WWII rifles

[fenring]

Actually I don't find it too bad all things considered. A while back a mate and I were plinking at the rear diff of an old car body that was on it's roof - the diff had already been holed and we were doing our best to shred it with some steel cored surplus ammo. After about ten shots smoke starts to issue from the diff housing - the steel cored stuff had been sparking inside and was igniting some of the remaining diff oil. Fun stuff!

[Knackers]

As I was reading through that I was thinking, tracer surprise, till I got to the end.

[Mevo2230]

I also really love the old clunkers.

I only own a Lithgow No1 Mk111*, but want to get some more old military rifles.

I visited a mate of another forum in the US recently and we spent a few afternoons out at his range shooting old clunkers.

He had some 91/30 Nagants that he just bought for about $70 each that were mint straight out of the cosmoline. I was breaking clays standing unsupported at 50m 8/10 times. Those nagants can be bloody accurate. I think we were shooting Czech surplus ammo, that was only about 10 years old as well, it was brilliant stuff.

But we were mainly there to shoot Lee-Enfields though, and shot a variety of them, from Lithgows, to Maltbys to Savages. I am now a fan of the savage No4mk1 and I am trying to find a decent one locally, the peeps on them are brilliant. Handloads only for the 303's.

There was also a few Mausers thrown in as well, a German K98k and a turk, they were fun.

[Ron Goulding]

I was just wondering if anybody else has an interest in bolt action military rifles of the world wars ? I currently have a Springfield 03A3 30-06 and have on order a Mosin Nagant which il mount a 4 pwr scope on. Anybody else got any they care to share with the rest of us ? cheers Ron

Here is a picture of the Springfield 03A3. Cheers Ron

[Ron Goulding]

One More

Cheers, Ron

[Knackers]

Looks good Ron, would you give it a make over?

[Ron Goulding]

Hi Knackers bit of a rush job with the photo this morrning, didnt notice the mold on the butt stock. I l have to get a dehumidifier fom the LGS next time im in there. I was thinking of mounting a scope but my mate who i bought it from said he would kill me. Cheers Ron
PS i missed out on another a few years ago that i was gonna do up like that lefty sniper in Private Ryan.

[fenring]

This old enough for you guys?

Turkish Snider conversion of a Belgian Enfield carbine. .577 breechloader, my load is 70gr of FF black behind a 550gr Minie bullet.





Here's a couple of rounds:



Lee 480gr Minie, Lee 550gr traditional style, and that piddly thing on the left is a 300gr Hornady XTP .44 Magnum.

I aim to take a pig with this thing one day - you reckon it's man enough for the big boars??

[Knackers]

you certainly do have some surprise's Fen, looks very nice. Whats the recoil like? I couldn't imagine that it would travel real fast, but it looks light and kicky.

[fenring]

I haven't chronied any loads but I think they'd be doing 1000fps or more. The rifle is light and short and after half a dozen shots you do know when it goes off - a bit like a 12g single barrel with field loads and no rubber kick pad. Fun!

[Simpson]

I thought your rifle looked familiar Fenring.

I visited a new property a month ago and the owner let my father and I have a couple shots out of some of his "different" rifles. Both were in pretty good nick considering their age.

One was the 577 Snyder and the other was a 577 - 450 (I think). Maybe someone can fill in some detail about them as I got confused when he went thru his entire arsenal of 50 rifles in his vault. The 577 - 450 was paper-patched just like in the movie Shooter

Anyway here is a bit of gun porn...

[Curtley78]

I have the 'GUCCI' of Mausers, a 1909 Argentinian with cavalry saber. It seldom see's daylight.

[cruisey]

Geez Fenring, that thing would make the M44 feel like an air rifle nice gun.

Ron, the old Springfield looks pretty good, do you take it out much ?

[Ron Goulding]

Hi Cruisey, No i havent ,only to the range once and fired 20 shots. I had to beg and grovel to get my mate to sell it to me, he put up a hard fight but i got him in the end. Thats why he would kill me if i mounted a scope on it, he wants it back in other words. It came with original bayonet and scabbard also the sights to shoot grenades. Unfortunately he was all out of them !
Cheers Ron ps ive owned it for approx 2 yrs, i hope to shoot it more often in the future.

[Ron Goulding]

Not exactly WWII or original military issue,but it is a good replica of a Civil war military carbine in 45 -70 Govt