squares, right?

Yup. The seven big squares of the seven major combatants. I'm not counting my M38 Swede, or my SVT-40, or my M44 Mosin, or my Chiang Kai Shek Mauser, or any of my other WWII rifles; I'm just celebrating getting a representative example of one of the Main Battle Rifles from each of the seven major combatants.

Don't toy with me, Gew. 98! I'm gaining on you as fast as I can! (How's your 19th Century black powder breechloader collection coming along? Wait'll I get one or two more so I can spring mine on you all unawares-like!)

 

[rbernie]

I have a nice Type 38 cavalry carbine. And a Type "I", too. Got one of those?

Nope. So far, my finances have rendered me largely immune to the MilSurp Collectors Syndrome (MCS).

I actually was gonna type in a list of every minor rifle that I could think if that was used, but I figured that would be too obnoxious.

 

[Billy Sparks]

Ummm lets not forget the 1941 Johnson. I have seen one at a gun show but only one.

 

[Darkmind]

Type 99 Arisaka

But does yours have a full unraped MUM?

 

[HankB]

What rifle did the French use in combat?

Darn, I forget the designation, but they had a number of WWII French Army rifles at the last gun show.

Nice condition, too . . . unfired, and only dropped once.

Hmmm . . . I'll have to see if Tamara started a similar thread over in the pistol forum.

 

[OEF_VET]

I'm getting there, but still have a little ways to go. So far, I've got a 91/30, M38, M44, Finn (SKY) M39, Type 99 Arisaka, Kar98K, M38 Carcano, and a Garand. Next in line will be an Enfield and then a MAS 36.

 

[jefnvk]

I got a main battle rifle from the Bigger 5 - K98, M1, M91/30, No.4 Mk.1 and T38.

Where did you find the Carcano? Been looking around, but haven't seen too many without prices in the clouds for beat up ones.

Seen a beautiful one for $125 at the last gunshow. My purchased guns gotta get shot, though (the T38 came with some others in a trade) so it stayed there.