WWII guns

[Just Jim]

My father in law was a very brave man. In WWII he was in the Navy during the landing at D-Day. His job during the landing was to go out in the Higgins boat and rescue people as their boats had gone down. He was the only one that could swim so it was always him that went over the side to fetch people.

Anyway during the landing a American plane was shot down and my father in law went to his rescue. For saving him the pilot gave my inlaw a nice 32 automatic. It was stolen after he came back.

Anyway I was in the gunshop the other day and came across a FN 122 with German marks for $300. It had a holster with it and an extra mag along with stag grips someone had put on here in the states. I bought this gun in reverence to my father in law and the brave men who took it from the evil Germans.

What war guns do you own and how do they shoot? My 32 shoots great and I really like it.

jj

 

[tankdriver]

Well, I have a 30 1914 Machine gun, made semi auto, and a 57mm Anti Tank Cannon I'm restoring.......

 

[Just Jim]

Hard to fit that in a holster LOL LOL

jj

 

[gcrookston]

Right now I have an ac44 P.38 and a Mauser 1934. Over the yeas I've had a number of military arms from that period including Lugers, 1911s, Nambus, and various pocket pistols made by Walther, Colt, Mauser. They all shot pretty much "just fine", with few exceptions. I find the Lugers most close to target type accuracy, whereas all the others were "combat accurate".

 

[JesseL]

These are more WWI than WWII, but what the heck.

I inherited both of these from my grandfather. The M1911 was issued to my great-grandfather (around 1917-18?) and passed down, including the original flap holster, magazine pouch and two-tone magazine. My grandfather got the Luger P08 sometime after WWII in some kind of trade. Both still function perfectly.

 

[Blackfork]

WWIIs

I have a CMP Garand I shoot in matches and have killed a couple of does with. I shot a doe with a Jap T44 last year. Earlier this season I shot does with 1903A3, (which I also shoot in Springfield matches) and a P17. Also stacked up a doe with an M1 carbine last year plus two with Swede M38. Might get back to a newer K31 after I kill a doe with a K98 bringback and a Krag. Last year I only shot one doe with an Argentine 1909 (plus a hog) but I want to use one of my 1891s.

Buddy says he is going to loan me a 1903A4, scoped to shoot a doetag with.

Shot perfect scores in the Texas CHL range test with a Luger and 1911 from WWII.

 

[lasertech]

I have several.
Remington Rand M1911A1
Remington M1903
Remington M1903A3
Springfield M1 Garand
Inland M1 Carbine
M38 Mosin-Nagant
M1891/30 Mosin-Nagant

They all shoot just fine.

 

[Roadkill]

I kinda got into ARs, FALs, and am playing a lot with a Galil lately so I haven't been into the war guns as much as I was, here's a few photos though:

I've shot most of them - all did quite well

 

[mljdeckard]

1917 Enfield, M-1 Carbine, both from my grandfather.

 

[critter]

M1 Garand
1903 Springfield
1903 A3 Remington
1911 a1 Ithica
Victory model (U S Navy) 38 special
K98 Mauser

I used them for a history lesson to some home schooled kids. RAPT attention was paid by them all.

 

[DMK]

1941 British Service revolver. This is an S&W Military and Police (AKA: Model 10) chambered in 38/200 (AKA: 38 S&W) that was produced for the British during WWII.

It's kinda beat up but the bore is still in good shape and it shoots great. The Brits supposedly considered this round a manstopper, but with a 200gr .360 lead roundnose doing about 600fps, I think I'd choose a .455 Webly instead.

I also have this 1942 Star B chambered in 9mm Luger. I don't know too much about these except that they were issued in the German Wermacht. This particular gun was used by the Bulgarian Army, who was under Nazi control at the time.

It's a pretty nice shooter. Feels like a thin 1911A1 which it is obviously patterned after. No parts are interchangeable with the 1911 though. It would make a nice carry gun if it shot HPs reliably. I haven't tried.

 

[spiroxlii]

I've got two Soviet M44 Mosin-Nagants that are in extremely beautiful condition. Considering how cheap these rifles are right now, I would call them extremely worthwhile buys.

I've also got a Lee-Enfield No1MkIII (SMLE) from the Lithgow armory in Australia. It was probably made some time between WWI and WWII. The smith at my local gunshop says that it has excessive headspace, and he's right... sort of. According to the documents published by the British and allied governments during the war, my rifle is within battlefield specs. SMLEs were intentionally built with "generous" headspace.

