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/msg/ - Military Surplus General
Dominic Morales
Grayson Wright
Surplus? Hasn't been a surplus in years, it's called military deficit now.
Xavier Gutierrez
I already made a thread since this one was gone, but anyone have advice for inspecting SMLEs? Might be trading a M&P for one. Pic related.
Samuel Turner
Going to shoot my surp for the first time today
Jace Fisher
>removing the bolts
Heretical and also dumb. Nice Swede though.
Ian Reed
Rules be like that
Luis Evans
New Gew.
Aiden Gray
Jaxon Mitchell
Gabriel Carter
The advice you got in the other thread is pretty good. Buying ammo online is your friend.
William Morgan
God damn the Belgo-Peruvian shortboy kicks like a mule
Asher Howard
Manlicker?
Tyler Edwards
That's a Gew 88 commission rifle.
Ayden Butler
Judenflinte!
Thomas Kelly
Bench-sama
Is that an M1917 or Pattern 14?
Henry Jackson
Back from the range, first time shooting my surps.
Swedish M96/38 kicks more than I expected but it's not bad. The rectangle front post is great and the trigger feels good. Even shoots pretty well for a 120yo rifle.
FN made Peruvian Modelo 35 kicks like a motherfucker and the trigger is really shitty on mine. You pull the trigger to the hard point, at this point the Swede is ready to go but on the FN the trigger gets harder but you still have to pull it several mm before getting to real break. Inverted V front post gave me some trouble, my eye can't seem to focus properly on it
Grayson Collins
My surp.
Camden Green
Are Chinese Tokarev 8 round magazines compatible with Romanian TTCs? Most sources say yes, but Classic Firearm's page says no.
Benjamin Perez
Swedish Mausers are on a different level compared to most other Mausers.
Xavier Butler
It felt like it in the hands, just playing with the action at home. Confirmed at the range today. I'll try my German one next time.
Might try to sell the FN to buy a full length Swedish M96
Lincoln Hughes
You may already know but don't dry fire a Swede without something cushioning between the cocking piece and the bolt shroud, you can crack the shroud that way. I had one with a hairline crack in it once, fortunately never got any worse.
Dominic Long
Didn't know it was that bad but it's cool, I have some dummy rounds to practice with
Christian Morales
Hmm I found Swedes to have little to no kick and they're super comfortable to shoulder.
Jason Smith
Maybe the full length Swedes kick less? Or I just need to get used to it, I've never shot something like this before. Shot 22lr recently and 5.56 in the army 15 years ago, nothing bigger until today
Elijah Martin
>Most sources say yes, but Classic Firearm's page says no.
We just don't know.
Connor Walker
>Maybe the full length Swedes kick less?
It's heavier; perceived recoil is less.
Matthew Green
Are we posting new Surp?
Jaxon Collins
Charles Reyes
Ayden Lee
>new
I never know quite how to phrase it.
Julian Kelly
I probably should have worded it "newly acquired" but whatever, this M28 is slick.
Adrian Gray
will soaking wood stock in mineral spirit overnight completely remove the cosmoline?
Joseph Baker
It's a very nice rifle. Proper Winter War veteran.
Carter Reed
It still had cosmoline on the barrel under the wood feels good. The bore is a little rough but killing communists is hard work.
John Gray
>will soaking wood stock in mineral spirit overnight completely remove the cosmoline?
Yeah. Probably any remaining finish the stock has as well.
Don't.
Kevin Collins
>killing communists is hard work.
I mean they actually make it pretty easy for you to kill them, it's just that there's always more to kill.
Nicholas Morgan
Good thing I have two commie killers then.
Jack Hill
i already did but there still like the original finish on it and it smells. its a refurb izhmash stock
Brandon Cook
Sometimes it takes a Commie to kill a Commie.
