Old school rifles

[tark]

A-ha! A restoration by a collector. Take that all you 'mosin is junk' people!

You won't ever hear me call a Mosin Junk. My New England Westinghouse shoots minute of angle at a hundred. Mosin's are an excellent design, simple, easy to manufacture and as rugged as they come. It is nice to see they are finally starting to get the respect they deserve.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Here’s a 1914 Mosin M91Dragoon that belongs to my buddy, Matt. He brought it down in July 2020 to have me repair the stock.


Can you see the repairs?

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Here’s my Iraqi 98 Mauser.


And yes, there are Bubbas on the other side of the world. At some point in this rifle’s life, it was converted from a side sling mount to a bottom sling mount. Bubba used a hammer to reshape the front sling band.




At some point the swivel that was put on the bottom of the buttstock was removed and the holes filled.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Some of my non refurbished Mosins.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Here’s my Iraqi 98 Mauser.

Saw one once with Waffenamts, Crescent Moons, AND the Star of David.
Woulda bought it if not for the fact that it also had been fitted with a RA '03 barrel, cheap sporter stock, double set triggers and a horribly loose nonmatching bolt.....

 

[GunnyUSMC]

A sweet little Mossberg 142K with a Wee Weaver M 3-29 scope

 

[Offfhand]

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Simply stunning......

 

[Jeff olson]

Simply wow.

 

[adcoch1]

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When you positively NEED to "one-up" someone, pull that out... Wow!

 

[eastbank]

i bought this 98 mauser some years ago not knowing what it was. it,s a german 98 mauser rebarreled to 3006 by the norwegen,s after being surrendered by the germans at the end of ww-2. all matching german numbers with three norwegen matching numbers. its in ex condition and shoots very well.

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

i bought this 98 mauser some years ago not knowing what it was. it,s a german 98 mauser rebarreled to 3006 by the norwegen,s after being surrendered by the germans at the end of ww-2. all matching german numbers with three norwegen matching numbers. its in ex condition and shoots very well.

Karl Kasarda did an interesting video on the Norwegian K98ks:

 

[eastbank]

i forgot about the front receiver ring being notched for the longer 3006 ball ammo. that notch threw me alittle when i bought it, it reminder me of the columbian 98,s rechambered to 3006 from 7.65x53 argentine.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Russian captured K98

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Here’s one that I added to my collection a couple of years ago. It’s a Chinese Type 53. There’s no importer stamp and it’s a little rough. There’s some pitting on the rifle, some of which obscure the date it was manufactured. Most likely it was 1953 or 1954.
The rifle is most likely a Vietnam war trophy, but without paperwork that can’t be proven.
All of the numbers on the rifle match except for the magazine floorplate.

 

[Jim Watson]

I read an old article about a day when Vietnamese souvenirs were allowed. No full autos of course, so SKS and Tokarev were preferred. The author went to the beat of a different drum. Showed a room full of captures, he spotted a beat up but solid Darne shotgun no doubt looted from a French owned estate. He took it home, got it refinished and had a gun with a story that he could hunt with.

 

[FL-NC]

OK, I'll play

P17, 1903, 1903A3

 

[FL-NC]

2 Garands, 2 carbines

 

[FL-NC]

Slightly sporterized Krag carbine, 1942 Steyr 98k all matching numbers and no import marks, Springfield 45-70 that I'm sure has had an interesting life

 

[tark]

Now this is OLD school. The oldest rifle I own. A bit rough, with a cobby bore but it still shoots OK. Gander mountain had it as a #4 boys rifle. NOT! The action alone is worth more than I paid for it.

 

[Joshua M. Smith]

Here’s a 1914 Mosin M91Dragoon that belongs to my buddy, Matt. He brought it down in July 2020 to have me repair the stock.
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Can you see the repairs?
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Finn?

 

[Joshua M. Smith]

Gewehr 88/05 built in 1892:



Chinese SKS I wish I still had. Unsure of year:



1944 M44 I wish I still had:



My pet 1939 91/30, a testbed for my products:

 

[commygun]

• 1912 BSA SMLE. I like all of my guns, but this is the one I have an actual affection for. Difficult to explain.
  
  
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[GunnyUSMC]

Finn?

If I remember correctly, yes.

 

[Joshua M. Smith]

If I remember correctly, yes.

The giveaway was that sling hanger on the back. That was a Finn thing, mostly. I didn't see an SA marking on it.