Another interesting piece in my collection is my Ishapore 2A. It's not WWII, since it was built in 1965, but it's an Indian copy of the Lee-Enfield No1MkIII chambered in 7.62x51NATO instead of .303 British. Being newer and built using more modern materials and techniques than my older SMLE, the Ishapore 2A operates more smoothly and is a blast to shoot. Pretty good accuracy too.

 

[Pilot]

I have a Walther PP in .32 ACP that my Dad brought back from Germany after WWII. My Grandfather was a cop and wanted a Luger, but my Dad could only get the Walther for some reason. I bought a VOPO rework Mauser P-08 Luger in the mid nineties when they were coming in. Its a wonderful pistol, 100% reliable and accurate. Its one of my favorites.

 

[barman]

I bought a French 1873 ordnance revolver in which it is possible to chamber .45 ACP cartridges. A good number of them (like the one I picked up) were modified by resistants so that they would be able to fire rounds parachuted by the Allies.

Since the 1873 is originally a gun which belongs to the black powder era, you really would have to be insane to dare firing a .45 ACP round through it. It was something like "your last chance" gun..

 

[ulflyer]

Remington Rand 1911a1, 1943, Dulite finish
S&W Victory 38 Special, brown patina, exc shooter
Winchester M1 Carbine, early. has push type safety

 

[GRIZ22]

In WWII he was in the Navy during the landing at D-Day. His job during the landing was to go out in the Higgins boat and rescue people as their boats had gone down.

Many don't realize that the boats carrying troops were told not to stop and rescue others who's boats were sunk. They were told to return immediately to their ships to land more troops. Rescue was left up to a few boats like your father in law's. That brought him close to the beach where he was under the same fire that sunk all those other boats.

 

[RNB65]

I've got a 1944 Mosin-Nagant. It shoots very well. I have no trouble getting softball size groups at 100yds using half-century old surplus ammo.

Oops. Wrong group. This is a handgun discussion. Oh, well...

 

[Prince Yamato]

I have an Astra 600. It's pretty sweet.

 

[tinygnat219]

Handguns that I enjoy shooting the most:
Radom Vis 35 Grade 3 in 9MM Luger
1 SA Nagant Revolver in 7.62X38R
1 S&W Model 1917 Brazillian Contract in .45ACP
1 TT-33 Russian Tokarev in 7.62X25
1 Star Model A in 9MM Largo

I have many more, but these are fun!

 

[coelacanth]

ok - here goes. . . . .

a S&W 1917 revolver in .45 ACP/AR an Argentine Ballester-Molina in .45 ACP a No.1 MkIII Enfield (BSA) in .303 Brit. a No.4 Enfield in .303 Brit. a Springfield 03 -A3 in 30/06. All shooters - no safe queens.

 

[hkenvy91]

well one is a march"44" m1 garand that shoots like a dream! i plan to harvest my first deer with it! my other came from my grandmother 1920 colt police positive 38short! its in good shape but i dont shoot it

 

[iamkris]

Well, let's see

- CETME
- Egyptian FN-49
- Springfield Armory 2.5M M1 Garand
- Springfield Armory 19xxx M1 Garand
- Springfield Armory 1.5M M1 Garand
- Inland M1 Carbine
- Remington 03A3
- Savage No4 Mk1* Lee-Enfield
- Long Branch No4 Mk1/2 Lee-Enfield
- Mosin Nagant M38
- Mosin Nagant 91/30
- Mosin Nagant M44
- S/42 Mauser 98K
- byd Mauser 98K
- Yugo M24/47
- Type 99 Arisaka
- Swiss K31 Beech
- Swiss K31 Walnut
- French MAS 36
- Manlicher-Berthier M92/16
- Finn M39 Sako
- Finn M39 B Barrel
- Swede M96 1900 Oberndorf
- Swede M96 1903 Gustav
- Yugo 59/66 SKS
- Krag M96 in middle of restoration
- Eddystone P17, .30-06
- Spanish FR-8, La Corona
- Springfield 1873 Trapdoor
- Robinson 1863 .58 cal contract rifle
- Ishapore 2A
- Finn M28 Luger
- S&W M1917
- CZ52
- TT-33
- Walther P38

...and they are all shooters