William Ross
Anybody know what kind of Carcano this is? Friend's mom sent these pictures to him for help when their dad died. The rear sight looks like a M41, as does the rest of the rifle, but the handguard stops way too soon to be a M41 from every photo I've found online. I've looked at every variant photo I can find online and not one has the barrel sticking out that much with those rear sights. Also it has a bent bolt and I read online that the M41 did not have a bent bolt.
Noah Brown
It's an M41 with the stock shortened and the bolt handle bent down. Bubba's been at work on it.
Benjamin Torres
Figured that's what I was looking at, I'll let them know.
I had no idea that you could relocate the barrel band that far back on a cut handguard and still make it look so flush. I wonder why he bothered and didn't just remove the front handguard entirely like you usually see on stuff like this.
Jackson Sullivan
Figured I would ask again, would a Steyr-Pieper M1908 count as Milsurp if it was a private purchase?
Also, mine is from 1920.
Xavier Edwards
M1917. I'd love to add a P14 to the collection.
Mauser inverted V sights are quite possibly the worst milsurp sights I've ever used.
Sebastian Richardson
It could be an M41 in an incorrect stock. Bubba shortening the stock then putting the hardware back on is just really fucking weird.
No. But, it is still welcome here. If it was never in military service at all, it doesn't count.
Hudson Ramirez
P14s are the shiz-nit Bench-sama.
Have one that passed through Greece at some point, fist-size hole at 100 yards without me breathing hard.
Told the M1917s are just as accurate
Also, they will hold SIX rounds because of the magazine size
Logan Robinson
They are very accurate. Mine is beat to shit and looks like it spent years in someone's damp basement, then was promptly half ass sported, but still somehow shoots well. The whole six round stendo mag is pretty cool too. Could I see your P14?
Eli Scott
What does this crown mean? It’s on the bolt of a 1917 m91 carcano
Ryder Wilson
It's the crown of the House of Savoy.
Jeremiah Miller
So was mine used by Savoy or something
Nicholas Davis
That was the royal family during that time period. So, that's just an acceptance mark.
Ian Morales
post your biggest workhorse
Jose Lewis
>So was mine used by Savoy or something
The House of Savoy was the royal house of the Kingdom of Italy.
Ayden Roberts
So this guy counts as well then even though its not Imperial marked
Aaron Hernandez
gomen gomen
Its waaaaaaaay in the back of the safe, kind of a pain to pull out. Its an Eddystone with the original volley sight still there
Ryan Rivera
I'm gonna post some pictures of the Enfield I might be getting, you guys mind telling me if it's in serviceable shape?
Adam Jackson
Chase Cruz
Ethan Gray
Robert Hill
Liam Morales
how much are they asking?
Angel Hill
Caleb Reyes
I'm trading a M&P .40 for it
Thomas Sanchez
This is the last pic, I'm gonna be inspecting it in person before getting it, especially the bore, and bolt, I've watched some videos and read some stuff, I'm looking for a decent shooter not really a wall hanger, minute of dead deer is good enough for me.
Benjamin Morris
>minute of dead dear
Honestly, if that's your expectation I wouldn't get a surp rifle. That said, you are coming out on top with the trade
Isaiah Long
What this guy said. If you are shooting durr get a Ruger American or Savage Axis. Any of the bargain basement modern bolt actions will work just fine and be more accurate.
Trading a mediocre and common pistol for a rifle getting more expensive as times goes on is a good trade.
Leo Kelly
Lgs has a Beautiful Jezail for 499, genuinely tempted to pick it up.
Looks like pic related
William Sanchez
I took my gramps sporterized Kar98AZ out today, this is 5 shots at 100 yards, I was shooting S&B 196gr, not sure what ammo works best for this gun, but I was honestly expecting worse considering the bore being in rough condition. Recoil was brutal though.
Sebastian Allen
I've never seen one for sale, or looked for one, but that sounds like a reasonable price to me.
Colton Miller
Gonna put down on it next time I get paid, first one I've ever seen and not passing on it
Brayden Ward
Go through the checklist to ensure you're not buying a fake.
