Speaking of Guns...

[IvanK]

Yay Lee Enfields forever here are mine



with a couple of ringins as well.

[Skoshi Tiger]

I've always worked on the premise that one Lee Endfield was all a man ever needed! Ever!

I was obviously mistaken!

Here's my baby!



My only problem with the rifle that I don't get a chance to use her as much as I would like!

I feel a trip to the bush is in order.

[camber]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

I've always worked on the premise that one Lee Endfield was all a man ever needed! Ever!

I was obviously mistaken!

Here's my baby!

Very nice Skoshi, and nicely arranged on the Aussie flag. At least, hopefully the flag and not a giant sized beach towel.

But wait, are IvanK's guns arranged....on a giant Soviet flag!!??

[IvanK]

"3 Ohs" are just gorgeous .... you can never have enough.

No its not a Soviet flag .. though I was looking at a Mosin Nagant sniper this afternoon. The owner assured me it was fair dinkum ... but alas I think it was dodgy.


What year is yours Skoshi ? interesting with the tag on the but and the Full foresight protectors.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by camber

Very nice Skoshi, and nicely arranged on the Aussie flag. At least, hopefully the flag and not a giant sized beach towel.But wait, are IvanK's guns arranged....on a giant Soviet flag!!??

Sorry but I have to admit it, it is a beach towel!

[Sternjaeger II]

lovely collection IvanK! Couple of questions for ya:

1) Which version is the T?
2) Is that a genuine Jungle Carabine? Man I never tried one but always wanted to, bet it kicks like a mule!
3) What k98 is that? I have a BCD 42 and the Byf 43 (with ZF-41 rail).

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by IvanK

"3 Ohs" are just gorgeous .... you can never have enough.

No its not a Soviet flag .. though I was looking at a Mosin Nagant sniper this afternoon. The owner assured me it was fair dinkum ... but alas I think it was dodgy.


What year is yours Skoshi ? interesting with the tag on the but and the Full foresight protectors.

1924 Lithgow. Matching serials on the reciever, bolt, stock and forewood. It's a No1 marked as a MkIII*. It has the slot on the right hand side for the magazine cut-off which from my limited reading was reintroduced in the inter-war period.

Interestingly the woods been stamped for the 3rd miltary district (Victoria) and then over struck with the 4th (South Australia) (Both the victorian 2nd/14th and the South Australian -2nd/27th served on the Kokoda Track alongside my Dad's battalion. So you never know it could of been up that way.)

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by CWMV

Ive actually got a bet going with the wife on this. I havent cleaned/maintained any of my AK's for the last 2 years, and I bet I can go 5 without having issues. She thinks 3 years.

Obviously not the right thing to do, but hey even after 2, no maint, and thousands of rounds of com-bloc surplus they still run like champs! All Romainian too, except for the Saiga conversions.

even corrosive ammo?

For certain accurate, but the round is frankly obsolete. .308 can be loaded to duplicate and exceed 30-06 performance and its starting to dry up in a bad way. There is a lot to be said for arming yourself with a current caliber.
My biggest complaint about the garand isn't the weight, Ive been a 240 gunner and a mortarman so this rifle isn't going to drag me down! Its the shape. I mean its just...awkward! To me anyway. I mean I seriously just can not get into a comfortable position with the garand.

The Garand is best used with sling techniques. Web or leather slings as you probably know can be used to do the steady shooting with no support other than your own body. How you mean you can't get comfortable with it? If anything I find it very comfortable, from the iron sights to the feel. It might be a matter of different experiences, I personally never felt too comfortable/confident with M-16/Car15, go figure!

And whats this about M.N. crap! I happen to love the platform, for the same reason i appreciate all Russian guns-simplicity and form that follows function.
My 1915 Peter the Great M.N. will shoot just as well as any of my mausers, and after a thorough cleaning (I'm talking DAYS to get the near 100 years of gunk out) the bolt is very smooth.
Only thing that really gets me on the M.N. is feeding it. You go to push the rounds into the mag and before you bottom out there is this ledge on the side of the receiver that can tear your thumb nail off!

Well IMHO they've been built and assembled by blind drunken monkeys.. they quality and finish is never up to the standards of other similar rifles, the safety is a joke, the feeding is a pain, the bolt design is terrible and not particularly safe.. Perfect rifle for a mass war, cos it's cheap as chips and easy to produce and it (mostly) spits bullets out of the right end, but no, they're nowhere near the quality of a K98 or a Springfield.

Ive never had the opportunity to shoot an Enfield, but it is quite a fetching platform. If I could ever find a reasonably priced Ishapore Enfield in my area Id be on it like a fat kid on cake.

They're weird guns those Enfields: on paper they should be crap (stock that is bolted to the rest of the rifle, barrel completely covered by wood), but they're quite good, and the bolt action is surely a peculiar one, a bit delicate if you ask me, but very fast and smooth. Worth the experience

Well your comparing apples to automobiles here. Neither the PSL or the Drag are sniper rifles by western standards, they are more akin to a designated marksmans rifle, more comparable to a scoped GI M-14. Performance wise they are pretty similar.

well the Dragunov was designed as a marksman gun actually.

I see that your from Canada. That sucks (as far as guns go). Even in California we can own Ar/AK platform rifles.

You know what surprises me though is the seemingly common nature of the SVT-40 up there. Here they are like Hens teeth, and can cost thousands of dollars. Ive spoken to Canadians who bought their 5-round magazine SVT's for $400. Id do terrible things to own an SVT.

EDIT: And if your going to talk actual sniper rifles, dont forget Savage! They consistently win competitions here with out of the box stock rifles, going against custom Rem/Tikka variants.

EDIT 2: Misread-jaws is out of Canada-my mistake!

hehehe yeah I'm Italian but living in the UK, it's a real nightmare here, and not because of what you can't have, it's the mentality that is just absurd.. but anyway I go back to Italy often enough to shoot regularly.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

1924 Lithgow. Matching serials on the reciever, bolt, stock and forewood. It's a No 1 marked as a No III*. It has the slot on the right hand side for the magazine cut-off which from my limited reading was reintroduced in the inter-war period.

Interestingly the woods been stamped for the 3rd miltary district (Victoria) and then over struck with the 4th (South Australia) (Both the victorian 2nd/14th and the South Australian -2nd/27th served on the Kokoda Track alongside my Dad's battalion. So you never know it could of been up that way.)

I have only two SMLE MkIII*, both from 1917, and one of them is probably one meant for the Bantam battalion, which had a slightly shorter buttstock (a pair of inches). Lovely gun, the bore has seen better days, but all in all it's worth it.

[IvanK]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

lovely collection IvanK! Couple of questions for ya:

1) Which version is the T?
2) Is that a genuine Jungle Carabine? Man I never tried one but always wanted to, bet it kicks like a mule!
3) What k98 is that? I have a BCD 42 and the Byf 43 (with ZF-41 rail).

The T is a No4MK1T all matching numbers, and came in the original wooden crate. Shoots like a dream. Though I am very sparing with this one perhaps only 10 rounds a year through this Gem.

The Jungle Carbine No5 rifle is indeed a genuine one. They are getting a little scarce nowadays but still available. Kicks like a mule and true to the history shoots like crap ... but you have to have one.

The KAR98 was made in 1944 with German Waffenamts markings etc but also a "Preduzece 44" re build. So its German origin but Yougo refurb.