Favorite and least favorite shooters edition
M1917, and as of yesterday, my new Radom P35 are my favorite shooters. Radom has a slight bur that make reassembly require some persuasion and the old plastic grips are cracked, but I love the thing. M43 is my least favorite, something about the cock on open/ straight bolt combo is meh, and the sights suck.
What are yours?
/MSG/ Military Surplus General
Christopher Barnes
Thomas Ortiz
What a timely thread creation. I just finished this.
Josiah Williams
That looks really nice. Make sure you get a bayonet!
Ayden Baker
I tried but CMP database must have gotten borked since last time I ordered from them and they don't have my club affiliation on file anymore. I will get it soon, and sling of course. The parts kit is actually a real dog, it has definitely been around the block. The new green mountain barrel should make it a shooter though.
Liam Young
My favorite shooter is probably my 1895 Chilean, my least favorite is probably my Brazilian VZ24.
Nicholas Parker
>favorite
Type 38 Carbine
>least favorite
Mauser Broomhandle. Holy shit that gun is the most uncomfortable piece of shit I've ever shot.
Jordan Jackson
If it's that bad, I'll give you $37 for it. I'll pay shipping too
Kayden Morales
All GI surplus? (besides lower obviously)
How much did it set you back?
James Nguyen
Nah I'm keeping it for the memes and the incredibly niche long-range handgun shooting.
Daniel Wood
L O N G R I F L E
Carter Watson
Parts kit was $595 from sarco, all colt, lower is brownells and cost $150 (ouch), barrel was $194 from green mountain.
Benjamin Hughes
worth it imo, great looking rifle there user
Blake Martin
When did you buy that kit? They still cost that much? Also link to lower?
Owen Thomas
I bought the parts kit in February from sarco then waited ages for a barrel to be in stock somewhere. I think sarco is all out but whatacountry still has some. Lower is brownells.com
Blake Martinez
Yeah im working on my build atm. I had my barrel on back order and got it about a month ago. Need to finish it up. Why not go with the Nodak Spud lower? Just asking out of curiosity.
Grayson Reed
At the time NDS was out of stock and Brownells was in stock. The brownells is an NDS forging anyway.
Hunter Edwards
Mucho jealous as I am Polish
Thomas Lee
Hard to pick a favorite shooter.... probably my krag. It's just such a joy.
Least favorite is my Yugo Mauser.
David Bell
Jealous, I'm hot for the Krag.
Jacob Gray
Is $150 good for a sporterized SMLE in 303 brit assuming the bore isnt shot to shit?
Luke Jenkins
Sporters tend to go for around that, maybe a little less. but why? For twice that you can get a far better hunting rifle, and for around three times that you can get a nice unfucked Lee Enfield.
Easton Ramirez
Thought it might have been a good deal, but I guess not.
Charles Johnson
No, sporters are almost never good deals unless they're free.
William Morgan
>favorite
Pic related.
>least-favorite
Steyr M1895 infantry rifle.
Hudson Perez
Sporters are degenerate.
Parker Young
That's victim-shaming.
Aiden Brooks
And now.
Julian Hill
If you buy a sporter in the first place you set yourself up to be shamed.
Ethan Price
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Camden Turner
See Your discord is a honeypot. It's unimpressive and inadequate.
Blake Collins
Que...?
Colton Jenkins
I just realized there are two threads
rockislandauction.com
Just won this at $800, which puts me at around $1000 to get both these guys home. Did I do good? RIA had another 7mm saddle ring sell for 1200 by itself in the last online auction. Also someone dropped 2k on a Soviet Tokarev. Any reason why?
Hunter Mitchell
Nathan Peterson
>small auction that's advertising surp
>two SMLEs listed
>king bubba drilled 'n tapped them, slapped on a scope, and left them otherwise in military configuration
For fuck's sake.
Ethan Perry
>priority shipping
>didn't leave Kansas for three fucking days
>still hasn't been updated today
God damnit USPS
Sebastian Parker
I have a late war viz 35 basicly last ditch with rough machining and all (f 11xx)
Not my favorite shooter but i got it to hopefully pair with a pre war polish crest one someday
James Powell
Oliver Peterson
Favorite?
Hartford Colt 1927 made for the Argentine military. Just a nice classic 1911A1 thats been amazingly reliable.
Worst?
Pic related, Mas Mle 1873 Ordnance Revolver rechambered for .22lr by a wizard in the 1950s, Its super heavy and does minute of barn door at 50 feet.
Colton Perez
Depending on what they are and what they go for, might still be worth it.