>check under lock plate
>check bore (they're rifled, the fakes are smooth)
>peep sights only, no notch sights
>big caliber bore (.50 to .75)
Joshua Jenkins
nice
yeah you'll find shooting milsurps that the throat and crown matter a lot more than an overall good or shiny bore
Noah Martin
>8mm Mauser
>brutal recoil
Get some meat on your shoulders, sissy.
Carter Hill
Actually just realized that was the wrong image, can't remember what that target is from. Pic related is the right one.
Luis Martin
Aw shit nigga that's a Mk V trials rifle!
1922 or 1924?
Jose Allen
I have no idea yet, it seems all original tho.
Jason Price
I already have plenty of deer guns I meant it more as an expression I suppose
Jace Bennett
I don't think that's the rifle you think it is
Blake Collins
>tfw I go to the LGS today and see a sanded, varnished, Spanish Civil War WZ29 with a VZ24 bolt and a worn bore
>$650
Why can't I find a nice Polish mauser with the crest at all? Are they unicorns or something? How expensive are they?
Blake Turner
Yes, but Mannlicher was part of that commission and this action would go on to become the Mannlicher turn bolts like this Portuguese 1896.
Zachary Jackson
That's a fair group, you probably won't get much better. However they were made for S.patrone ammo, which is a much lighter (150gr) bullet at 2900fps. So try finding something similar to that to compare against.
Camden Bailey
I'll keep that in mind. I had some yugo surplus as well, it didn't say what weight the bullets were though.
Jacob Morgan
>This is the last pic
It is not of the same rifle as
Rifle looks OK; stock has been refinished but metal looks original.
>Aw shit nigga that's a Mk V trials rifle!
Thay is not a No.1Mk.V rear sight; it is a Mk.3 sight from a No.4.
>Mannlicher was part of that commission
He wasn't, which was why OEWG was able to successfully sue the German government and secure exclusive rights to foreign sales of the Gew.88 as well as a big chunk of the domestic German military contract.
Brody Lee
probably my SKS as well, its cheap to feed, 10 round magazine, and semi-auto.
Liam Morgan
The other pics posted were from a No. 1
Bentley Morris
>as well as a big chunk of the domestic German military contract.
Do you have any reading on this particular point? I'm, mostly, aware of the lawsuit and how that lead to them gaining international sales rights but internal German production? That point I've never heard.
Luis Kelly
Anyone see an issue with renaissance wax on both wood and steel of a type 22 for long term storage?
Christian Russell
It seems like a bunch of 7.62x45 surplus just came onto a market. I now kinda want a vz52...
Nolan Edwards
Didnt get a chance to check most of that, but it is .54
Isaiah Morgan
Theres a nice vz24 not too far from where I live, seems near mint but it's one of only 3 I've seen total
William Reyes
don't leave us hanging like that user, post pics and share with us
Noah Evans
>post your biggest workhorse
My Vz.98 is the rifle I shoot the most.
Noah Kelly
Nice! How much was it?
Sling and stabber just arrived today for the Lee Enfield. Ammo should be following soon, can't wait to take it out.
Asher Cox
>Nice! How much was it?
$363.93 after tax.
Jose Edwards
Next gunshow is August 3rd. Hoping to pick up either a No4mk1 or a carcano, preferably a cav carbine.
Evan Cruz
LGS? That's a very comfy looking range.
Jordan Gomez
Local auction.
>That's a very comfy looking range.
Can confirm.
Brody Ross
What ammo? Reloads are the way to go over the long term if you ask me but PPU does a pretty respectable load.
Bentley Hughes
Ordered a few boxes of this to start off with. From the reviews it looks pretty solid. Though if I don't reload maybe I should just order some of the cheap steel case. 303 is one of the cheapest milsurp calibers anyway
Gabriel Barnes
I've never shot any of that, looks pretty good though. Report back and tell us how it goes.