But yeah Bubba destroyed the value
Dominic Russell
Jayden Allen
what do you find uncomfortable about it? mine is quite comfy desu
Chase Wood
Bench-sama!
What kind of Carcano is that?
Cooper Reyes
1929 produced Beretta 91/28. First year of production as far as I am aware. I found some ancient BLO tucked away in a corner. If it's not rancid I might give the bench some love
Bentley Jenkins
Arigatou Bench-sama!
Asher Turner
Got a Romy Boi from AIM
Thank you for hipping me to this Jow Forums
Daniel Cooper
It's hard for me to describe really. The high bore axis definitely doesn't help, and neither does the hammer bite when you hold it wrong with the stock on.
The best way I can really describe it is that it's really disorienting and uncomfortable when I shoot it in a way that I haven't really experienced with any other gun so far. I'm sure the fact that I'm primarily shooting indoors definitely is contributing to it.
Eli King
This is pretty accurate
Was hoping getting my broom rebuilt by Lugerman will help. Will see.
Daniel Reed
Also, the Astra 900 is bigger...
Levi Gonzalez
I'm right there with you. I'm fucking mad.
Kevin Martinez
Had a revolver show up at 8:27PM once, that was some serious pucker factor there.
Benjamin Martinez
Well it's currently 10:40pm so I think that ship has sailed.
Leo Myers
UPS will hold it at their depot, FedEx will re-route to a FedEx store. Its an extra drive for me, but at least I know where I can get it.
If you want to mushroom cloud this, I have some advice
Ayden Morales
Henry Reyes
Ayyy lmao it's SVT-40 time today lads.
Joseph Reyes
Probably not worth the drive. There is an Ag-42 and a case of surplus 6.5x55 ball ammo that's tempting me, though. There's also a closer auction the same day that's advertising 50 surplus rifles, so I'll probably go to it instead.
No, Ivan! No!
Austin Hughes
>favorite shooters
My M1903A3 and Swede M96.
>least favorite
THIS BITCH! A previous owner (probably the guy who traded it to my grandpa) had a case-head separation and fucked up the chamber by digging it out with a flathead screwdriver. I shot it two weeks ago with some of the cheap hangfire special .303 that I got from SOG before they closed, and disregarding the ammo (19/20 were hangfires) the marred chamber caused me to have to recock the bolt on the spent case, place the butt of the rifle on my boot, angle it away, and beat the bolt open with my fist in order to extract.
Sarco has unissued No.1 Mk.III barrels for $125.00, I might buy one and get it professionally rebarreled. That introduces the chance of fucking up the bedding of the stock, though. I love SMLEs, but I just don't have good luck with them.
Caleb Smith
Marred cases + headstamp, for your consideration.
Jason Davis
Favorite: 1909 Argy mauser carbine/ Swede m/38
Least: Enfield No2 Mk1* revolver. Gotta love that herculean trigger pull since its DAO
Asher White
>any reason why
because they wanted it and value beyond a certain function is subjective.
Owen Ramirez
Favorite: K31
Smooth straight pull, accurate as fuck with GP11, good trigger imo for a service rifle. Love the way it looks too.
Least favorite: 91/30, nothing wrong with it, decent shooter, just rough, all over, and that trigger is godawful
Zachary Johnson
Figured I would do the long gun side of things
Best: M1 Garand in 7.62 NATO, surprisingly little recoil and very easy to shoot
Worst: Pic related. It felt like I was shooting a tuning fork
Nathaniel Price
favourite
Isaac Perez
least favourite
Christian King
Just sold my Ljungman. Got what I wanted for it but man, I'm feeling some hardcore sellers remorse.
Leo Hall
The only mislurp I have worth shooting is my Radom. The sights don't bother me because of how nice the trigger is. It's gotta be the best out of any WW2 sidearm except the 1911. This sat in an attic for ~50 years unoiled. I almost shit when I saw it.
Carson Watson
I can safely say that my SCW Mosin is in good working order. Smooth bolt, even if it is a mismatch. Chambers, fires, and evidently pisses the neighbors off. God help me, we've got Californians moving into the house next to us next week.
Isaac Sullivan
Shoot more. Make it clear you won't change for them
Logan Sanders
That was the plan regardless. Putting in an actual range soon, instead of shooting at homemade targets set up against the little plateau above the creekbank.
Jayden Ramirez
I want to be your neighbor
Samuel Gray
Congrats on the Waffenampt Radom
>favorite
M1 Garand (rifle)
Luger (pistol)
>least favorite
Mosin-Nagant (rifle)
P64 (pistol)
Jordan Richardson
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